personal experience in horizon 2020 funding bidding
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Sylvester Arnab, PhDDisruptive Media Learning Lab,Coventry [email protected]
@sarnab75 @disrupt_learn
H2020: Personal Experience
Latest grants• H2020 – ICT-20-2015- BEACONING
Coordinator (15 partners)Worth €5.9 million, 3 years, €784k to CU
• H2020 – ICT-10-2015 – CROWD4ROADSPartner (Gamification lead, 6 partners)Worth €1.5 million, 3 years, €250K to CU
Leading/CoordinatingTake control and be flexible within
reasons
Concept
Understand callUnderstand SoTAEU reports, strategyFlesh out ideas
Consult core partner(s)
Run through idea & RefineBuild abstract - clearDraft work packages (WPs) and tasks structure
Build consortium, ECAS and Costing
Identify required skills/missing expertiseRefine concept and WPsAllocate leadership and rolesPartner to review (google doc/spreadsheet)Partners description – Section 4Open ECAS portal
Build Excellence, Implementation, Impact section
Take control of the scopeBe concise and clearTangibilityPartners to fill in the gapsWP leads to build WPsIterative refinement/incrementalDelegate Dissemination and exploitation to WP leadMap responses to expected impact
Complete ECAS
Part APart BSubmit draft early
PartneringRelevance and relationship
Review invitation and Concept
Concept vs callRelevanceCapacityPersonal discussion with coordinator
Review consortium
Review partnersHow do I fit?
Contribute to specific sections, review WP and tasks, organisation info
ContributeIndicate leadership/rolesReview man monthsPropose man monthsCosting with ROOrganisation info
Review proposal, man months and costing
ContributeFinalise man months , costingWork with your RO officer
Review ECAS
Complete part AReview costing
YES / NO ?
Tips• Question
Can I see myself committing to this project? Is it in line with my development and research progression?
• Man-months and costing Existing researchers, RA to recruit? (fulltime?) RO to help – average rate calculation
• Invest time Do not procrastinate Get a rough draft/skeleton ready quickly Know your partners Know your field Know your role in the project Refer to other successful proposals
Tips• Network
Info Days Social media – Linked In, etc. 6-degree of separation
• Not successful – past the threshold? Then it’s “not right now”… maybe Reusable for other calls in the future Improve based on the reviewers’ feedback
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Thank You!
@disrupt_learn @sarnab75
Sylvester Arnab, [email protected]
Blog: https://sylvesterarnab.wordpress.com/