HERA Organisation

Uses of the Past Proposal Assessment

The overall responsibility for the governance of the HERA JRP lies with the HERA JRP Board, whose membership is formed by one representative from each participating funding organisation. The HERA JRP Board will monitor the project selection process and the progress and knowledge transfer activities of the funded projects.

Proposal assessment is the responsibility of the international, independent Review Panel. The final funding decisions are made by the HERA JRP Board on the basis of the recommendations of the Review Panel. The members of the Review Panel are leading humanities scholars, appointed by the HERA JRP Board following suggestions from participating funding organisations. After the award of the grants, the Review Panel will also monitor the overall research progress of the HERA JRP and the funded projects.

Review Panel members must not be contacted by applicants. All questions about the selection should be directed to the Handling Agency (hera@nwo.nl).

NWO Humanities Division [http://www.nwo.nl/en/about-nwo/organisation/nwo-divisions/gw] will act as the Handling Agency for the HERA JRP call management and selection process.

List of HERA Network & Management team members (no emails)

National Contact Points and emails available here

Network Board (NB) 
Each partner has a representative on the Network Board. Professor Sean Ryder, member of the Irish Research Council, was elected chair of the Network Board for a three-year term (2010-12) at the network meeting in Berlin on 13 December 2009. Professor Ryder's term as chair was renewed for a further three years (2013-16) at the network meeting in Dublin on 12 December 2012.

The responsibilities of the Network Board include:

• Decisions on internal HERA operations;

• Responsibility for budgetary management;

• Approval of documents, results and approaches related to HERA activities;

• Prepare advice on scientific issues for HERA members; and

• Review objectives and milestones.

Management Team (MT)
The Management Team consist of one representative (at director level) from each national funding agency. The Management Team meets twice a year in conjunction with the Network Board meetings.

The responsibilities of the Management Team include:

• Network management decisions;

• Implementation of network objectives; and

• Dissemination and information of HERA activities.

Coordinator 
The HERA Network Coordinator is Ms. Lucy Parnall, Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC).

The responsibilities of the coordinator include:

• Coordination of network activities;

• Providing support for the Network Board;
• Preparing Network Board and Management Team meetings;
• Internal network communication;
• Day-to-day management of the network;
• Financial management of the network including distribution of funds;
• Drafting management reports;
• Drafting final report and financial statements; and
• Organisation Chart.