BOE No. 289, dated November 30, 2018, published the Resolution of November 28, 2018of the Secretary of State for Universities, Research, Development and Innovation, which establishes the procedure and deadline for submitting applications for the evaluation of research activity to the National Commission for the Evaluation of Research Activity.

The deadline for submission of applications is January 18, 2019. They may be submitted electronically. The documents are available at the electronic headquarters of the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities https://sede.educacion.gob.es, section “Procedures and Services”, subsection “Organizations”.

New this year, the Resolution of November 14, 2018of the National Commission for the Evaluation of Research Activity, which publishes the specific criteria approved for each of the evaluation fields, contemplates, initially on an experimental basis, the evaluation framework for the evaluation of knowledge transfer and innovation activities, which may be applied to all areas of knowledge.

This evaluation process is complementary to the research section resolved annually by the National Commission for the Evaluation of Research Activity. The period subject to evaluation for this first call will be 6 years. In order to apply, it is necessary to have previously obtained a positive evaluation of a six-year period in one of the scientific fields included in the evaluation of research activity.