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b)
the application was submitted only in electronic form to the Application registration portal
of the Program or if the application was only received by the competition organizer in paper
form before the deadline for submitting applications for the competition (see paragraph 11.1
of the tender documentation).
11.4.
If an application submitted in electronic form to the Application registration portal of the
Program does not contain copies of documents listed in paragraphs 9.1 – 9.14 of the tender
documentation or if the application documents were formed not according to designated
forms or if the documents lack necessary information requested in the forms or if the
documents lack a signature of the leading scientist, authorised person and/or the
organization’s seal (depending on the contents of the document) then such an application
will be considered non-compliant with requirements set by the tender documentation.
12.
Changing and withdrawal of an application for the competition
12.1.
Participants of the competition may change submitted applications for participation in the
competition or to withdraw it in prescribed order at any time before the deadline for
submitting applications for the competition (see paragraph 11.1 of the tender
documentation).
12.2.
Changes to the application for participation in the competition should formed and submitted
in accordance with requirements set in the tender documentation.
12.3.
When submitting changes to an application for participation in the competition in paper for
to the address of the organizer of the competition in a sealed envelope, the participant of the
competition should put the following remark on the envelope: «Changes to the application
for participation in the competition for grants by the Government of the Russian Federation
for state support of scientific research conducted under the direction of leading scientists in
Russian educational institutions of higher education, scientific
institutions
subordinate to the
Federal Agency for Scientific Organizations, and state scientific centers of the Russian
Federation (stage VI)».
12.4.
Written notification on withdrawal of an application for participation in the competition
should be sent to the address of the organizer of the competition specifying the registration
number of the application. The notification should be signed by the leading scientist and by
an authorised representative of the educational institution or scientific institution and should
be sealed by the educational or scientific institution. If the notification is signed by an
authorised representative acting on the basis of a power of attorney, such power of attorney
should be enclosed into the notification. If a notification of withdrawal of an application
was submitted with violations of set requirements, the application is not considered
withdrawn.
13.
Review of applications for the competition
13.1.
The competition commission reviews the submitted applications in terms of their
conformance with the selection criteria (requirements) set in the tender documentation. The
review should be finished within 20 workdays from the deadline for submitting applications
for the competition (see paragraph 11.1 of the tender documentation).
13.2.
If necessary, within the period designated for reviewing the applications, the competition
commission can request written clarification on data and documents submitted in an
application from the applicant. This can be done to determine whether the provided
documents conform with the selection criteria (requirements) set in the competition
documentation.
If a participant of the competition does not provide necessary clarification, this participant’s
application will be withdrawn from further participation in the competition by the
competition commission.
13.3.
As a result of reviewing documents and information submitted as parts of applications for
participation in the competition, the competition commission makes the decision whether:
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а)
a participant of the competition, his/her application and proposed scientific research comply
with the selection criteria (requirements) and the application is granted access to the
evaluation process within the designated procedure;
b)
a participant of the competition and/or his/her application and/or proposed scientific
research do not comply with the selection criteria (requirements) and the application is
withdrawn from further evaluation process.
13.4.
Results of evaluation of applications for participation in the competition are compiled into a
protocol that is signed by all members of the competition commission who were involved in
evaluation of applications.
Information concerning applications that are granted access to evaluation, as well as
concerning applications that were rejected by the competition commission (specifying
reasons of rejection) is published at the
Designated website of the Program within two
workdays after members of the competition commission sign the protocol of review of
applications for the competition.
13.5.
If as a result of review of applications for participation in the competition the competition
commission makes a decision to reject all the applications for participation in the
competition, the competition is declared void.
Information about declaring the competition void is published at the
Designated website of
the Program within two workdays after the competition commission makes the decision to
reject all the applications for participation in the competition and to declare the competition
void
.
14.
Evaluation of applications for the competition
14.1.
Applications for participation in the competition that have not beet rejected by the
competition commission as a result of reviewing process should be evaluated on the basis of
criteria set by the tender documentation. The evaluation process is organized in two stages.
14.2.
At the first stage, the following scientometric indicators of the leading scientist are
evaluated:
a)
for fields of studies falling within the following categories «Natural and exact sciences»,
«Technology», «Medical and Health Sciences», «Agricultural sciences»:
Criterion
Points
8
H-index of the leading scientist (according to the Web of Science Core
Collection database).
0-30
Number of publications (of type «article», «review») by the leading scientist
in 2012-2017 in scientific issues indexed by the Web of Science Core
Collection database. Scientific issues that published the leading scientist’s
papers should be in the first quartile (Q1) by impact-factor JCR-2015 and
listed by the Web of Science under a research topic corresponding or adjacent
to the research topic of the application for the competition
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.
0-70
b)
for fields of studies falling within the following categories «Social sciences», «Human
sciences»:
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For the purposes of evaluation, all the applications for participation in the competition are grouped according
to fields of studies. Maximum points in a group are awarded to the application for participation in the competition
having the highest quantitative measure for the given criterion. Points of other applications in this group are calculated
proportionally to the highest quantitative measure for the given criterion.
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Publications by the leading scientist that are listed in the personal profile of the ResearcherID information
resource.
Criterion
Points
8