TRAINING’WORKSHOP’ “Eﬀec3ve’proposal… · 2018. 5. 28. · IF:’evalua3on’criteria’...

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TRAINING WORKSHOP “Effec3ve proposal prepara3on for European Research Fellowship”

Khon Kaen University, 28/05/2018

Ka3a Insogna

Head of R&I Training and MSCA/ERC Consultancy Services

Bangkok, Firday the 25th of May 2018 2


8:30-‐8:45 Introduc?on to the workshop Simon Grimley

Ka3a Insogna 8:45-‐9:15

Brief introduc?on to Marie S. Curie Ac?ons programme: main objec?ves, structure and eligibility for researchers.

Ka3a Insogna

9:15-‐10:00

Individual Fellowships (IF) overview, with a focus on: objec?ves, rules of par?cipa?on and eligibil ity requirements, difference between EF and GF schemes, funding rates, evalua?on procedure, funded ac?vi?es and next call informa?on.

Ka3a Insogna

10:00-‐10:15 Coffee break 10:15-‐11:30 From proposal registra?on in EPSS to contents of Part B1:

?ps and hints for submiOng IF winning proposals! Ka3a Insogna

11:30-‐ 13:00 Group work: development of an IF proposal main contents based on a case study, with discussion of results.

Group exercise

13:00-‐13:45 Lunch break

13:45-‐14:30

Research and Innova3on Staff Exchange Scheme (RISE): objec?ves, partnership building, rules of par?cipa?on for Third Countries and staff eligibility requirements, types of secondments, funding rates, evalua?on procedure, funded project ac?vi?es and next call informa?on. How to develop contents of B1: sugges?ons for successful RISE proposals

Ka3a Insogna

14:30-‐16.00 Group work: evalua?on of a submiVed proposal with final discussion of results

Group exercise

16.00-‐16:30 Presenta?on of results and groups’ discussion ALL 16:30 End of the workshop and evalua?on forms ALL

“ Marie Skłodowska-‐Curie ac?ons" shall provide excellent and innova4ve research training as well as aOrac?ve career and knowledge-‐exchange opportuni?es through cross-‐border and cross-‐sector mobility of researchers to best prepare them to face current and future societal challenges.”

Regulation (EU) No 1291/2013 of the European Parliament

and of the Council of 11 December 2013, Part 1.c

Excellent Innova?ve

Training Knowledge

exchange Cross-‐border

Cross-‐sector Mobility

Societal challenges

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H2020 MSCA: main objec3ves


AVract and retain research talents in Europe, and favour brain-‐circula3on Develop innova3ve training schemes, consistent with the highly compe??ve and increasingly inter-‐disciplinary requirements of research and innova?on, though interna?onal collabora?ons Promote sustainable career development in research and innova?on, at any stage of career ladder of the involved staff Deliver new knowledge and skills, in line with the key driver iden?fied in the strategic programming approach Contribute to strong partnerships between MS/AC and TC

H2020 MSCA: expected outcome

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Open to all types of organisa3ons based in Europe, and beyond, with par?cipa?on of non-‐academic sector strongly encouraged (industry/SMEs) Open to researchers from all over the world, at all stage of their career ladder Open to all domains of research and innova3on from basic research up to market take-‐up and innova?on services (TRL 1 to TRL 7/8) Mobility as the key requirement

H2020 MSCA: key features

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Eligible countries for EU funding


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The following countries are automa?cally eligible for funding:

§  EU Member States (MS) §  Overseas Countries and Territories linked to MS

§  Horizon 2020 Associated Countries (AC)-‐ subject to the adop?on of scien?fic associa?on agreements with the EC

§  Third Countries (TC), as listed in Annex A of the Work Programme 2018-‐2020

Non-eligible countries for EU funding


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The following (developed and developing TC) are not automa3cally eligible for funding: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, India, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, Russia, United States In very excep?onal cases they might be funded (some condi?ons need to be fulfilled) But they can par3cipate with own funding for secondments

