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Instructions
General
The procedure for accepting projects
into the Core Research Programme is based on written project
proposals and subsequent evaluation by the SSC. To
facilitate the "value-adding" coordination and integration
role that GCTE plays, the SSC normally considers only
proposals consisting of a package of individual research
projects organised into a network or consortium by a Task
Leader, or equivalent large multi-group projects, often
international in scope. The process is based on several
steps.
In keeping with GCTE's tradition
of a "bottom-up approach" in developing its programme,
Task Leaders develop a more specific implementation plan
for their Tasks, usually based on an initial workshop of
interested scientists and building on the Task
description in the GCTE Operational Plan (IGBP Report No.
21). The Task Implementation Plan provides the "road map"
by which the Task activities will develop and by which
potential contributing projects can be assessed as to
their relevance. Task-level implementation plans are
submitted to and approved by the SSC.
The Task Leader then invites
interested scientists and groups to join a network or
consortium. Initial network membership is usually drawn
from participants in the Task workshop or earlier GCTE
workshops, or from others who have expressed an interest
in contributing to GCTE. It should be emphasized that
GCTE networks and consortia are not closed groups, but
rather are open to all those interested scientists and
groups that have the capability to contribute to GCTE,
and whose work contributes directly to GCTE core
objectives.
The Task Leader normally submits
the network as a whole to the GCTE SSC for consideration
as Core Research. In evaluating the submission, the basic
questions which the SSC asks are: Does this proposed Core
Research Project (network/consortium) directly address
one of GCTE's core objectives? Are its contributing
members capable of and agreeable to being incorporated
into the network or consortium? Are the contributing
members appropriate in objectives and scope and viable in
terms of human and financial resources?
Although GCTE aims for the highest
scientific quality in its portfolio of projects, it does
not carry out full peer review-style evaluations. That
process is undertaken in the normal way by the regional
or national grant-giving body that funds the project.
GCTE is working with many of these granting agencies to
ensure that the highest standards of scientific quality
are maintained in projects accepted into the GCTE Core
Research Programme, and to maximize the complementarity
between the agency's scientific objectives and those of
GCTE and other IGBP core projects.
The format for preparing
submissions for GCTE Core Research status and a summary
of the benefits and responsibilities of contributing to
GCTE Core Research are given on the following pages.
For more information on
contributing
to GCTE, please contact the
appropriate Task Leader or Focus Office, or the GCTE Core
Project Office.
Format for
submisisons
Proposals should be submitted by using
the form provided here
and should contain enough information for the Task leader
and GCTE Scientific Steering Committee to assess the
project's relevance and viability. An important part of the
form is section 8, the description of how the project
contributes to the relevant GCTE Task(s). Principal
investigators should be as specific as possible and provide
enough detail so that the relevance of the project is
clearly demonstrated
To carry out its review, the SSC
sometimes requires more information than is provided in the
submission in this format. Principal investigators are
therefore asked to provide GCTE with a copy of a submission
or report to the relevant funding agency, or similar more
detailed existing document, in addition to the GCTE
submission.
[Contributing
to GCTE] [Submission
form]
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