Trainings and Individual Research Support at UL Tjaša Nabergoj Senior Adviser, Research Office February 2019

We provide pre-award support and information on issues concerning external/international research funding Tailor-made support Benchmarking Selection, invitation and pipeline activities Brainstorming and consolidation ofthe idea Review of CV and TR Grant writing Proof-reading Visual Communiaction – grafical abstracts Abstract writing External international reviews Mock panels & Interview preparation Approx. 10 workshops in one year All external activities are cofinanced by the RESEARCH DEVEOPMENT FUND

Exemple of events in the previous year Workshop »How to write the Impact of a H2020« for potential coordinators Welcome events for foreign researchers and teachers Consultation of VISION2020 representatives ERC Advanced Grant 2017 The role of the mentor in MSCA IF Consultation meeting with support staff for MSC Masterclass ERC Starting & Consolidator Grant 2017 The mobility of researchers – opportunities and calls Financial aspects in H2020 projects (15.4.) TEAMING 2016 (12.5.) Workshop »How to write« ERC Advanced Grant 2017 (3.6.) Workshop »How to write« ERC Starting & Consolidator Grant 2017 (6.6.) Intensive 2-day seminar MSC IF Masterclass (31.5.-1.6.) Workshop ERC Starting & Consolidator Grant (6.9.) New aspects in the Horizon 2020 projects (6.10) International Horizon 2020 HEALTH event (20-21.10) ERASMUS+ 2017: How to make strategic partnership really strategic (23.11.) ERC Consolidator Grant 2017 (6.12.) Best practices on how to write good proposals for the MSC ITN programme (12.12.) Exemple of events in the previous year

Research Professional SEARCH CRITERIA – very detailed, so take your time when you set them for the first time in order to make a suitable searching framework SAVE - If you want to receive the results every Friday to your e-mail, choose „Save and alert“. https://www.researchprofessional.com/0/rr/home

VISION 2020 https://www.crowdhelix.com/ UL is a member of the network VISION 2020. Open platform, which connects universities, businesses and other RTOs. Partner search Call search Consistency between the aims of the proposal and joint planned activities Commitments to work towards the policy objectives of the European Education Area https://www.crowdhelix.com/

Other opportunites COST Actions: https://www.cost.eu/cost-actions/browse-actions/ Research Development Fund Short term research visits Travel grants International Projects Reviews CELSA FUND National call: ERC Fellowship to Visit ERC Grantee ERC National Complementary scheme University Incubator: https://lui.si/ MEMBERS: KU Leuven, University of Ljubljana, University of Tartu, Charles University in Prague, University of Warshaw, Czech Technical University in Prague, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Semmelweis University. CELSA Fund for preparatory 2 years-research projects aiming at H2020 project applications Deadline for proposals: 1 March 2018

SERIES OF GRANT WRITING WORKSHOPS IN 2019 7.3. ERC 2020 INFODAY 14.3. Is my idea frontier research? 28.3. How to prepare a competitive CV? 11.4. Writing ERC proposal – B1 16.4. Mobility for researchers 25.4. Writing ERC proposal – B2 May - Effective visual communication May – MSCA IF Masterclass June – Storytelling in science September – Mocpanels and peer review 17. September – Cutting Edge: Communicating in Science October – Publication strategies for top research careers November – Design Thinking in Research MUCH MORE EVENTS: Open Science, Widespread, COST, CELSA, Research Fund, ERASMUS, HORIZON EUROPE, MSCA ITN, EVALUATOR, Design thinking in research, Frontier research and breakthrough innovations An updated calendar of all event will be published on our internal website.

PLANS & CHALLENGES Stay on TOP EU 13 More MSC IF post-docs More ERC Grants Internal EU Project Academy Career planning and development in early stage Strategic cooperation In-house consulting Lobbying for specific interests More collaboration in the knowledge triangle Innovation-Research-Education

ERC 2020 ERC StG (Starting) : October 2019 for young researchers 2-7 years after the finished doctorate, up to 2 mio EURs for the period of up to 5 years ERC CoG (Consolidator): February 2020 for researchers 7-12 years after doctorate, up to 2,75 mio EURs for the period of up to 5 years ERC AdvG (Advanced): August 2020 For excellent experienced researchers with the outstanding research results in the last 10 years, up to 3,5 mio EURs for the period of up to 5 years NCP: dr. Andreja Umek Venturini, andreja.umek(at)gov.si 01 478 4668

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Thank you! Tjaša Nabergoj tjasa.nabergoj@uni-lj.si