The Santander Group and the Compostela Group of Universities are jointly organising a workshop in Brussels on the 11th of November 2010 on the role of the 7th Framework Avdvisors.

Both networks would like to invite their members to participate in this one-day workshop designed for Senior Research Managers/Officers or those responsible for submitting and managing projects from the 7th Framework Programme.  The aim is to improve their knowledge and skills in planning and co-ordinating successfully 7th FP proposals. This workshop is also open to non-members.
 
The Workshop will be led by Dr. Sean McCarthy who specialises in the development and delivery of training courses for research managers. Since 1999, Dr. McCarthy has presented training courses to 28,000 participants in over 250 research centres throughout the EU. He has been involved in over 150 EU R&D Proposals, over 50 contracts and managed 16 of these. He has also acted as scientific evaluator for 10 different EU R&D Programmes (Energy, Innovation, Marie Curie etc.)
 
The programme is based on Dr. McCarthy's 27 years of experience in proposal writing, project management and project administration of EU R&D contacts.

To register for the workshop, please fill out the following form and send it by email to: sgadmin@sgroup.be .

The deadline for the early bird registration is 28th October 2010. For detailed inquiries about the workshop, you are welcome to contact the SG Office .


PROGRAMME OF THE WORKSHOP

Click here for the downloadable PDF version of the programme.

9:00 to 12:30
Workshop for Framework 7 Advisors
-The role of the Framework 7 Advisor
-New Issues in Framework 7 (JTI, PPP, ..)
-How to support researchers in writing competitive proposals (Understanding the evaluation process, sources of information, where to find partners)

 

12:30 to 13:30

Lunch Break

 
13:30 to 15:50
How to Support Researchers in Negotiating and Administering Projects
-Key documents for rules and guidelines
-Negotiating the grant
-Deadlines in administering projects


FEES

 

	Early bird by 28th October	After 28th October
SG/CG Members	EUR 225	EUR 275
Non-members	EUR 325	EUR 375

 

LOCATION

The Workshop will be held at the SG premises located at the following address:

Santander Group
Rue de Stassart 119
1050 Brussels, Belgium

How to get to the SG Office?


ACCOMMODATION

For a list of recommended hotels near the SG Premises, click here .