C. Awarding of Grants 7. The Evaluation Committee of the 3R Research Foundation assesses all applications received and advises the Board whether to give its approval or not. The committee may pass the application and project documents on to outside referees for their opinion. The Administrative Board approves the research project and decides on the amount of the grant as well as the conditions under which it will be awarded, or rejects the application. All approved projects are given a number which should be referred to in all correspondence and indicated on invoices.
Applicants have no legal claim to financial support.
The project manager is nominated when the Administrative Board approves the application. The research grant is awarded to the project manager in person. The project manager's employer has no independent claim to the research grant. If the project manager changes his or her employer but continues to manage the project, he or she is entitled to the remaining grant monies. Research funds are granted on condition that, once the application has been approved, the project manager submits a letter of confirmation from his or her employer stating that the latter agrees to the project being carried out using his or her infrastructure according to the approved research plan and in line with the present guidelines.