Call for Experts: Project Proposal Evaluation

The Driving Urban Transitions (DUT) Partnership is seeking experts in the fields of mobility, energy and circularity to support the evaluation of project proposals in our calls. The external experts will be selected through an open Call for Experts, which will be open on the DUT Partnership website from 6 February 2025 to 14 April 2025.
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February 2025
By Jennifer Wendelius
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We are seeking experts to evaluate project proposals submitted in our Calls for Proposals. The experts should have a high level of expertise and professional experience in the topics in the DUT Call 2024. The project proposals are grouped into three thematic areas, the Transition Pathways. Read more about the call topics in each Transition Pathway further down on this page.

By joining the DUT Expert Panels, you will be asked to:

  • Read and analyse 5-7  full proposals submitted to the DUT Call 2024.
  • Evaluate each proposal according to the DUT evaluation criteria (see DUT Call Text section 4.5).
  • Discuss your evaluations with fellow experts in the DUT Expert Panels, which will take place online at the end of June 2025. Depending on the Transition Pathway and the number of full proposals you evaluate, your attendance will be required on 1-3 days.
  • Deliver a summary report for one or more of your evaluated Full Proposals.

Compensation

  • Panel members – for each day of attending an Expert Panel meeting: €266
  • Panel members – per full proposal that they pre-evaluated: €40
  • Panel members – for each evaluation summary report: €27

How to apply

The Call for Experts has closed.

Timeline

Deadline for application: 14 April 2025 23:59 (CET)
The selection of the experts will be carried out by the DUT Call Secretariat. 

About the DUT Partnership

The DUT Partnership started in 2022 and steps up the game to tackle urban challenges. As a transnational research and innovation (R&I) funding programme, the DUT Partnership aims at supporting much needed urban transformation processes across Europe and thus strengthens capacities and tools to make urban change happen and boost transformations towards climate neutral, liveable and inclusive cities.

DUT Calls

Four annual calls have been programmed under DUT, with two funded project cohorts currently underway (DUT calls 2022 and 2023). From 2024 to 2033, over 250 funded projects will be supported, developing, testing and scaling new approaches, practices and tools for urban transitions.

More information about the DUT Call 2024 and the topics can be found below.

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