Evaluation process

Evaluation stages

The evaluation of a research unit comprises several stages: preparation, visit and post-evaluation stages.

The process is as follows:

• declaration by the institution of which units are to be evaluated
• dispatch by the supervising bodies of their specific questions
• submission of “common applications” and communication of these dossiers to the experts
• expert committee visit and writing of the draft report
• validation of the report by the AERES
• dispatch of the report on the research unit to institutions and research organisations for comments prior to the scoring meeting
• scoring meeting
• communication of reports and scores to the institutions and their supervising body(ies)
• publication of the reports (with comments attached) and scores on the AERES website

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