PROPOSALWRITING

1、proposal writing proposal development proposal structure part a administrative and statistical information a1 general information on proposal (title, abstract, etc) a2 information on co-ordinator and other partners a3 cost breakdown by type of cost categories and partner outline budget standard form

2、s eligibility check part b core (technical) proposal proposal development core proposal structure “technical” components i (parts b1-b3) b1 project objectives b2 relevance to ist b3 potential impact b4 project consortium and resources b5 project management structure b6 technical components ii projec

3、t workplan b7 other issues (gender / ethical) all partners need to provide monthly man- and overhead rates mitigation of existing problems; anticipation of future trends, etc proposal development sections b2 & b3 b2 based on scientific, technical, wider societal or policy objectives of the ist prior

4、ity in working call b3 based on information on european policies and initiatives as described, for instance, in related work programme europa web site () recommended total length = 5 pages proposal development b3 potential impact b3 must address any related activities issues (if a

5、pplicable e.g. eureka, national research programmes) standardisation how will your work impact existing standards? dissemination and exploitation plans how will the partners exploit the project results? be specific and quantify things proposal development summary of b1-b3 what is the problem to be s

6、olved? what is the state-of-the art in the area concerned? what exactly will come out of the work? how will the proposed project enhance the state-of-the-art in its area? who will be the next user who will use the project results? how will the project deliver the results to these users routes of exp

7、loitation (publications, licences, spin offs) b4 consortium budget & resources description of the consortium participant nationalities, types of partners, etc sub-contracting other countries description of participants quality of participants: involvement of users and smes overall financial plan pro

8、ject effort form b4 consortium budget & resources key questions what resources? money personnel travel equipment, consumables partners time must justify the resources you plan to use recommended length = 5 pages must be split between types of activity as rates can vary. for instance project manageme

9、nt 100% up to 7% of total budget research and innovation 50% demonstration 35% training costs 100% b4 consortium budget & resources budget breakdown p1p2p3p4p5p6p7p8p9 kick-off and other meetings b4 consortium budget & resources resource effort form b5 description of project management b5 section st

10、ructure project co-ordinator & project manager management structure work monitoring and crisis management quality procedures communication and reporting consortium agreement ipr and knowledge management evaluation and assessment mid term and final project review recommended length = 3 pages b5 descr

11、iption of project management resource roles proposal development b6 work plan overview of work plan should include rationale for technical approach research and technological aspects potential risks and fall backs / contingency plan phasing and check points / milestones graphical presentation of the

12、 project components gannt and pert charts workpackage list deliverables list workpackage description b6 work plan workpackage design each objective becomes a single work package for each work package what is the end point? end point becomes the milestone what steps are needed to get there? steps bec

13、ome the tasks b6 work plan workpackage list b6 work plan list of deliverables b6 work plan gannt charts t2.1: investigation of pa services t2.2: determination of service criteria t2.3: selection and analysis of suitable service for ontogov t3.1: user requirements t3.2: platform specifications t4.2:

14、development of ontology management system t4.1: development of ontology editor t5.1: development of the service configuration system m2: availability of the ontology editor m3: finalisation of software components t6.1: integration m4: availability of integrated platform t6.2: deployment t7.2: execut

15、ion & evaluation of trials t7.1: development of trial & evaluation plan t1.1: state-of-the-art analysis m5: executed and evaluated user trials m1: availability of ontogov platform specifications t1.2: e-gov lifecycle specification b6 work plan pert charts b6 work plan detailed workpackage descriptio

16、ns proposal development b7 ethical and gender issues any ethical or gender issues associated with proposal must be addressed research must contribute to promoting gender equality participation of women must be encouraged at all levels indications of relevant gender issues and suggestions on how gend

17、er dimension can be integrated into projects are available from: no max length b7 ethical and gender issues ethical issues form proposal development completing check for other costs per partner per wp (e.g. dissemination cost printing, booths, ) iterate costs to fit via

18、spread sheet update all tables with man months, deliverables add financial plan rationale to b4 update a3 with costs fine tuning, proofing, spell check final agreement of partners before uploading do a final dummy evaluation using manual have a non- expert read the proposal initial submittal via eps

19、s proposal submission the epss submission tool the basic templates are given by epss epss = internet-based application providing a secure work space for proposal preparation and submission /epss/welcome.jsp system allows you to submit updated versions there is some freedom to

20、add own subheadings and own templates for tables, etc proposal development finalising double-check with evaluation criteria relevance (threshold 3/5) potential impact (threshold 3/5) s&t excellence / quality of the co-ordination action / quality of integration (threshold 4/5) ! quality of the suppor

21、t action (threshold 3/5) quality of the consortium / excellence of participants (threshold 3/5) quality of the management (threshold 3/5) mobilisation of resources (threshold 3/5) overall remarks finalising evaluation criteria a thing to remember the proposal will only progress if all individual thresholds plus the overall threshold are reached following are main links you will require - http:/www.cordis.lu/ist https:/ww