ECR Programme: Proposal Writing

Dr. Amir Tabaković – amir.tabakovic@dit.ieTU Dublin Research Enterprise and Innovation Services

Overview

• Research Funding Landscape.• How to find my funding call and keep up to date?• Writing your proposal.• How to get help with proposal submission?

Research Funding Landscape

National Research Funding Agencies

• Science Foundation Ireland (SFI): http://www.sfi.ie

• Irish Research Council (IRC): http://research.ie/funding/

• Health Research Board (HRB): http://www.hrb.ie/

• Enterprise Ireland (Ei): https://www.enterprise-ireland.com/en/

• Royal Irish Academy (RIA): https://www.ria.ie/grants-and-awards

• Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: www.seai.ie

• Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: m.agriculture.gov.ie

Science Foundation Ireland (SFI)

• SFI Frontiers for the Future Programme 2019 – call open, pre-proposal submission deadline 28th March 2019, full proposal submission deadline 13th August 2019

• SFI Technology Innovation Development Award (TIDA) – expected call opening date April 2019, call closing date June 2019

• Starting Investigator Research Grant (SIRG) – not called yet for 2019

HRB Postdoctoral Opportunities

• HRB Remit: clinical research, patient-oriented research, population health sciences research and health services research.

• Newly launched Emerging Investigator Awards for Health -3 years post PhD experience required -Have less than 2 years remaining on your contract -Up to €800k in project funding over 4 years -Next call expected May 2020

Irish Research Council (IRC)

• Postgraduate Funding Schemes -Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme - Employment Based Postgraduate Programme - Enterprise Partnership Scheme (Postgraduate)

• Postdoctoral Funding Schemes -Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme - Enterprise Partnership Scheme (Postdoctoral) -CAROLINE Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme

• PI: COALESCE Research Fund & Laureate Awards programme

IRC Postgraduate Funding

• Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme - Call expected to open in autumn with closing date November 2019.

• Employment Based Postgraduate Programme – Open, closing date Thursday 28th February 2019.

• Enterprise Partnership Scheme (Postgraduate) – Indicative call opening date July 2019; closing date September 2019.

IRC Postdoctoral Funding

• Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme - Indicative dates: Opening Oct 2019; closing Nov 2019; outcome April 2020; start date Oct 2020.

• Enterprise Partnership Scheme (Postdoctoral) – Indicative dates: Opening 25th July 2019; closing 5th September 2019; outcome 30th

November 2019; start date 1st March 2020.

PI: IRC COALESCE Research Fund• Aim: to fund excellent research addressing national and European/global

challenges as set out in the challenge frameworks now in place. The call is run in partnership with a number of government department and agencies, who fund or co-fund specific strands.

• COALESCE will consist of a number of strands including:- a national challenge-based strand;- specific strands in partnership with government departments;- an interdisciplinary strand requiring a lead AHSS (arts, humanities and social sciences)

principal investigator (PI) working with a PI with a STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) background addressing global challenges focusing on Strategic Development Goals identified by the UN; and

- a strand in partnership with Irish Aid whereby the lead PI will work with a PI in one of Irish Aid’s partner countries (Africa, Vietnam and Palestine)

• Indicative dates: Expression of interest 28th June 2019, call deadline 3rd

September 2019.

PI: IRC Laureate Awards programme

• It mirrors ERC grants: i) Starter, ii) Consolidator and iii) Advance• Aim:

- To enhance frontier basic research in Irish research-performing organisations, across all disciplines.

- To support exceptional researchers to develop their track record, appropriate to their discipline and career stage.

- To build the international competitiveness of awardees and Ireland as a whole. - To leverage greater success for the Irish research system in European Research

Council awards. - To retain excellent researchers in the Irish system and to catalyse opportunities for

talented researchers currently working outside Ireland, to relocate to Ireland.

IRC Laureate Awards programme

• Starting Grant (not called for 2019)3 – 8 years experience post PhD Up to €400k for up to 4 years

• Consolidator Grant (not called for 2019)8 – 15 years experience post PhDUp to €600k for up to 4 years

• Advanced Grant (not called for 2019)15 + years experience post PhDUp to €1 million for up to 4 years

Enterprise Ireland

• Commercialisation Fund Programme -Commercial Case Feasibility Grant (€10-15K) -Commercialisation Fund Project Support (€80-350K)

• Funding to collaborate with Industry in Ireland - Innovation vouchers (€5K) - Innovation Partnerships (€200k)

• TUDublin knowledge transfer office Hothouse: http://www.dit.ie/hothouse/

Wellcome Trust

• Very prestigious awards• Funding schemes support individuals, teams, resources, seed ideas,

places and major initiatives in these areas: -biomedical science -population health -product development and applied research -humanities and social science -public engagement and arts projects

• https://wellcome.ac.uk/funding

What is Horizon 2020?

