INTERACT Expert Pool is a pool of voluntary experts from different fields of research that are invited to assist with the scientific evaluation of individual INTERACT Transnational Access applications requiring specialized knowledge on e.g. certain methodology or field of research that is not represented in the permanent Transnational Access Board.
The invited experts submit their evaluations via secure connection in the INTERACCESS on-line application and evaluation system. The evaluators remain anonymous to the applicants during the evaluation process, and they are provided with guidelines to conduct the evaluation. Expert Pool members also sign a confidentiality clause prior to their evaluations. The experts will help to evaluate individual applications per Transnational Access call, requiring altogether 1-2 hours of working time, and are therefore not paid financial compensation for their work. However, the experts invited to evaluate applications will be provided a certificate of their contribution to the INTERACT Expert Pool to be used in their resume.
The INTERACT Expert Pool will be in function until the end of 2023, after which it will automatically close and all information in the pool will be destroyed. Registrants to the INTERACT Expert Pool can also at any time resign or ask to modify their information by e-mailing to the INTERACT Transnational Access coordination (hannele.savela@oulu.f).