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Proposal Writing
- 1. Proposal
  - 1.1 Exercise: reading call
  - 1.2 Who are the reviewers
- 2. Day 2

Proposal Writing

Acquiring 3rd Party Funds and Projects […] 27-29 January 2021 (online) by TU Berlin

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1. Proposal

Should not mention that substantial parts of the project are done.
Ask/find the funding agentcy's reviewer protocols. It should not be secret. But don't contact the reviewers directly (sometimes their name are listed in the call).

quality criteria
- Idea:
  - Relevance: solve needs or problems
  - Feasibility: don't need to apply for the full length of the funding, if it can be done in a shorter time.
- Selling point:
  - lift up from sota, outstanding performance feature. Think patent. Measurable criteria (publication, citation).
- Realistic work program
  - 3-4 month packages.
  - Management, events.
- Common thread: attract reviewer to read.
- Conciseness: short, less is more.

Prove of
- Excellence: best paper, prices, publications at high ranking venues.
- Sustainable: long term effect.

1.1 Exercise: reading call

Host organization can offer exceptional condition (contact, dissemination, commercialization).
What you bring to host organization: I'm the gateway to German scientific community because I have work here for a long time in projects with large consortium.

1.2 Who are the reviewers

Ask the agency when having to select given reviewers in different fields.

Reviewer guidance, checklist.

EIT rawMaterial: upscaling project proposal, guidance and template.
They read abstract and financial statement (make sense, evently distributed, reasonable –

> spotting hornesty of the consortium).
- Make sure project successfully completed.
- Ask yourself, would you put money in this project? Partners own funding, partial funding.
- Talk about problem or reviewer will assume the worst.
- See screenshot: /data/workspace/000research/09courses/1projectproposal/Reviewers
2. Day 2

2.1 Steps to prepare a proposal

General suitabiliy check

Brainstorm about the idea

Look for collaborators that meet the required competence

Submission plan: study the call,

proposal structure:
devide roles
write application: check style to be unified.
review: internal, external

2.2 Elements of the proposal

Objective: not method

short messages in 3-4 bullet points.
positive communication.
when defining scope, issues not fouces can be mentioned positively by talking about the big picture and highlighting the focussed parts and their impacts.
- Output: IMpact, technologz assessment level (TAL)
  - Deliverable: research data, method, technologies
- …
- Disemination
- …
- Finance plan: must be consistent with WP description. Inconsistency can be spotted and lost of credibility.
2.3 Abstract

max 20 words in a sentence

put important words first.

use bullet points (make it easier for reviewers). The length is limited by words not space.

use 2-3 keywords to connect to the call: eMobility, etc.
coherent of the writing: different topic in different section, by different partners.
Ask biz people to check the exploitation. Show that you understand what you are writing about.
The consortium must have the whole lifecycle (partner expertise) for knowlege transfering and competitiveness in business.

2.4 OPossible example

Linguee https://www.edacentrum.de/syena/de/content/benefit.htm