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General conditions and requirements

• Provision of the developed items for use and publication in NEPS instruments

• Documentation of the items in the series → NEPS Survey Paper

• Publication of analysis results only after release of the NEPS data as Scientific Use File (SUF)

• Contact person for the implementation period, field time and data preparation

• Eligible for submission are scientists and scholars who belong to a research institution but are not part of the NEPS network themselves

Selection criteria

• Innovative, theoretically and/or methodologically grounded question

• Proof of the scientific quality of the items (written documentation, cognitive pretests if necessary)

• Thematic fit to the NEPS with added value beyond the existing and individual interests (potential for use)

• Utilization of the longitudinal design of the NEPS

• Relevance to science and practice and/or society

• Potential for comparison/harmonization with other studies

• Increasing the attractiveness for respondents