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Funding your research career


Technical University of Denmark


General course objectives:
The objectives of the course are two-fold: 1) Provide the PhD students with a general understanding of how research funding and research careers are related, and what is expected of scientists in relation to funding themselves and their projects. 2) The course also aim to train the PhD students in practical pre-award skills and strategies for transforming research ideas into competitive proposals. By the end of the course the student will have applied tools and techniques to formulate own research idea/proposal.

Learning objectives:
A student who has met the objectives of the course will be able to:
  • Understand the basic differences and similarities between planning a research project, writing a paper and writing a competitive proposal for funding
  • Have an overview of research funding strategies and possibilities in relation to career steps
  • Analyze and answer funding calls
  • Understand the non-scientific issues also to be considered in a proposal; such as budget, ethics, IPR, Datamanagement, business plans and dissemination
  • Plan and organize an application process
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Contents:
The format of the course is 5 consecutive days of training, with 50% theory and 50% exercises based on PhD students own research project outline, followed by one day of pitching the project proposals. Guest lecturers will be invited to participate in the different modules. The course will consist of the following modules: INTRODUCTION & TYPES OF FUNDING (100% theory): An overview of what is expected of scientists in respect to attract funding at different career steps, and will address the different opportunities and strategies for different types of research and innovation. HOW TO FORMULATE A RESEARCH IDEA (50/50 theory & practice): Techniques and language to formulate and structure a research project/proposal. MATCHING IDEAS WITH CALLS (25/75% theory and practice): How to find the calls, how do you read them, what are the determining factors to consider before you decide on preparing the proposal. HOW TO ANSWER A FUNDING CALL (50/50 theory & practice): Introduction to key elements of 1) Excellence: how to present the research idea and your CV, 2) Impact: expected output, policy/market relevance, communication and dissemination, and 3) Implementation: Project plan, risks and budget. Introduction to electronic submission systems. NON SCIENTIFIC PARTS OF A PROPOSAL (Mostly theory): Introduction to ethics, IPR, Data management, and business plans. TIME MANAGEMENT (100% practice): Construct a time-line of proposal development steps and milestones, for a generic individual/collaborative proposal. SUM-UP: DO's and DON'Ts of the proposal development and submission process.

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Course organizer
Kirsten Arnfred , Ivaylo Boykov
Place/Venue
Anker Engelunds Vej 1
City
2800 Kgs. Lyngby
Country
Denmark
Workload
2.5
Link
http://kurser.dtu.dk/course/25619