Electronic Proposal Management Systems

IT tools for handling joint calls have improved substantially in the past few years. Functionalities have been expanded from simple proposals submission systems to much more advanced systems for managing all phases of a call, including evaluation of submitted proposals as well as monitoring of funded projects. Thus, these systems have become information hubs with restricted access only for authorised individuals. Sometimes they are derived or adapted from a system already in use for national/regional calls.

During the submission phase of a call it is essential that submitted proposals are accessible to the involved funding organisations. All submitted proposals must eventually be made available to the evaluators, usually either via the involved funding organisations or directly to the experts and/or the evaluator panel, depending on the evaluation system in place.