Marie Curie: Eligible Organisations


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Academic Sector Higher Educa?on Establishments (public or private universi?es) awarding academic degrees Non-‐profit research organisa?ons (public or private research centres) whose primary mission is to pursue research Interna?onal European Interest organisa?ons (JRCs, others)

Non-‐Academic Sector Any socio-‐economic actor not included in the academic sector fulfilling the requirements of the Horizon 2020 Rules for par?cipa?on (industry, SMEs, mul?na?onals, NGOs, others)

MSCA: eligible researchers

EXPERIENCED RESEARCHER

(ER)

EARLY-STAGE RESEARCHER

(ESR)

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At the ?me of the recruitment by the host organisa?on (or relevant deadline), must be in possession of a doctoral degree or have at least four years of full-‐?me equivalent research experience

At the ?me of recruitment by the host organisa?on (or relevant deadline) must be in the first four years (full-‐?me equivalent research experience) of their research careers and not yet have been awarded a doctoral degree


BUT FOR RISE ALL STAFF IS ELIGIBLE

H2020 MSCA: mobility rule

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Researchers (ESR/ER) must not have resided or carried out their main ac?vity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of their host organisa?on for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the Call deadline and/or the date of recruitment Compulsory na?onal service and/or short stays such as holidays are not taken into account Other condi?ons and/or excep?ons depending on Ac?on, i.e. for Third Country researchers in IF eligibility depends on their long-‐term residence (5 years)


Research fields are freely chosen by the applicants, except: -‐ research ac?vity aiming at human cloning for reproduc?ve purposes -‐ research ac?vity intended to modify the gene?c heritage of human beings which could make such changes heritable -‐ research ac?vi?es intended to create human embryos -‐ areas of research covered by the EURATOM Treaty (NUCLEAR RESEARCH)

H2020 MSCA: bo`om-‐up approach

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Individual Evalua?on Report

Individual Evalua?on Report Individual

Evalua?on Report

Consensus group

Consensus Report



Expert Expert Expert Expert Expert Minimum 3 experts

Individual evaluation

Consensus

Proposal Eligible proposal

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H2020 MSCA: the evalua3on process


Award Criteria

In line with all other programmes in H2020 but more clarifica?ons and pre-‐determined sub-‐criteria in the Guide for Applicants for each Ac?on

3 main award criteria:

o Excellence (50% weigh3ng) o Impact (30% weigh3ng) o Implementa3on (20% weigh3ng)

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Innova3ve Training Networks (ITN)

Intra-‐EU networks suppor?ng early-‐stage training (Including Industrial doctorates & Joint doctorates)

Early-‐Stage Researchers

Individual Fellowships (IF)

Individual fellowship suppor?ng experienced researchers undertaking mobility

Experienced Researchers

Co-‐funding of regional, na?onal and interna?onal programmes funding doctoral and postdoctoral researchers

COFUND (DP or FP)

Early-‐Stage Researchers Experienced Researchers

Interna?onal and inter-‐sector coopera?on through research and innova?on staff exchange

All Staff

H2020 MSCA: 4 MAIN ACTIONS


R&I Staff Exchange Scheme (RISE)

MSCA Individual Fellowships (IF)

Objec3ve

To enhance the crea?ve and innova?ve poten?al of experienced researchers (ERs) To provide opportuni?es for ERs to acquire new knowledge, work on research projects in a European context or outside Europe, resume a career or return to Europe

Scope

Individual, trans-‐na?onal fellowships awarded to the most promising researchers

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MSCA Individual Fellowships (IF)

Expected Impact To release the full poten?al of researchers in both the academic and non-‐academic sectors To strengthen the contact network of the researcher and the host organisa?on-‐s, and between the hosts in Europe and Third Countries

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IF: key features

Support to mobile experienced researchers (ER) of any na3onality Focus on career development, not necessarily experience…. European or global scheme Any experienced researcher may submit only one proposal per Call deadline (submission by the host in accordance with the ER, i.e. the proposal writer!)