• It runs from 2014 until 2020: Funded Research Programmes run in period of 7 years.

• Total budget in current prices €100billion – F9 (Horizon Europe) planned budget €120billion.

• Funding call details are released every 2 years.• Calls issued in the Workprogrammes re divided by topic areas.

Horizon 2020 (H2020) is a European Commission funded research programme (FP8):

Types of funding calls

1. Bottom up• Career enhancement grants – individual calls,• Researcher or research consortium dictates

the research area.

Types of funding calls

2. Top down• Consortium Grants,• Funders dictates the research agenda,• A particular impact/outcome is sought for.

Individual Grants

• Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action – Individual Fellowships

• European Research Council – Starter, Consolidator and Advance Grants

Consortium Grants

Most of the H2020 grants are Consortium grants, such as:

H2020 – Pillar Excellent Science

• Support of the most talented and creative researchers and their teams to carry out high-level frontier research.

• Funding of collaborative research in new and promising fields.• Providing excellent training and career development opportunities

for researchers.• Providing researchers with access to world-class research

infrastructure.

The Excellent Science pillar raises the level of excellence of Europe’s science base in order to make it more competitive on a global scale.It is characterised by:

H2020 – Pillar Industrial Leadership

• Developing European industrial capabilities in so-called key enabling technologies, including nanotechnology and biotechnology.

• Facilitating access to risk finance by leveraging private finance and venture capital for research and innovation.

The Industrial Leadership pillar invests in key technologies, better access to capital and support for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in order to make Europe a more attractive location to invest in research and innovation. It is characterised by:

• Stimulating innovation in SMEs by fostering all forms of innovation in all types of SMEs.

H2020 – Pillar Societal ChallengesThe Societal Challenges pillar helps to bridge the gap between research and the market in order to tackle societal challenges.This is achieved by dealing with concerns shared by European citizens and reflects policy priorities of the Europe 2020 strategy that cannot be achieved without innovation.

Consortium Grants

Types of Action:• Research and Innovation Action• Innovation Action• Coordinator and Support Action• MSCA:

• ITN – Innovative Training Network (PhD)• RISE – Research and Innovation Staff Exchange

Consortium Grants

How does a consortium look like?

• Minimum 3 member states or associated countries – but usually larger• Sometimes special calls with non-EU countries, e.g. SFI/HRB – US

Partnership, EU-Japan or EU-Brazil• Include industrial partners, SMEs, NGOs and academic institutions

How to join a Consortium?

More ways to be involved - If you are not ready to join or form a consortium :

• work with an established TUDublin PI submitting a proposal as a coordinator.

• join one of the SFI centres, such as: ADAPT, and work there with a PI on preparation and submission of a research proposal as a coordinator.

• List of SFI Research Centres can be found on line: http://www.sfi.ie/sfi-research-centres/

COST Actions

COST Action

Two ways to participate in a COST action 1. Join an existing COST Action (contact NCP/Management Committee)

• Look at ongoing actions in your area, http://www.cost.eu/• Contact Ireland based management or steering committee members to

find out about their activities• If there is no Ireland based member, you can ask the NCP to sign you up

2. Submit a proposal for a COST Action

Nation Contact Points: NCP

• Every topic area has a National Contact Point (NCP) who works closely with EU support team

• Email the relevant NCPs to get on their mailing list: hap://www.horizon2020.ie/who-to-contact/

• NCPs run information sessions and are often happy to talk to researchers one on one.

Enterprise Ireland - H2020 Coordinator support grant• If you are submitting MSCA ITN or any H2020 collaborative grants or

ERC you are entitled to apply for the Enterprise Ireland Coordinator Support Grant.

• Value up to €12,500 (inclusive of VAT)– it covers following costs:• Coordinator, or internal approved staff, travel expenses,• Costs of hosting meetings,• Employment of a researcher for short-term analysis,• Professional services in the preparation of an application, • Replacement teaching expenses may be eligible where a sufficiently strong case is made.• In case of ERC (max €8,000) – interview preparation cost.

• Application must be submitted 10 weeks prior to call deadline. However, applicants are encouraged to submit application as early as possible.

