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NFR information day

• Norwegian experiences from earlier calls and the new instruments

By Dr. Per Olaf Brett, DNV Research

• Pre-contract phase• Project execution• Project aftermath

Ideas – impulses - afterthought

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EU project experience

• FP 5 Call process-closing• FP 6 Call process-initiation• FP 7 Call process-strategising• TRESHIP (FP5 Network)• THEMES (FP5 Network)• ERAMAR (FP5 Network)• EVIMAR and ERASTAR• ADVANCES (FP5 Added

Value Network)• INTEGRATION (FP5 Shared

cost RTD and demonstration project)

• LOGBASED (FP 6 STREP)• Several FP6 initiatives (CA’s,

IP’s, STREP’s, and NoE’s)

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Pre-contract phase

• Is this of interest?

• Is it worth the hassle!

• Where to look?

• Who to talk to?

• Hasn't this been done before?

• What has already been done?

• What instrument to choose?

• Do the commission really mean what they say?

• What are the odds?

• How to leverage the application (proposal)

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Project execution

• Co-ordinator or partner?• Many or few project partners?• Small, medium and or large

firms?• Outsourcing the

administration?• Distributed production (work

packages) or team work (action oriented research)?

• Structure – methodology – theory

• Documentation of findings and results

• Communication media and distribution channels

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Project aftermath

• No more energy left!• Work done syndrome!• Continuation – for what

purpose, with whom?• Get on with the next

project!• What have we learnt –

failures and successes?• What can we do different

next time?• Will there be a next

time?