How to help the Coordinator make a successful proposal Experiences from the RINEA Project Melissa Plath Faculty of Social Sciences UniPID
About UniPID
About UniPID
About UniPID EC-Funded Projects Ongoing projects: CAAST-Net Plus Advancing SSA-EU Cooperation in Research and Innovation for Global Challenges WP and task leader FP7 RINEA Research and Innovation Support for Europe and Africa (upcoming) WP and task leader H2020 Previous projects: CAAST-Net Network for the Coordination and Advancement of sub-saharan Africa-EU Science & Technology Cooperation WP and Task leader FP7 ERAfrica Developing African European Joint Collaboration for Science & Technology WP and task leader FP7 DocLinks Increasing Understanding and Establishing Better Links Between African and European Doctoral Education Candidates Partner Erasmus Mundus
H2020 The Responsibilities of Partners Required Risk analysis or other necessary internal approval processes Complete and return the necessary documents (i.e. administrative data, person in charge of proposal) PM rates and other budgeting information Registration via the participant s portal Timely response to questions/comments Indicating interested role in the project, i.e. partner, task leader, work package leader Optional Contributing to the overall ideas, structure, concept Commenting on proposal drafts Writing or editing: Task descriptions Work package descriptions, including activities, budget, deliverables, milestones Other components of the proposal, such as: concept & approach, impacts, etc. Lobbying the EC
RINEA Overview Aim: Support the implementation of the EU-Africa High Level Policy Dialogue and its priorities WP1: Encouraging cooperation between research and innovation actors WP2: Transnational coordination of programme owners WP3: Support High level Policy Dialogue WP4: Communication and Dissemination Hub WP5: Coordination and Management
RINEA Partners No. Organization Country 1 German Aerospace Center Germany 2 Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research Algeria 3 Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation Burkina Faso 4 Ministry of Higher Education and Research Burundi 5 JyU/UniPID Finland 6 Institute for Research for Development France 7 Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas Greece 8 National Commission on Research, Science, and Technology Namibia 9 Foundation for Science and Technology Portugal 10 Ministry of Scientific Research and Technological Innovation Republic of the Congo 11 Department of Science and Technology South Africa 12 Association of Commonwealth Universities UK 13 African Union Commission: African Observatory of STI Ethiopia 14 National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion Nigeria
RINEA Call
RINEA From Call to Action Core starting consortium: Germany, South Africa, France, U.K. Key Questions asked by the core consortium: What is the Call asking for? What should we do? Which partners should join? What expertise is needed? How many partners do we need? How much funding is needed? Who takes leadership roles in the project (if successful) and proposal writing? Coordinator WP leaders Task leaders
RINEA Proposal Timeline Initial Discussions Call Published Invitations to partners Division of WPs and tasks Proposal Writing Date of Submission October 2013 11 December 2013 13 March 2014 24 March 2014 25 March 29 April 2014 29 April 2014
RINEA UniPID s Position in the Consortium The RINEA Consortium Formed to mirror the Bureau of the EU-Africa High Level Policy Dialogue + expert partners Mostly ministries of science/technology Why UniPID? Finland is not a member of the HLPD, nor is UniPID a ministry Based on the relationships, respect, and trust developed in other projects Proven record of being a dependable and active partner Expressed interest in taking part in the consortium
RINEA UniPID s Role in the Proposal Beginning Major components of the project already decided Lobbied for a decent role in the project Middle Drafted WP2 description, including tasks, deliverables, milestones, and associated budget in cooperation Provided substantial comments on the drafting of WP1, and drafted Task 1.2 Provided substantial comments on the proposal End Commenting on & editing the final proposal
RINEA UniPID s Role in the Project WP leader WP2: Transnational Coordination of Programme Owners Task leader Total PMs: 18.25 Total budget: 291 740 A substantial role in the project is still possible, even if not coordinating!
Conclusion Lessons Learned Existing partnerships are important, as is lobbying for yourself Level of involvement in the proposal preparations is up to you Level of involvement in the project is up to you Understand your strengths and what you can contribute to the proposal and to the project Being a partner is the best training for eventually becoming a coordinator
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