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MSCA IF in nutshell…

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This ac?on provides financial support for individual experienced researchers who want to work in host organisa3ons established in EU Member States (MS) or Associated Countries AC. The Global Fellowship op?on also includes an ini?al period spent in a partner Partner organisa3on located outside of Europe MS or AC.

EXPERIENCED RESEARCHER

MSCA IF: ELIGIBLE RESEARCHERS

Researchers must be, at the date of the call deadline, in possession of a doctoral degree or has at least four years of full-‐?me equivalent research experience


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IF: eligible organisa3ons

Beneficiary Beneficiary is the host organisa?on that recruits, supervises and assures the training of the researcher, and appoints the scien?st in charge. It is based in Europe! The Beneficiary s igns the grant agreement, receives funding, claims costs and takes complete responsibility for execu?ng the proposal

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Partner Organisa3ons Partner organisa3ons are based in TC! They do not recruit any researcher, and do

not sign the grant agreement (i.e. partnership agreement) Partner organisa?ons are also ins?tu?ons in Europe that provide addi3onal training and host the researcher during secondments

IF European Fellowship: provides financial support for ERs who want to work in host organisa?ons established in EU MS or AC -‐ dura3on 12-‐24 months

IF Global Fellowship: includes an ini?al period spent in a partner organisa?on located in a TC -‐ dura3on between 24/36 months (12-‐24 months for the outgoing phase plus 12 months compulsory return phase in Europe)

IF: European or Global

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Between 3 to 6 months secondment op3on in Europe and in another se

ctor

(industrial sector) an added value!


Dura?on of support: -‐ IF European: 12-‐24 months

-‐ IF Global: 12-‐24 months for the outgoing

phase plus 12 month return phase in Europe

IF: European or Global


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Minimum country par3cipa3on in an IF

Scheme Beneficiaries Partner organisa3ons

European Fellowship Obligatory: 1 beneficiary in MS or AC Op?onal: partner organisa?on(s) in MS or AC

Global Fellowship Obligatory: 1 beneficiary in MS or AC Obligatory: 1 partner organisa?on in TC Op?onal: partner organisa?on(s) in MS or AC

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Standard European Fellowships (EF-‐ST) : eligible researchers

The researcher must be an experienced researcher of any na?onality. The researcher must move or have moved from any country to the MS or AC where the beneficiary is located Mobility rule applies

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Proposals will be evaluated in one of the 8 scien3fic panels, or by 3 mul3disciplinary panels: -‐ Career Restart Panel (EF-‐CAR) -‐ Society & Enterprise Panel (EF-‐SE)-‐ beneficiary from the non-‐academic sector -‐ Reintegra3on Panel (EF-‐RI): ER must be a na?onal or long-‐term resident of a MS or AC

Career restart panel

The researcher must move or have moved from any country to the MS or AC where the beneficiary is located. Specifically: “The researcher cannot have resided or carried out the main ac?vity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of the beneficiary for more than three years in the five years immediately before the call deadline”

The experienced researcher must have had a career break in research, i.e. not ac?ve in research for a con?nuous period of 12 months within the eighteen months immediately prior to the deadline for submission of proposals (between 13 April 2017 and 12 September 2018).


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To resume research in Europe aier a career break, e.g. aner parental leave, is ensured via a separate mul?-‐disciplinary career restart panel of the European Fellowships.

Reintegra3on Panel (EF-‐RI)

A mul?disc ip l inary panel dedicated to researchers who wish to return and reintegrate in a longer term research posi?on in Europe


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The experienced researcher must be a na3onal or long-‐term resident of a MS/AC

The researcher must move or have moved directly from a TC to the MS or AC where the beneficiary is located. Specifically:

-‐ The researcher cannot have resided or carried out the main ac?vity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of the beneficiary for more than three years in the five years immediately before the call deadline.

