Personal experience in Horizon 2020 funding bidding

Sylvester Arnab, PhDDisruptive Media Learning Lab,Coventry Universitys.arnab@coventry.ac.ukdmll.org.uk

@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!

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Sylvester Arnab, PhDs.arnab@coventry.ac.uk

Blog: https://sylvesterarnab.wordpress.com/