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How to Write a Competitive Proposal for
Framework 7
COPENHAGEN
This course is
organized in cooperation with
EuroCenter, the Ministry of Science,
Technology and Innovation
Date of course: Wednesday 21st March
2012 Course Duration
9:00 am to 3:30 pm
Venue of course:
Venue will be sent in Booking Confirmation
Booking: To book a place simply send an email to:
Anne
Maibohm Haridt amma@fi.dk
Direct phone:
+ 45
7231 8261
Course Fee: This
includes tuition, documentation, morning coffee, lunch and afternoon tea.
Participants are responsible for their own accommodation.
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400 euro per participant |
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3000 DKKR per participant |
Overview of the Course
The aim of this one day course is to train research managers and
administrators in writing professional and competitive proposals for the Framework
7. The course describes the relevance of Framework 7 to EU policies, the common problems in proposal writing and the success
criteria for proposals. The course provides tips on how to collect information,
how to select strategic partners and how to avoid duplication in proposal
writing. The final section describes a strategy for proposal writing.
All of the modules will compare the new procedures with
those of Framework 6.
Module 1: A Quick
Overview of Framework 7
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Sources
of Information on Framework 7 |
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The
Structure of Framework 7 |
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Terminology
used in Framework 7 |
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The
Secrets of Framework Proposals |
Module
2: Who's Who in Framework 7
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Who
decided the Structure of Framework 7 |
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Who
prepared the workprogrammes for the Research Priorities |
| Who's
Who in the Technology Platforms |
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Background
to the Evaluation Criteria |
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Key
websites on the Who's Who in Framework 7 |
Module
3.1: The Research Priorities in Framework 7
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Cooperation
( 10 Research Priorities) |
| Ideas
(Frontier Research) (European Research Council) |
Module 3.2 The Research Priorities in Framework 7
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People
(Marie Curie) |
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Capacities |
| Competitiveness
and Innovation Programme (CIP) |
Module
4: The Funding Schemes
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Collaborative
Projects (CP) |
| Networks
of Excellence (NoE) |
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Coordination
and Support Actions (CSA) |
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Research
for SMEs and Associations |
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Marie
Curie Fellowships |
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Article
169 and Article 171 |
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A
strategy for using the different instruments |
| Key
websites and statistics on the Funding Schemes |
Module
5:Legal and Financial Rules in Framework 7
| The
Contract and Consortium Agreement |
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The
Financial Rules of Framework 7 |
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The
Rules on Intellectual Property |
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Key
websites and documents on Legal and Financial Rules |
Module
6: How to Find the Best Partners
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Which
countries can participate ? |
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The
different roles in the consortium |
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The
role of the coordinator |
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How
to find best partners. |
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Key
websites to select the ‘Strategic Partners’ |
Module 7: How Proposal are Evaluated
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Evaluation
Criteria for Framework 7 Proposals |
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The
Evaluation Process |
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The
Evaluation Manual and the Forms used by Evaluators |
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The
role of the ‘Expert Evaluator’
+ how to become an 'Expert' |
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Key
websites and documents on the Evaluation of FP7 Proposals |
Module
8: How to Write the ‘Potential Impact’ of the Proposal
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Background
to ‘Potential Impact’ |
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Template
for writing the ‘Impact’ |
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Example
of ‘Potential Impact’ |
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Ten
Routes for Exploiting Research Results |
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Websites
to write the ‘Potential Impact’ |
Module
9: How to Write the ‘Project
Implementation'
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How
to Manage R&D Projects. |
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Potential
problems managing Framework Projects |
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The
Pert Chart, The Gantt Chart |
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Work
Package Description |
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The
Deliverables Table |
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Work
Breakdown per partner |
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Websites,
Templates and Webservices for Management of Framework projects |
Module 10 How to Streamline Proposal
Writing
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Step
by Step guide to preparing a proposal |
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How
ideas for research proposals are identified |
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How
to kill ‘bad’ ideas |
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The
‘One Page Proposal’ |
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How
to avoid repetition
in R&D Proposals (Templates) |
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Templates
to prepare ‘One Page Proposals’ |
Annex
Course Websites
Who Should Attend ?
The course is relevant
to researchers who are responsible for writing proposals for Framework 7. It is
also relevant to Framework 7 advisors in Universities and Research Centres..
Course Presenter:
Dr. Sean McCarthy Hyperion Ltd, Ireland
For More Information Contact:
Hyperion Ltd.
Main Street, Watergrasshill, Co-Cork, Ireland
Tel: 00 353 21 4889 461
FAX: 00 353 21 4 889 465
Internet:
carmel.obrien@hyperion.ie
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