ΕτοιµασίαΕπιτυχηµένωνΠροτάσεων ΣυµβουλέςΕπιτυχίας

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1 Ευκαιρίες Χρηµατοδότησης ραστηριοτήτων Έρευνας και Ανάπτυξης στους Κλάδους της Μηχανικής ΕτοιµασίαΕπιτυχηµένωνΠροτάσεων ΣυµβουλέςΕπιτυχίας Πιεραντώνιος Παπάζογλου Ίδρυµα Προώθησης Έρευνας

2 οµή Παρουσίασης Ετοιµασία Επιτυχηµένων Προτάσεων Συµβουλές Επιτυχίας ή αλλιώς: πώς να είναι κανείς Libens, Volens, Potens στη συγγραφή Προτάσεων Good to Know Policy Context How to Find Opportunities (... Participant Portal) Hints - & - Tips The One-Page-Proposal Overall Strategy Approach Criteria (contents generally in H2020) Common Errors and Evaluator Expectations Good Practice Prescreening and Take-Home-Message

3 HORIZON 2020 is the main instrument of: - Europe 2020 Strategy - Innovation Union Flagship Initiative - European Research Area Good to Know Policy Context Find the documents be aware of their content use throughout your proposal (particularly for Impact part...)

4 Good to Know How to Find the Opportunities

5 Good to Know How to Find the Opportunities

6 Good to Know How to Find the Opportunities

7 Good to Know How to Find the Opportunities

8 Good to Know How to Find the Opportunities

9 Good to Know How to Find the Opportunities

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11 Good to Know How to Find the Opportunities

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14 Hints - & - Tips mottos Write with the eyes of an Evaluator Πολιτιστικό Εκπαιδευτικό Κέντρο ΕΤΕΚ 9 Νοεµβρίου 2013

15 Hints - & - Tips mottos Successful Proposals are S M A R T Specific Measurable, verifiable Achieveable Relevant Timely Πολιτιστικό Εκπαιδευτικό Κέντρο ΕΤΕΚ 9 Νοεµβρίου 2013

16 Hints - & - Tips the One-Page-Proposal In your One-Page-Proposal or ABSTRACT It should be easy for the reader to clearly see in-a-nutshell: Why bother? (what problem are you trying to solve?) Is it a European priority? Could it be solved at National level? Is the solution already available (product, service, transfer)? Why now? ( What would happen if we did not do this now?) Why you? (Are you the best people to do this work?) Πολιτιστικό Εκπαιδευτικό Κέντρο ΕΤΕΚ 9 Νοεµβρίου 2013

17 Hints - & - Tips Overall Strategy - Approach Know the Evaluation Criteria their Weightings and their ExAequo Priority In all H2020 we have: Excellence Impact Implementation However, MUST consider also: - Gender Balance in the Research Teams - International Cooperation - Widening Participation - Innovation Aspects - Social Dimension and Impact - Inclusion / Involvement of Private Sector, particularly SMEs Address the Specific Challenge the Scope and the Expected Impact!!! Try to present your proposal against the background of the relevant Policy Context (Strategies, Initiatives, Directives, Communications, White/Green Papers, etc, etc...) Πολιτιστικό Εκπαιδευτικό Κέντρο ΕΤΕΚ 9 Νοεµβρίου 2013

18 Hints - & - Tips Criteria Excellence Clarity and pertinence of the objectives; Credibility of the proposed approach Soundness of the concept, including trans-disciplinary considerations; Progress beyond the state of the art. Impact The expected impacts listed in the work programme under the relevant topic Enhancing innovation capacity and integration of new knowledge; Strengthening the competitiveness and growth of companies by developing and delivering innovations meeting the needs of European and global markets; Effectiveness of the proposed measures to exploit and disseminate the project results (including management of IPR), to communicate the project, and to manage research data where relevant. Implementation Coherence and effectiveness of the Work Plan (Work Packages, Deliverables, Milestones, Gantt Chart, etc), including appropriateness of the allocation of tasks and resources; Competences, experience and complementarity of participants, as well as of the consortium as a whole; Appropriateness of the management structures and procedures, including risk management / contingency planning. Πολιτιστικό Εκπαιδευτικό Κέντρο ΕΤΕΚ 9 Νοεµβρίου 2013

19 Hints - & - Tips Layout General Common Errors Proposal written as Scientific Paper Not addressing Scope and Expected Impact of Call Concept and state-of-the-art as well as the outline of the Network are elaborate and indepth, but Implementation/ Methodology, beyond-thestate-of-the-art and Impact are under-developed Unclear Aims and Objectives Over-ambitious Off page limits...! Template and its structure not followed Essential parts disregarded What Evaluators expect Well-organised, flowing text, addressing clearly Call s Scope/ Objectives. Proposal should make the Evaluator s life easier: consistent, well-written, following guidelines/templates Proposal should help the Evaluators score it more easily: built around the the eval. Scoring scheme Proposal has to convince that it will add value and Innovation in the specific field, for the Consortium and the EU at large. Clear description of Consortium and synergies/ compementarity within Clear Work Plan with Contingency Planning and fair budget distribution Πολιτιστικό Εκπαιδευτικό Κέντρο ΕΤΕΚ 9 Νοεµβρίου 2013

20 Hints - & - Tips Layout General General Good Practice Good Practice Evaluators don t have too much time... Keep it simple and concise Explain abbreviations / Use Glossary Use tables and diagrams (relevant and easily understandable) Use Structure and Table-of-Contents from GfA...Use Headings and subheadings from GfA... Use Margins and Font Size set in GfA...Use Page-Numbering set in GfA... Keep Page Limits set in GfA...! Accurate, Verifiable and Professional content (refer. where needed) No emphatic statements and claims that are unsubstantiated Be consistent in UK/US English throughout the document. NO jargon or slang. Write for the non-specialist : if they can understand what you want to do and why it s worth the funding... The specialist will, too! Proof Read at the end... Πολιτιστικό Εκπαιδευτικό Κέντρο ΕΤΕΚ 9 Νοεµβρίου 2013

21 SMART Proposals are also PRE-SCREENED.!!! The NCPs at RPF offer free and confidential pre-screening of the proposal: proof-reading ( commas and fullstops ) Addressing of Template s Questions Strategy and Text Suggestions Ευκαιρίες Χρηµατοδότησης ραστηριοτήτων Έρευνας & Ανάπτυξης στους Κλάδους Μηχανικής Πολιτιστικό Εκπαιδευτικό Κέντρο ΕΤΕΚ 9 Νοεµβρίου 2013

22 Take Home Message Divide your effort over the evaluation criteria! Think of the finishing touches which signal quality work (clear language, well-organised contents, useful and understandable diagrams, no typos, no inconsistencies, no obvious paste-ins, no numbers which don t add up, no missing pages Make it easy for the evaluators to give you high marks. Don t make it hard for them! Make sure you submit the latest, complete version of your proposal Don t write too little; cover what is requested Don t write too much Don t leave them to figure out why it s good, tell them why it s good - Leave nothing to the imagination! Πολιτιστικό Εκπαιδευτικό Κέντρο ΕΤΕΚ 9 Νοεµβρίου 2013

23 ΕτοιµασίαΕπιτυχηµένωνΠροτάσεων ΣυµβουλέςΕπιτυχίας Libens, Volens, Potens (Έτοιµος, Πρόθυµος, Ικανός) Ευχαριστώ για την Προσοχή σας! Πιεραντώνιος Παπάζογλου Ίδρυµα Προώθησης Έρευνας Τηλ Ευκαιρίες Χρηµατοδότησης ραστηριοτήτων Έρευνας & Ανάπτυξης στους Κλάδους Μηχανικής