• More information on: EI Financial Assistance for Horizon 2020 website (http://www.horizon2020.ie/who-to-contact/financial-assistance-for-horizon2020/)

Why H2020?

Benefits for you - researcher:• Helps you develop research independence,• Increases your research visibility (globally),• Allows you to build a research team and to become leader in your research

field/discipline,• Helps you develop wider networks and greater access to more opportunities.

Benefits for the institution – TU Dublin:• Boosting R&I capacity,• Enhanced cooperation and stronger institutional networks,• Credibility - World rankings.

How to best position yourself?• Engage with the research office • Network far and wide- attend conferences, information days

https://www.enterprise-ireland.com/en/Events/ • Build your CV (e.g. ERC) • Engage with social media (twitter, LinkedIn)• Read successful proposals • Who has been successful-get to know them (CORDIS website)

http://cordis.europa.eu/projects/home_en.html • Become a evaluator http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/experts/index.html

• Join a COST network-build your connections

Things to consider when looking for research funding

• What are you eligible for? • Funding agency eligibility • Institutional (TU Dublin) eligibility (restrictions based on contract)

• Where are you on the funding ladder – reflect on your CV?

PhD Candidate

Postdoc (0 – 3 years post PhD)

Research Fellow/Lecturer

Postdoc (3 – 7 years post PhD)

Associate Professor

Professor

Research Funding Ladder

MSCA ITN PhD Fellow

MSCA IF Research Fellow

ERC Starter Grant

ERC Consolidator Grant

ERC Advanced Grant

Things to consider when looking for research funding

• What are you eligible for? • Funding agency eligibility • Institutional (TU Dublin) eligibility (restrictions based on contract)

• What Technology Readiness Level (TRL) your idea is at?• Where are you on the funding ladder – reflect on your CV?

Technology Readiness Levels, TRL

Things to consider when looking for research funding

• What are you eligible for? • Funding agency eligibility • Institutional (TU Dublin) eligibility (restrictions based on contract)

• What Technology Readiness Level (TRL) your idea is at?• Consortium proposal or individual proposal?

• Where are you on the funding ladder – reflect on your CV?

How to find my funding call and keep up to date?

Online database for research funding opportunitiesEU participant portal: http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/home.html

Online database for research funding opportunities

• Why Research Professional:• helps researchers find funding: alerts us to funding opportunities,• database of funding opportunities currently contains over 7,000 open calls for

funding, from over 6,500 funding sponsors from across the globe,• it is updated daily and covers all academic disciplines, • searches are customisable to your interests, • search results are pre-filtered so that only those open to Irish institutions are

listed,• reports on research news: Ireland, Europe and Worldwide.

Research ProfessionalAll TU Dublin staff can access the DTU Alliance page on Research Professional without logging in to an account.

Ref. Máire Brophy; ‘Pathways to Funding – H2020 Proposal Writing’ (maire.brophy@adaptcentre.ie)

Writing your proposal

Identifying a call

What do they want?

What do you want?

Identifying a call

What do they want?

What do you want?

ProposalSynergy

Right call for the right thing - Scope

What does the call fund?research, training, knowledge transfer, career development, capacity building, equipment, travelIs it bottom up or top down?Who dictates the topic of the call.Who is doing the work?post-doc/ PI/ consortium/PhD

Writing your proposal

Take a moment to think conceptually.

What’s the big idea?

Can you put it in one sentence?

Why is it important?

Can you sell your proposal?

• The idea• The candidate/s• The impact• The scope

Can you make it easy for the funder to sell the idea to someone else?

Writing the proposal

• Read the Guide for Applicants – watch out for details• Get the template! Make sure it’s the current one (download

from the EU participant portal or funders portal)• Divide instructions into headings• Think about reviewers• Are there gender, ethics and data management aspects to

the research you need to address?

H2020 Part B – proposal: Description of Work (DoW)

Forms B11. Excellence2. Impact3. Implementation

Forms B24. Partners5. Ethics

Page count limit

Individual Funding (ERC) or National Funding proposal: DoW

1. Applicants Profile2. Excellence:

•Research Proposal•Methodology

3. Impact

4. Partners5. Ethics

Page count limit

1. Excellence1.1 Objectives • Describe the specific objectives for the project, which should be clear, measurable,

realistic and achievable within the duration of the project…• Problem Analysis!

1.2 Relation to the work programme• …explain how your proposal addresses the specific challenge and scope of that

topic…• Call Analysis!

