Registration: We will contact you to confirm your registration. Preference will be given to those who have been in contact with research support. Other runs of the workshop at a later date are possible, and we will keep you informed.

Spending these three days of concentrated effort with us will save you a lot of hard times during proposal preparation.

You should bring your project proposal synopsis – broader text than an abstract including brief insights on the impacts of your project – and your CV.

What to expect:

Overall objective:

To develop your understanding of the MSCA-PF scheme (structure and purpose) and your (MSCA-PF) grant writing skills.

Specific objectives and main foci:

• To offer you and help you to adopt an appropriate approaches to development of the three major proposal sections – Excellence, Impact, Implementation, their interplay, as well as the art of improving and incorporating your CV in the application
• To collect, or “mine” information you should use for your proposal development
• To get familiar with reviewers’ perspective; to learn how to „keep the reviewer in your mind“
• To introduce the main project tools and “language” they expect you to use in the proposal
• To share our experience, tips, and observations we have gained as grant writing support staff

Methods:

• “Frontal” teaching
• Activities helping you to achieve understanding through experience
• Independent work and sharing (writing, drawing, searching for original views and approaches)