This workshop is a cooperation of Yellow Research and Kwintessence and will take place in Amsterdam or can also be given as an in-house course at your institution.
Workshop
This workshop is all about making your Marie Curie ITN proposal the best competitive proposal.
Competition for the ITN-proposals is fierce, and it is not enough to provide good science! Based on the experiences of the previous ITN evaluations in FP7, this workshop will provide you with valuable input for writing a competitive ITN proposal.
Programme Outlines
We will provide you with solid background information about the principles and objectives, and about the policy context of the ITN-programme. We will focus on the evaluation criteria applicable to ITN-proposals:
- Science and Technology quality
- Training
- Implementation
- Impact
We will aim to increase your understanding of these evaluation criteria by explaining the expectations of the European Commission, and by giving examples of best practice.
Outcome
Participants will obtain general and latest information about the People programme, in particular about the ITN scheme. Participants will receive strategic and practical input for writing competitive ITN-proposals.
Who should attend
This workshop will be of value for researchers and EU Liaison Officers, experienced and non-experienced.
Methodology
The workshop will be in English, with no translation. Participants will be provided with solid background information. Moments of discussions are included in the programme to promote exchange of views between participants and trainers, as well as group work to ensure active participation. Lessons learnt from previous evaluations will be discussed where possible.
Programme
9.15: Registration and Coffee
Introduction People Programme and ITN: Aims and objectives FP7: making sure your deliverables fit the EU challenges for ITN projects.
Coffee & tea Break
The evaluation criteria for the People Programme, weights and thresholds.
Science and Technology quality (evaluation criterion 1)
Lunch
Training Capacity (evaluation criterion 2), with group work and analysis
Coffee & tea Break
Implementation (evaluation criterion 3), with group work and analysis
Impact (evaluation criterion 4)
Feedback on the day
End of course day
Trainers
Lotte Jaspers from Yellow Research has been advisor to the Dutch government with regard to the Rules for Participation for FP5 up to FP7 as well as the Dutch University Association (VSNU). She was a representative in the FP7 Model Grant Agreement Consultation Group on behalf of the Netherlands. Lotte has extensive experience in the legal and financial aspects of FP7 Grant Agreements.
Alie Kwint from Kwintessence has extensive knowledge about the Marie Curie actions, in particular about ITN-projects. She worked for over 6 years as National Contact Point for the Marie Curie Programme; she was expert to the Programme Committee and was invited as Independent Observer during the ITN-evaluations in 2007 and 2008. Since 2007, she works as a free lance Marie Curie consultant.
Date, time and location
Date(s): not scheduled, available as in-house event
Time: 9:15 am – 4:30 pm
Location: Yellow Research, Herengracht 495, 1017 BT, Amsterdam
Course Fee
The course fee is 675,00 euro fully inclusive of coffee & tea, lunch and course material as well as up to a maximum of 2.5 hours project review.
Course fee for an in house course at your institution is 4.000,00 euro per day for one or two trainers, excluding travel, hotel and subsistence costs, including up to 7.5 hours of project review. We expect you to take care of the Xeroxing of the course materials, the lecture room, projector and catering.
Bookings
Click on the blue button ‘Book this course’ on the top of this page to book online or to download the booking form. For questions about this course, please contact Sarah Jones at jones[at]yellowresearch[dot]nl.
Project review
The course fee includes 2.5 hours of project review per participant as follow up of this specific course and cannot be exchanged for other review services. One of the trainers will provide you with input to improve (parts of) your proposal. This service will be offered until 14 calendar days before the call deadline.
Project writing assistance
It should be noted that the 2,5 hours of project review allow us to give general comments to your proposal. If you wish a more in-depth analysis of your proposal or assistance in writing or re-writing (parts of) your proposal, we offer project writing assistance. Please contact us for more information.