We Need You! Looking for ECHOES Cascading Grant Evaluators for Call 1: Data!

[Sally Chambers]

Dear colleagues, 

We are currently looking for 15 evaluators to support the peer review of the top 25 applications of the ECHOES Cascading Grants Programme Call 1 on Data.

The ECHOES Cascading Grants Programme provides funding for consortia led by Cultural Heritage Institutions (CHIs) to engage with the Cultural Heritage Cloud. The Cascading Grants programme supports up to 50 projects across three calls to enhance digital engagement, data sharing, and collaboration.

In particular, Call 1 on data seeks to encourage stakeholders in the Cultural Heritage Community to contribute datasets for use in the Cultural Heritage Cloud. Proposals define the dataset’s intended user community, its purpose (e.g., research, education, virtual exhibitions, etc.), expected outcomes, and benefits for the broader cultural heritage community. Additionally, applicants are asked to provide a scenario of how the project would like to make use of the Cultural Heritage Cloud, including possible steps needed to analyse and process the Cultural Heritage datasets provided. Finally, a detailed dataset description is required, covering content, technical specifications, ethical considerations, availability, and licensing.                                 

For the final evaluation of Call 1, we require 3 external and 1 internal reviewers per application and as such we are drawing on our wide network of practitioners in the field to support this work as external reviewers. External reviewers in this context includes anyone who is not employed by a direct financial beneficiary or associated partners of the ECHOES project or connected with any of the projects selected for the final stage of Call 1. 

In particular, we are looking for:

*15 people as external reviewers to each review approximately 5 +/- applications (approx 5000 words each)

*We expect it to take about 2-3 hours per application, with a total of 10-15 hours of work for 5 applications. 

*The review work will take place during the month of November, giving you 4 weeks to complete the work.  

*We are unable to remunerate this work, and as such, the review work will need to be undertaken on a voluntary basis.

In the lead-up to the proposal review period, we will hold an evaluators' information meeting at the beginning of November to collectively align on the approach and criteria.

Please let us know by Friday 24 October if you are interested in supporting the evaluations of our top 25 applications from Call 1. You can let us know by sending a brief email to: gra...@echoes-eccch.eu with the subject line: ECHOES: Call 1: Stage 2 Evaluation, stating your interest, your home institution, and main area of expertise. 

As we confirm the list of evaluators, we will organise the evaluator’s information meeting for the beginning of November and send you instructions in advance of the review period.

Many thanks again for your support of this work, we are looking forward to hearing from you. 

~On Behalf of the ECHOES Cascading Grants Team