A period of legal and con?nuous residence within EU Member States or Horizon 2020 Associated Countries of at least 5 consecu?ve years

Society & Enterprise Panel (EF-SE)

The researche

r may be of any n

a3onality

The researcher must move or have moved from any country to the MS or AC where the beneficiary is located. Specifically: “The researcher cannot have resided or carried out the main ac?vity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of the beneficiary for more than three years in the five years immediately before the call deadline”


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A mul?disciplinary panel dedicated to career o p p o r t u n i ? e s f o r researchers seeking to work on research and innova?on projects in an organisa?on from the non-‐academic sector

IF: eligible researchers

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Proposals will be evaluated in one of the 8 scien3fic panels:

GLOBAL FELLOWSHIPS (GF): eligible researchers

The researcher must be an experienced researcher of any na?onality. Must move or have moved from any country to the MS or AC where the beneficiary is located Must be na3onal or long-‐term resident of a MS or AC Mobility rule applies to the TC

The indica?ve budget of the 2018 Call is EUR 273 million, of which:

Global Fellowships: EUR 45 million

European Fellowships: EUR 220 million

Society and Enterprise Panel: EUR 8 million

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INDICATIVE BUDGET


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IF: Proposal Budget (in EUR per researcher/month)

Researcher unit cost Living allowance * 4 880 Mobility allowance 600 Family allowance ** 500

Ins3tu3onal unit cost Research, training, networking costs*** 800 Management and indirect costs 650

*country correc?on coefficient applies to the living allowance. IF Global Fellowships with two different country correc?on coefficients

** status by the call deadline

MUST BE PAID TO ER IN FULL EMPLOYMENT FULL TIME CONTRACTS, NATIONAL TAXATION APPLIES

*** MUST BE MANAGED BY HOST ON BEHALF OF THE ER


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INDICATIVE TIMETABLE

Publica3on 27 October 2017

Opening of the call

12 April 2018

Call deadline

12 September 2018 at 17:00:00, Brussels local ?me

Evalua3on of proposals October -‐ December 2018

Informa3on on the outcome of the evalua3on February 2019

Indica3ve date for the signature of Grant Agreements

March -‐ May 2019

Possible start date of the Ac3on 1 March 2019 – 1 September 2020


IF: evalua3on criteria Excellence Impact Implementa3on

Quality, innova3ve aspects and credibility of the research (including

inter/mul?disciplinary aspects)

Enhancing research-‐ and innova3on-‐related human resources, skills and working condi3ons to realise the poten3al of individuals and to provide new career

perspec3ves

Overall coherence and effec3veness of the work plan, including

appropriateness of the alloca?on of tasks and resources

Clarity and quality of transfer of knowledge/training for the development

of researcher in light of the research objec?ves

Effec?veness of the proposed measures for communica3on and results dissemina3on

Appropriateness of the management structures and procedures, including

quality management and risk management

Quality of the supervision and the hos?ng arrangements

Appropriateness of the ins3tu3onal environment (infrastructure)

Capacity of the researcher to reach or re-‐enforce a posi?on of professional

maturity in research

Competences, experience and complementarity of the par?cipa?ng

organisa?ons and ins3tu3onal commitment

The principles of the European Charter for Researchers and Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers, promo?ng open recruitment and aVrac?ve working condi?ons, are expected to be endorsed and applied by all beneficiaries in the Marie Skłodowska-‐Curie ac?ons


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From proposal registra?on in EPSS to contents of Part B1: ?ps and hints for submiOng IF winning proposals!


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Proposal submission Eligibility condi3ons

A proposal will only be considered eligible if it meets all of the following condi?ons: It is received by the Commission or by the Research Execu?ve Agency before the deadline given in the call text. It involves at least the minimum number of par?cipants according to the eligibility condi?ons for par?cipants. It is complete (i.e. both the requested administra?ve forms and the proposal descrip?on are present).


