The course is fundamentally about how you transform a research & innovation idea into an attractive proposal. It explains with what you have to write and provides advice on how to structure and present your ideas. A hands-on exercise on evaluating a proposal helps to emphasise some key lessons.
AGENDA
08:30-09:00 Registration and coffee/tea
09:00-09:05 Welcome
09:05-09:20 Short presentation of the participants
09:20-09:30 Introduction to the course agenda and the lecturers
09:30-10:00 Motivation – why are you writing a proposal? What do you have to write? The HEU proposal template. Parallel processes in proposal development.
(10:25-10:45 Break)
10:00-10:25 Objectives results outcomes –>impact vision.
10:45-11:15 Planning for impact:
The meaning behind commission terminology: dissemination & exploitation planning exploitation impact; IP & IPR
11:15-11:45 Planning for impact:
Questions you should ask yourself.
(11:45-12:15 Lunch)
12:15-12:30 What is the “TRL” scale and how can I use it effectively?
12:30-12:50 Consortium: What makes a good one? How do you build it?
12:50-13:20 Miscellaneous advice on proposal content and application process
(13:20-13:30 Break)
13:30-13:40 Support and help from the Research Council
13:40-14:00 Who are you writing for? The proposal evaluation process
14:00-14:50 Proposal evaluation exercise: introduction + participants read proposal
14:50-15:20 Proposal evaluation exercise: consensus meetings
15:20-15:45 Proposal evaluation exercise: short reports from consensus meetings + compare with ESR + reflections on the process
15:45-16:00 Final words: first impressions
16:00-16:00 End of course – Have a nice trip home!
Remember to bring your own laptop/PC.