PROPOSALS EVALUATION STAKEHOLDERS
The purpose of calls for proposals (CFPs) is to evaluate and select proposals with a view to grant allocation by the French National Cancer Institute. They relate to all fields of research (clinical, biological, social and human sciences) and also to those of public health and patient care.
Proposals are evaluated by reviewers and, depending on the CFPs, by external evaluators. The reviewers reporting to the evaluation committee collectively discuss the evaluations of the proposals and draw up a ranking. The Institute decides to allocate funding to the proposals evaluated by the selection committee subject to its financial resources, according to the ranking order. User representatives contribute to the collective discussion for the purposes of health democracy.
Due to the particularly competitive nature of CFPs, the Institute must ensure impartiality of the proposal evaluation and selection process. In order to comply with the requirements of the Institute's code of ethics, the three main stakeholders in the evaluation (external evaluators, reviewers and user representatives) are required to undertake:

-	not to receive any financial, professional or personal benefit due to the decision whether to allocate institutional support or funding to the proposal under evaluation, for themselves, their close family and friends, their colleagues, their laboratory or their organisation;
-	not to come into contact with the coordinator or teams of the proposal under evaluation; 
-	and to guarantee the confidentiality of information and documents provided.

These undertakings or declarations are formalised in the information system developed by the Institute, entitled the “Projects Portal”. 

External evaluators, reviewers and user representatives must declare any direct or indirect links that they may have with the proposal submitted, the coordinator of the proposal or a member of the team for this proposal. They shall also declare any links they may have with any other person, including the Healthcare Industry, liable to result in them receiving a financial, professional or personal benefit from the decision whether the select the proposal or not.

The declared links are reviewed by the Institute with regard to each proposal. Should the findings of this review indicate that a declared link is liable to cause conflict, the party concerned may not take part in the evaluation of the proposal, and the proposal may be reassigned.
Should the findings of this review indicate that a declared link is liable to cause conflict, reviewer and or user representative may not take part in the collective discussion about the proposal.