How scientists find (EU) Projects management Janusz Hołyst Faculty of Physics, Center of Excellence for Complex Systems Research, Warsaw University of Technology Chairman of Polish Council of Research Project Coordinators
1.STREP Coordinator: CREEN (Critical events in evolving networks) 2.STREP Partner: MMCOMNET (Measuring and modeling of complex networks across domains) 3.COST Action: Physics or Risk 4.ESF Grant: STOCHDYN (Stochastic dynamics: fundamentals and applications) 5.Coordination Action: GIACS (Complex systems) 6.Coordination Action: ONCE-CS (Complex sytems) European Projects in Center of Excellence for Complex Systems Research Warsaw University of Techology
CREEN Critical Events in Evolving Networks SIXTH EU FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME PRIORITY 8 - NEST –New and Emerging Science and Technology STREP - PATHFINDER Project, Start Date: 1 January 2005 Duration : 3 years Granted EU Contribution : Euro Coordination: Warsaw University of Technolgy
Contract Report Audit…
Can a scientist be happy with project management ?
It is a hard job for a professor !
Scientists should NOT do management !
… because their are (usually) helpless in the face of organizational, financial, and legal issues …
No contracts ! No reports ! No audits !
Specific problems of EU research projects in New Member States Large differencies in salaries at Universities between Old and New EU members: factors 4-6 Lack of stable legal solutions for project running, no temporary project positions, no Euro accounts, problems with VAT… Lack of professional project managers: weak managerial support at University and project levels
Bottom-up scientists initiatives in Poland University Councils of Project Participants (Warsaw, Białystok…). Polish Council of Research Project Coordinators (K. Grabowiecki, J. Hołyst, Z. Krasiński) Aims: exchanging of experiences between project participants/coordinators, influencing University and state administration, lobbing… Thank you for your attention ! Next projects ?