Consultative Bureau for International Projects and your chance to write a successful FP7 proposal

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Consultative Bureau for International Projects
and your chance to write a successful FP7
proposal!
Steve Quarrie, Ministry of Science and
Technological Development
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Konsultativni biro je ekstenzija rada Sektora za
medjunarodnu saradnju Ministarstva za nauku i
tehnoloki razvoj koja je proistekla iz elje da
se pojaca i pospei prisustvo srpskih naucnika u
medjunarodnim projektima, posebno u FP7.
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How can we help you?

• We (and NCPs) can inform you of the
  opportunities
• that are available for your science in FP7.
• We can help you convert your ideas into a
• successful research proposal, by
• discussing with you the requirements for writing
  
• a proposal for an international project,
• advising you how to put together a consortium
  for
• an international collaborative project,

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• We can give you practical help with writing
• research proposals, especially for FP7.
• We can assess unsuccessful FP6 or FP7 proposals
• to advise you on how to succeed next
  time.
• We can help you to become a partner in someone
• elses research consortium.
• We have a partner profile form for your
  expertise to
• go on a database (searchable by EU
  scientists?).

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• If your proposal succeeds, we can help you
  overcome problems during the grant negotiations.
• We can give you help and advice if needed during
  a project, and help preparing Commission reports.

To contact the bureau Steve Quarrie (-11
3035047) or Jelena Kolic (-11 3398830) or Jelena
Andrejic email us at info.biro_at_nauka.gov.rs, or
call in at Vlajkoviceva 3, V sprat, soba 138.
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Our current activities

• Meeting the scientists to find out about their
  research and opportunities for international
  projects.

• Helping scientists put together FP7 proposals of
  their own for the current open calls (not many).

• Helping scientists to learn from their previous
  mistakes when writing proposals.

• Analysing results for proposals submitted by
  Serbian scientists so far for FP7 (when we have
  data).

• Organising training courses on how to write
  project proposals and other aspects of research
  skills.

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One-day courses so far Belgrade - 7
October on FP7 proposal writing Novi Sad -
8 October (over 400 participants) Belgrade -
9 October Nis - 28 October
Belgrade - 29 October
Kragujevac 30 October Belgrade -
31 October Belgrade - 26
November Novi Sad - 4 December
Future training courses depends on the
demand
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Heres a typical Mapa puta for FP7 involvement
You aim to get yourself known and develop
networking.
Coordinate your own FP collaborative research
project.
Join someone elses FP project consortium as a
partner.
Get a CSA (support - RegPot) to improve your
capacity.
Apply through CORDIS to become a proposal
evaluator.
Get a bilateral research project with an EU
partner.
Get a Marie Curie Fellowship to do research
abroad.
Join an existing research network such as COST.
Send emails to EU scientists to ask about their
science.
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Not everyone will be able to take part in FP7
projects, but there are other ways in which you
can contribute more effectively to the ERA.

• Your faculty needs to have a strategic plan to
  improve its research.

• You need to do a SWOT analysis on the quality of
  your research.

• You need to establish whether your research is
  competitive.

• You need to identify opportunities for you to
  improve your research.

• You need to go on training courses to improve
  your research skills.

• You need to take every opportunity to build your
  EU connections.

• You need to sell your science to the rest of the
  world (good website).

• You need to use the services of the bureau to
  develop your strategy.

I shall give training courses to develop skills
for a career in research.
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How many of you have seen this document (from Dec
2008)?
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• Area 4.1. Unlocking and developing the research
  potential of research entities in the EUs
  convergence regions and outermost regions -
  REGPOT-2009-1

• The call deadline was 13 February 2009.

• We expect the next REGPOT call to be on a small
  scale again and may even target the West Balkans.

• The REGPOT-2010 call should be in autumn 2009.

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The most important number in FP7 is 5 petica!