Horizon Europe evaluators play a central role in shaping European research and innovation funding. Yet the work of evaluators remains largely invisible to the wider research community. How are they selected? What do they assess? What is the experience really like in practice?
This webinar brings that experience into the open. A panel of three evaluators, one from each pillar of Horizon Europe, will discuss:
- How and why they entered the evaluator role
- How evaluation differs across the three pillars
- What skills and perspectives are particularly useful
- What they took away professionally from the experience
Programme:
13:30 Welcome and orientation
Scene-setting: evaluation logic across the three pillars
Panel discussion: experiences from the field
Open Q&A with the audience
14:50 Closing remarks and next steps
Participants will gain a realistic, practice-oriented picture of evaluator work in Horizon Europe and have the opportunity to ask questions directly to experienced evaluators from all three pillars.
Format: Online via Zoom, interactive format, no preparation required
Registration opens: August 21, 2026
Event language: English