1. Excellence1.3 Concept and methodology(a) Concept• …explain the overall concept underpinning the project. …Identify any

inter-disciplinary considerations ….use of stakeholder knowledge;• Describe the positioning of the project • Refer to Technology Readiness Levels where relevant. • …any national or international research…linked with the project,

especially where the outputs from these will feed into the project;

1. Excellence(b) Methodology• …explain the overall methodology, distinguishing … activities

indicated in the relevant section of the work programme, e.g. for research, demonstration, piloting, first market replication, etc;

• Where relevant, describe how sex and/or gender analysis is taken into account in the project’s content.

1. Excellence1.4 Ambition• Describe the advance your proposal would provide beyond the state-

of-the-art, and the extent the proposed work is ambitious.

• Describe the innovation potential (e.g. ground-breaking objectives, novel concepts and approaches, new products, services or business and organisational models)

2. Impact2.1 Expected impacts • Describe how your project will contribute to:

• each of the expected impacts mentioned in the work programme, under the relevant topic;

• any substantial impacts not mentioned in the work programme,

• Be explicit about the what’s in the call!• You absolutely have to address the expected impacts listed in the

call!

• The Commission considers that proposals requesting a contributionfrom the EU of about EUR 1 million would allow this area to beaddressed appropriately. Nonetheless, this does not precludesubmission and selection of proposals requesting other amounts.

• Expected Impact: Increased take up of gaming technologies in non-leisure contexts – and specifically in education and for socialinclusion, measured by the number of new businesses andapplications generated by the action.

2. Impact• Describe any barriers/obstacles, and any framework conditions that

may affect the expected impacts will be achieved. • regulation, standards, public acceptance, workforce considerations,

financing of follow-up steps, cooperation of other links in the value chain?

What are the real risks and how will you resolve them?

2. Impact

2.2 Measures to maximise impacta) Dissemination and exploitation of results • Provide a draft ‘plan for the dissemination and exploitation of the

project's results’. • Show how the proposed measures will help to achieve the expected

impact of the project. • For innovation actions, please describe a credible path to deliver

these innovations to the market.How will you ensure this work is really impactful?

• Include a business plan where relevant.

• Outline the strategy for knowledge management and protection. Include measures to provide open access (free on-line access, such as the ‘green’ or ‘gold’ model) to peer-reviewed scientific publications which might result from the project.

How will you support open science, data protection, intellectual property?

2. Impactb) Communication activities• Describe the proposed communication measures for promoting the

project and its findings• … tailored to the needs of different target audiences, including

beyond the project's own community • …include measures for public/societal engagement on issues related

to the project.

How are you going to make sure everyone knows about your project?

3. Implementation3.1 Work plan — Work packages, deliverables

3.2 Management structure, milestones and procedures

3.3 Consortium as a whole - Stakeholder analysis!

3.4 Resources to be committed - Budget!

Stakeholders

ICT-24-2016: Gaming and gamification: Scope• Technology transfer through small scale experiments on developing and

validating open gaming technologies and mechanics including from sectorsother than the gaming industry into non-leisure situations and scenariosfor training and motivational purposes. Actions shall integratecontributions from game developers, researchers from social sciencedisciplines and the humanities, publishers, educational intermediaries andend-users. Activities shall include work on gaming technologies(augmented and mixed reality, 3D audio and video, virtual worlds,interactive storytelling, narratives, modelling and data, etc.), learning andbehavioural triggers (pedagogical effectiveness, engagement, creativity,collaborative behaviours, proactive) and social science aspects (potentialrisks and challenges, privacy, gender and ethical issues etc.).

ICT-24-2016: Gaming and gamification

• Specific Challenge: The software games business is growing fast. Its technologicaland methodological underpinnings have been laid down in years of research anddevelopment. At a significantly lower scale, they are now finding their way intonon-entertainment contexts, helping deliver substantial benefits, particularly ineducation, training, research and health.

• Recent European research projects have identified comprehensive roadmaps andare creating resources and state-of-the-art knowledge for European players todevelop applied games more easily, faster and more cost-effectively. Thechallenge is to mainstream the application of gaming technologies, design andaesthetics to non-leisure contexts, for social and economic benefits. Supportingthe expansion of applied gaming and gamification will not only create newsolutions and methodologies to address societal issues, but it will also help SMEsto seize new business opportunities.