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Par?cipant Portal and EPSS: how to use them


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Proposals in this call must be submiVed electronically, using the Electronic Submission Services of the Commission accessible from the call page on the Par?cipant Portal. In Part A you will be asked for certain administra?ve details that will be used in the evalua?on and further processing of your proposal. Part A cons?tutes an integral part of your proposal. Details of the work you intend to carry out will be described in Part B


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Administrative and Financial Forms


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Part A of the Proposal

Sec3on 1: General informa3on about the proposal (including the abstract) Sec3on 2: Data on par3cipants and contacts Sec3on 3: Budget Sec3on 4: Ethics issues table Sec3on 5: Informa3on on Partner organisa3ons


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Applicants must enter the dura3on of the fellowship and the system will automa?cally calculate an indica?ve ac?on budget based on the number of months (for GF separate values for each phase), country of the beneficiary (and country of partner organisa?on for GF) and the family situa3on as at the deadline of the submission of proposals

Care should be taken when entering the data for the budget. Experts will not comment on the budget but will evaluate the planned dura3on of each element of the fellowship under the Implementa4on criterion.

Sec3on 3: Budget


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IF: Proposal Budget (in EUR per researcher/month)

Researcher unit cost Living allowance * 4 880 Mobility allowance 600 Family allowance ** 500

Ins3tu3onal unit cost Research, training, networking costs*** 800 Management and indirect costs 650

*country correc?on coefficient applies to the living allowance. IF Global Fellowships with two different country correc?on coefficients

** status by the call deadline

MUST BE PAID TO ER IN FULL EMPLOYMENT FULL TIME CONTRACTS, NATIONAL TAXATION APPLIES

*** MUST BE MANAGED BY HOST ON BEHALF OF THE ER


PART B OF THE PROPOSAL


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Part B of the Proposal

Part B of the proposal contains the details of the proposed research and training programmes along with the prac3cal arrangements planned to implement them. Applicants must structure their proposal according to the headings indicated in the Part B proposal template A Word version of the submission template can be downloaded from the Electronic Submission Services of the Commission. Applicants must ensure that proposals conform to this layout and to the instructions given in this Guide for Applicants


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The maximum total length of sec3ons 1 to 4 of Part B of the proposal is 10 pages There is no page limit per sec?on Experts will be instructed to disregard any excess pages above the 10 page limit The minimum font size allowed is 11 points. The page size is A4, and all margins (top, boVom, len, right) should be at least 15 mm (not including any footers or headers) Ensure that the font chosen is clearly readable (e.g. Arial or Times New Roman)

Part B of the Proposal-‐some basic instruc3ons


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Literature references should be listed in footnotes, font size 8 or 9. All footnotes will count towards the page limit!!! Part B of your proposal carries as a header to each page the proposal acronym and the implementa3on mode to which you are applying (i.e. Standard EF, CAR, Reintegra?on, GF). All pages should be numbered on the footer. Recommended numbering format "Part B -‐ Page X of Y" The final version of Part B must include the le`ers of commitment required from TC Partner organisa3ons, to be signed by the organisa3on's legal representa3ve, or someone of equivalent authority

Part B of the Proposal-‐some basic instruc3ons


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A short summary of the proposal, which could be the same as the proposal abstract (A1)

Part B of the Proposal

Introduc?on, objec?ves and overview of the research programme Research methodology and approach Originality and innova?ve aspects of the research programme

2.1 Quality, innova3ve aspects and credibility of the research (including inter/mul3disciplinary aspects)

Focus on how the high-‐quality, novel research is the most likely to open up the best career possibili?es for the Experienced Researcher and new collabora?on opportuni?es for the host organisa?on(s).


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How the experienced researcher will gain new knowledge from the hos?ng organisa?on(s) during the fellowship

Outline the capacity for transferring the knowledge, previously acquired by the researcher, to the host organisa?on

2.2 Clarity and quality of transfer of knowledge/training for the development of the researcher in light of the research objec3ves

For Global Fellowships explain how the new acquired skills and knowledge in the TC will be transferred back to the host ins?tu?on in Europe.


