How we assess your proposal

Your proposal is assessed using the MOD's Performance Assessment Framework.

This framework is used to assess all MOD research proposals and programmes.

The time spent on assessment is tailored to the value and complexity of your proposal; simpler and lower value proposals receive a more rapid assessment.

Our assessors

Our assessors are drawn from across the MOD, including the:

  • Defence Science and Technology Laboratories (Dstl);
  • Defence Scientific Advisory Council (DSAC).

The DSAC is a non-departmental public body of the MOD and is the department's main source of independent advice on non-nuclear science and technology issues. For more information see: