Training course on How to Write a FP7 Proposal Successfully
The course provides all the necessary details, guidelines, evaluation criteria and measures in order to support proposal writers successfully.
The following topics will be covered:
- Behind the scenes:
What is the intention of FP7? What are the constraints? What should proposal writers know and keep in mind? What is the impact to individual proposal writers?
- The strategy of writing a proposal (schedule, presentation etc.)
- How to collect information from existing proposals or approved projects for the same topic
- Different projects and the influence on the proposal: Networks of Excellence, large and small collaborative projects
- How to plan a proposal and what are the right steps forward?
- Key elements of FP7 proposals
- The importance of abstracts
- Checklists: What – when – who – with whom – how
- Evaluation criteria
- GANTT-charts as compulsory parts of the management plan
- How to find and select project partners
- Use of model contract for consortia
- How to minimize the administrative burden
Adapted examples will be presented and discussed - course participants may present their own projects.
The course is specifically designed for project managers, scientists, engineers, research managers, administrators and all other people who are going to write a proposal or involved in contributing towards a proposal.
The course is limited to 15 participants in order to ensure high quality standard.
For further information please contact Rudolf Woeste rudolf.woeste@ftu.fzk.de
Date: 9 April 2008
Course fee: 395 EUR.
The fee includes tuition, documentation, morning coffee, sandwich lunch, afternoon tea, refreshment drinks.
Venue: Helmholtz Office, Brussels, Belgium