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We have commenced the assessment of research grant applications of the Fundació Institut d’Investigació Sanitària Illes Balears (IdISBa) under the Primus, Impetus and Synergia calls, following the formalisation of a collaboration agreement (available in Catalan).

The agreement, signed by Carlos Enrique Herrero, Managing Director of IdISBa, and Sebastià Massanet Massanet, President of AQUIB, is intended to ensure an objective, independent and efficient allocation of scientific and technical resources. To ensure the quality of the process, we have appointed appropriately qualified experts, independent of the Balearic system, who will prepare the evaluation reports.

Today we have taken part in the Synergia, Primus and Impetus Conference, where we had the opportunity to hold a joint session between the Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa) and AQUIB.

In this session, we presented the Primus, Impetus and Synergia programmes and shared reflections on how to evaluate calls under the vision of the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (COARA), emphasising the importance of open, responsible research with a real impact on society.

The contributions were given by Paula Ramis de Ayreflor, Technical Director of AQUIB; Enrique Barón, Quality Officer at AQUIB; and Daniel H. López, Scientific Manager at IdISBa.

This meeting has enabled us to share knowledge and open up an enriching dialogue on the present and future challenges of the R&D&I system.

AQUIB has signed a collaboration agreement with the Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands Foundation (IdISBa) for the external scientific-technical evaluation of research grant applications submitted to IdISBa. This agreement aims to ensure objectivity, independence, and efficiency in the allocation of resources for scientific and technical research. The agreement was signed by Carlos Enrique Herrero, managing director of IdISBa, and Sebastià Massanet Massanet, president of AQUIB.

Objectives and Commitments

External evaluation: the Agency will conduct external evaluations of grant applications, ensuring confidentiality and impartiality.

Designation of experts: the Agency will appoint qualified experts to prepare evaluation reports.

Duration of the agreement: the agreement will have an initial duration of four years.

Monitoring and Control

A monitoring committee will be established, comprising representatives from both AQUIB and IdISBa, to ensure the proper execution of the agreement.

For more information, you can check this link.

A key meeting was held today with the scientific and institutional managers of the Balearic Islands Institute for Health Research (IdISBa), following the completion of the external evaluation of the Institute's Intramural calls. AQUIB coordinated the external evaluation of these three calls: Synergia, Primus and Impetus.

During the meeting, the aspects to be improved for the future were discussed in depth, based on the accumulated experience, the feedback from the evaluators and the comments received from IdISBa and AQUIB.

On Wednesday, 17 of May 2023, we met with the scientific manager of the Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), Daniel Horacio López, after the completion of the external evaluation of IdISBa projects and scholarships calls.

AQUIB has coordinated the external evaluation of 3 calls of the Institute: Synergia, Primus and postdoctoral grants. A total of 60 evaluation files were generated.

We discussed aspects to be improved in the future, taking into account our experience, feedback from the evaluators, and comments from IdISBa itself.

These meetings are key to improving the processes for future evaluations.