2.3 Quality of the supervision and the hos3ng arrangements Qualifica3ons and experience of the scien?st-‐s in charge Show that the experienced researcher will be well integrated within the hos3ng organisa?on(s) Informa?on regarding the scien3st in charge must include the level of experience on the research topic proposed and document its track record of work. Informa?on provided should include projects, publica?ons, patents and any other relevant results What prac?cal arrangements are made in place (for GF both phases should be described)


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2.4 Capacity of the researcher to reach and re-‐enforce a posi3on of professional maturity in research

Fellowships will be awarded to the most talented researchers as shown by their ideas and their track record, where it is a fair indicator given their level of experience


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3. Impact

The impact of the research and training on the Experienced Researcher’s career The fellowship, including any secondments in Europe, should maximise the impact on the researcher’s ac?vity on European society, including the science base and/or the economy

3.1 Enhancing research-‐ and innova3on-‐related human resources , sk i l l s , and work ing condi3ons to realise the poten3al of individuals and to provide new career perspec3ves


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3.2 Effec3veness of the proposed measures for communica3on and results dissemina3on

Communica?on and public engagement strategy Dissemina3on of the research results Exploita3on of results and intellectual property

Concrete plans to be included in the GanV Chart


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4.1 Overall coherence and effec3veness of the work plan, including appropriateness of the alloca3on of tasks and resources

•  Work Packages descrip?on •  List of major deliverables •  List of major milestones •  Secondments, if applicable

4. Implementa3on


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4.2 Appropriateness of the management structure and procedures, including quality management and risk management

Project organisa?on and management structure, including the financial management strategy, as well as the progress monitoring mechanisms put in place Risks that might endanger reaching the project's objec?ves and the con?ngency plans to be put in place should risk occur

Progress monitoring Risk management Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)


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Gan` chart

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4.3 Appropriateness of the ins3tu3onal environment (infrastructure)

Description of the legal entity/ies and its main tasks (per participant). Explain why the fellowship has the maximum chance of a successful outcome.

Sugges?on: Each par?cipant is described in Sec?on 7. This specific informa?on should not be repeated here


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4.4 Competences, experience/complementarity of par3cipa3ng organisa3ons and ins3tu3onal commitment

How the fellowship will be beneficial for both the fellow and host-‐s Commitment of beneficiary and partner organiza?on-‐s to the programme

The role of partner organisa3ons in Third Countries for GF and their ac?ve contribu?on to the research and training ac?vi?es

should be described. A le`er of commitment shall also be provided in Sec?on 7 (included within the PDF file of part B, but outside the page limit)

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5. CV of the Experienced Researcher

Maximum 5 pages

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8. Le`ers of Commitment

Use this sec?on to insert scanned copies of the required LeVers of Commitment from partner organisa?ons in TC for the Global Fellowships.


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CHANGE PERSPECTIVE Your proposal must be wriVen in order to resolve European problems iden3fied in EU policies Never give the impression that you are wri3ng a project because trying to get funding!

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Some more useful 3ps and hints


Use standard and concise English Make the text clear, well structured, and fluent Plan an index, use short paragraphs, point out key passages, schema?se the concepts Insert only informa?on relevant to the project Answer to ALL the ques?ons indicated in the applica?on form

Le`ers of Commitment of TC Partner organisa3ons

Insert scanned copies of duly signed leVers of commitment from TC Partner organisa?ons in sec?on 8 of Part B The leVer of commitment must explicitly refer to the proposal (call and acronym) They must mo?vate/explain the engagement to implement the training/secondments planned in the proposal LeVers must be signed by the legal representa?ve of the concerned ins?tu?on

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Make the proposal readable. Evaluator has few hours to read your

proposal and evaluate it. Write in bold, use cursiv, underline.

BeVer one table than thousand words…

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GROUP EXERCISE

Your name, your organisa?on and role, your expecta?ons..


North Wing, The Old Livery, Hildersham Road

Cambridge, UK CB216DR

Tel.: +44 (0)1223 893209 | www.innotec-tcs.com | [email protected]

Katia Insogna [email protected]

Thanks for your attention!


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