Research support for Brunel Business School

Research support for Brunel Business School

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  Dr David LuigiFUSCHI
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  Overview  What definesa successful research proposal  BBS context & strengths  Identifying suitable opportunities  Conclusions
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  Section 1
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  Criteria for success Supports BBS research strategy in synergy with University research  Contributes to BBS capacity building  Widens BBS partnership & network  Brings prestige & reputation  Generates and disseminates knowledge  Creates socio-economic impact  Attract resources (finance, researchers, equipment, etc.)
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  Section 2
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  BBS Strengths  6established research centres  Over 70 full-time academic  30 full-time academic members of staff already active in research with a track record of acquired grants  Over 30 prestigious grants acquired  Cooperation with over 16 funding agencies / donors
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  Section 3
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  Funding Bodies Industry supported research Strategy InterestsStrengths Funding Opportunities
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  The process (I) Generate a database of funding bodies  Subscribe alert services related to funding opportunities  Periodically interact with available contacts in the funding bodies to explore potential opportunities  Provide advice and support to funding bodies strategy definition
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  The process (II) Create, update and share a listing of opportunities for BBS internal consumption  Map current research activities and interests at individual level so as to address suitable opportunities to the individual researcher  Provide support in the scoping and structuring of proposals
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  The process (III) Provide support in the development of the proposal in terms of:  liaison with the funding body officers  quality assurance  partners/collaborators identification  preparation of the budget  liaison with RSDO and UKRO
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  The process (IV) Organise networking events with funding bodies representatives  Organise seminars on proposal / bid writing  Provide support for the:  reshape and resubmission of previous proposals  analysis of the proposal evaluation  Identification of previously undetected weak points and potential remedy
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  Section 4
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  Recommendations (I)  Createa database of contacts for the identification of potential Partners classified per:  Nature (NGO, Universities, PA, Industry, SMEs, etc.)  Domain of expertise  Kind of contact  Person & role (decisional, operative, etc.)  Responsiveness
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  Recommendations (II)  Createa DB of prior projects holding:  Description of the concept  Proposal & DoW  Deliverables  Partnership  Results & achievements  Lessons learned  Performances (HR, financial, etc.)
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  Recommendations (III)  Createa DB of prior proposals holding:  Description of the concept  Partnership  Evaluation results  Analysis of strong/weak points  Reference material (SotA, literature, etc.)  Proposal text & annexes
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  What I canoffer  A track-record in project management  Over 20 years of RTD expertise  A network of over 140 industrial partners, 70 universities/research centres and 20 cultural institutions  Consolidated experience as Project Expert Evaluator/Reviewer in over 12 Research Programmes (EU, EUREKA!, EIT, TSB, etc.)
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  Dr David LuigiFUSCHI [email protected]