Research Project Administration

Administration of Projects, the so-called Project management (PM), was created more than 50 years ago to realize technical development and manufacturing projects of great complexity. This concept has developed over the years and is currently defined as a set of principles and activities to follow for making the everyday decisions that keep a business running, even a small scientific research project. More precisely, PM is a set of activities leading to the positive implementation of a project, where a project may be defined as involving a group of interrelated activities that are planned and then executed in a certain sequence to create a unique output (product or service) within a specific time frame. Research projects differ in many ways from development projects, the most relevant being sometimes lack of strong requirements and inability to plan an output from the start of the project. Moreover, today the economic and political imperatives and pressures are common across the globe. Given the increasing need for external research funding, the role of research administrators in universities or institutions is now more important than ever. The nature of research management and project administration is changing, and it is becoming more professional.

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News

Open PM² Methodology - building a community of project managers in Europe

PM² is a project management methodology designed by the European Commission and now accessible outside the EU Institution thanks to Open PM², an initiative under the umbrella of the ISA² Programme...
EUA calls for further simplification in EU Framework Programme

With a view to the presentation of the Commission‘s proposal for FP9, universities call for effective simplification of EU funding management.
[Event review]: BESTPRAC core group and cross-cutting working group meeting in Vienna (March 2018)

Following the prolongation of BESTPRAC and the activation of the new core group, three working groups on cross-cutting issues were initiated, namely that of 1) Impact and Stakeholders’ Involvement, 2) ...

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Events

Webinar: IP in EU-funded Projects/Horizon 2020

This webinar aims to give you a basic understanding of how to properly deal with intellectual property issues and learn about common pitfalls and IP challenges in EU-funded research and innovation initiatives...
IP&Coffee on-site IP training session: Impact and Innovation in Horizon 2020 – a Guide for Proposers (Live webstream)

During this IP&Coffee session our expert will present the topic "Impact and Innovation in H2020" which will be also broadcasted online.
4th SENET Conference - IPMA Regional Conference on Project Management – Central & South – East Europe “Project Management for Society Development”

SENET Association was founded in 2000, with the aim to promote and facilitate development of the Project Management profession in the regions of Central and South – East Europe. SENET now brings together...

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Organisations

The International Network of Research Management Societies (INORMS)

The International Network of Research Management Societies (INORMS) was formed in 2001 to bring together research management societies and associations from across the globe. Its purpose is to enable ...
South East European Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning

The South East European Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning is an independent, non-profit institution founded in 2009 on the initiative of eight (8) South East European countries: Albania, Bosnia and...

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Calls

Erasmus+ Programme - Call for Proposals 2018

Grants for projects which aims to increase knowledges and professional aptitudes and to support the modernisation of teaching and training systems.. The call presents opportunities for organisations and...
Join INORMS - International Network of Research Management Societies

Research management societies are encouraged to join INORMS. Member societies support the development of similar associations in under-represented areas.
Call for the 6th Training School – Summer school on scientific writing, reviewing and publishing

The training school will be held 6-10 August 2018, River Soča Valley, Slovenia. The school is co-organized with CAPABAL TN1401 COST Action, LIFEGENMON project, and Evoltree, in collaboration with the ...

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Documents

[Theme in Focus] Project management skills for a successful WBC integration in the ERA, WBC-RTI.info Newsletter, April 2018

Project management skills and research administration competences are to be considered as one of the prerequisites for successful WBC integration into the ERA. Sometimes young entrepreneurial-minded people...
Research and Development Project Management - Study book

The purpose of this study book is to review all issues of R&D projectmanagement with the focus on duality R&D activities and adapt the project management technics to the best needs of R&D ...
Access4SMEs guide: to assist and support SME’s in applying for Horizon 2020 projects

This guideline, containing “Analysis report on SME success factors and best practices” and “Supporting tool to assess an SME’s pre-requisites and suitability to H2020 projects”is created in order to assist...

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Projects

Enhancement of HE research potential contributing to further growth of the WB region

Re@WBC plans to improve institutional HR policies and practices through a series of bylaw changes that will prepare researchers for the labour market and society by facilitating their career development...
Excellence-in-ReSTI - Excellence in research, social and technological innovation project management

The management of research and innovation projects, in particular social innovation, needs specific skills that are still not fully developed in the Danube Region. Specific support is needed, which the...

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