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EEPSEA uses the following criteria to assess research proposals:

Policy relevance	Is the policy issue well chosen and clearly specified? It should be something potentially useful to policy makers, not purely an academic exercise. The objectives and methods should flow logically from the research question; application of a particular method or techniques should not be an end in itself.
Objectives	Are the research questions clearly stated and testable?
Methodology	Is this clearly specified? If so, would the methods be adequate to meet the objectives?
Scope	Is it feasible with the time & resources available?
Novelty	The study need not be pathbreaking, but should at least not duplicate any existing studies.
Literature	Is the literature survey relatively complete?

Our rule of thumb for deciding whether a grant can be approved is "Is the project ready to begin?" If there are still important choices to be made about objectives, research methods, study sites, and so on, then it is not ready.

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