CORDIS search: http://cordis.europa.eu’

‘gamification' AND 'non-entertainment' AND 'context'

265 results

Including stakeholdersStakeholders can be included in different ways:

• Partners• Advisory board• People you communicate with• People you disseminate to

How you interact with a stakeholder should be appropriate to the aims of the project and to the stakeholder:

• Policy Brief• Class Plan• Exhibition• Focus groups

Who are your Stakeholders?

Facilitators or risks

Multipliers, end users, target

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Potentially interested parties

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Interest of the stakeholder

Meet needs or increase interest or neutralize (risks)

Engage closely

Keep informed and increase interest

Involve as needed to increase project impact

Stakeholder Stakeholder’s role (e.g.

Attitude towardsthe project

Possible role in the project

Importance Influence

Measure to neutralize negative impact

Software game business (GameCityLTD)

Game developer

- Partner/Advisory Board

High Invite as partner

No one leftbehind (H2020 project)

state-of-the-art knowledge

+ Advisory Board Medium Interprojectcommunication

Publisher Adopter of a novel solution

++ Intermediary dissemination target

Low Targeted dissemination activities

Primaryschool children

End-user neutral Intermediary dissemination target

High Intermediary dissemination target

3. Implementation3.1 Work plan — Work packages, deliverables

3.2 Management structure, milestones and procedures

3.3 Consortium as a whole - Stakeholder analysis!

3.4 Resources to be committed - Budget!

Budget

Budget and type of actionWhat’s the budget ballpark?

Is it the right amount for what you want to do?

Does it pay for everything you need?

Are you affect by different funding rates?

Include overhead (25%) in your budget calculations!

• The Commission considers that proposals requesting a contributionfrom the EU of about EUR 1 million would allow this area to beaddressed appropriately. Nonetheless, this does not precludesubmission and selection of proposals requesting other amounts.

• Expected Impact: Increased take up of gaming technologies in non-leisure contexts – and specifically in education and for socialinclusion, measured by the number of new businesses andapplications generated by the action.

Talk to your EU team and TUDublin REIS about how to build a budget

National Funding - BudgetThe SFI Frontiers for the Future Programme provides funding forindependent researchers through two streams:

1. Frontiers for the Future Projects; will provide funding for high-risk, high-reward research that facilitates highly innovative and novel approaches toresearch.

2. Frontiers for the Future Awards; will provide larger scale funding forinnovative, collaborative and excellent research programmes that have thepotential to deliver economic and societal impact.

Applicants Profile

• Essential for individual grants (ERC, MSCA IF, Emerging Investigator),• Ensure that your and your co-applicants profile & expertise match the

call and your proposed topic,• Usually templates are given in the call documents, eg. ERC Form B1. If

not, such as SFI Frontiers for the Future you are give page limit.

Applicants Profile• In profile you must show:

That you have strong research track recordi. Strong publication recordii. Supervisioniii. Research grant winning record (as lead or co – applicant)iv. Reviewer: journal and grantsv. Invited speaker

Strong leadershipi. Supervisionii. Project management

Good communicatori. Publicationii. Collaborationiii. Membership specialised committees iv. Outreach

Applicants Profile

• Essential for individual grants (ERC, MSCA IF, Emerging Investigator),• Ensure that your profile matches the call and your proposed topic,• Usually templates are given in the call documents, eg. ERC Form B1. If

not, such as SFI Frontiers for the Future you are give page limit.• If there is no template or page limit use funders template from

another call or if doubt use ERC template.

How to best position yourself?• Engage with the research office • Network far and wide- attend conferences, information days

https://www.enterprise-ireland.com/en/Events/ • Build your CV (e.g. ERC) • Engage with social media (twitter, LinkedIn)• Read successful proposals • Who has been successful-get to know them (CORDIS website)

http://cordis.europa.eu/projects/home_en.html • Become a evaluator http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/experts/index.html

• Join a COST network-build your connections

Charts and graphsRequired:• GANTT Chart• Organisational diagram• Interaction of the work packages

Evaluation H2020Generally scored out of 15• Excellence 5• Impact 5• Implementation 5

Weighting – can be different depending on action• Threshold• Ranking:

• By score• % budget to SMEs• Gender balance in consortium

Evaluation NationalDepending on funding agency, eg. SFI Frontiers for the Future:

Awards

Review Criteria Standard Applicants

Emerging Investigator Applicants

Applicant(s) 30% 10%

Research Proposal 40% 60%

Impact 30% 30%

Total 100% 100%

Projects

Review Criteria Standard Applicants

Emerging Investigator Applicants

Applicant(s) 30% 10%

Research Proposal 55% 75%

Impact 15% 15%

Total 100% 100%

Evaluation NationalDepending on funding agency, eg. SFI Frontiers for the Future:Applicants score will be rounded up to nearest half point, in the event of applications receiving same final score, SFI will give priority to applications from female candidates.

Female Scientists are strongly encouraged to apply as lead or co -applicants!

Templates• Templates are full of instructions• Generally reviewers will be reviewing under those same headings• Make it easy for them to grade you well!

• Make your instructions into headings!

Template - Impact2.1 Expected impacts listed in the work programme• Describe how your project will contribute towards the expected impacts listed in

the work programme in relation to the topic or topics in question. Explain why this contribution requires a European (rather than a national or local) approach. Indicate how account is taken of other national or international research activities

2.2 Spreading excellence, exploiting results, disseminating knowledge

Reviewers guidelines• Contribution, at the European [and/or international] level, to the expected

impacts listed in the work programme under the relevant topic/activity. - Note: Refer to the applicable impacts specified in the work programme.

• Appropriateness of measures for spreading excellence, exploiting results, and disseminating knowledge, through engagement with stakeholders, and the public at large.

Start writing impact first!

• What is this going to do?

• Then work out how to get there.

• Does the core purpose of your proposal fit with what the funder is looking for?

Impact

Evaluation Procedure• Single stage or two stage. • Virtual or postal reviewer panels of distinguished of

international peer reviewers.• Each proposal is assed by at least 3 reviewers.

Consider the EvaluatorsEvaluators are humansThey may be reviewing your proposal at 5pm on a Friday, they might be tired, they might have only 10 min left to assess your proposal. • Do not annoy them further in a situation like this by

poor formatting, typos or not following the requested template.

• Make it easy for them to find the key points

Consider the reviewers• Is the concept clear?• Is it clear that you can do it?• Is it clear that it can be done in the time and budget

given?• Is it worth doing?• Is this the most appropriate call for this proposal?

Catch them at the start!When you’ve completed a draft, review your first page.

• How long does it take you to get to the point of the proposal?

• How many minutes will they have to read before they think what they’re reading is important?

• How clear is your point?

• How convincing is it that the core problem is critically important?

• How convincing are you about your ability to tackle the problem?

Tips• Remember you are not writing a paper!• Add your own flare to your proposal, do not mimic another successful

project. • Include graphics and images where relevant. • Write collaboratively (if you can) – it’s a good way to get buy in for

your project early on.• But remember that someone needs to be in charge!• Build gender balanced consortium.• Be specific about what you are going to do.• Clearly show your deliverables and milestones.

Tips• Don’t forget ethics.• Have a clear focus and keep that present.• Be definite where you can.• Avoid distancing language - you should sound definite about your

own proposition.• Have no fear of buzzwords – synergy, innovation etc etc etc• Test the portal before deadline and submit early.• Remember for H2020 calls deadline 5pm Brussels time is 4pm Irish

time.• Be aware of page limits and word limits.

Tips• Always bring it back to the call/template.• Check that the spellcheck is working (proofread!)• Keep the solution highlighted throughout.• Is there a specific product, market, industry that will be interested in

the results. Make sure you understand the TRL they are looking for.• Impact: National, EU Policies and UN Goals.

If at first you don’t succeed…

… resubmit!

How to get help with proposal submission?

We are here to help!Research Enterprise and Innovation Services

How and where to start ?

TUDublin Research Enterprise & Innovation

REIS Directors:

Role of the REIS• To promote research across TU Dublin,• Support researchers in preparing funding application.

Professor Brian O’NeilDirector and Dean of the Graduate Research

School

Dr. John Donovan Head of Research

REIS Staff: Pre-award

Ms. Jean Cahill Head of Enterprise and research Development,

Food & Health Sciences

Dr. Amir TabakovićStrategic Research Proposal

Coordinator

Dr. Paul HyndsStrategic Research Proposal

Coordinator

REIS Website: http://www.dit.ie/researchenterprise/researchsupport/

TUDublin Research Enterprise & Innovation

How to get help with proposal submission?

• Register your proposal on the Research Information System (RIS) - https://ris.dmc.dit.ie/people/sign_in

• If you have no access to the RIS, please email Dr. John Donovan, TU Dublin Head of Research on: john.Donovan@dit.ie, and request access to the RIS system.

How to get help with proposal submission?

• Select: ‘Get help with this proposal’, and complete online form.

Thank you for your attentionand Good Luck!

Questions & Discussion