Support for proposal preparation at GFI

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Support for proposal preparation at GFI

Employees at GFI get help and support for planning and writing proposals:

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Administrative help

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Time before call deadline	Your听contribution	GFI/Mat-Nat service听听听听听听听RC= Research Coordinator; HoA =听Head of Admin; PE = Project economist听听听听听听
As soon as call is out / at least 6 weeks		听 Assign a project economist to you (RC) Send general information on proposal preparation (RC) Find call-specific information (RC) Find successful proposals to similar calls (RC) For EU proposals, SFF, INFRA, etc: establish contact to advisors at Division of Research management (RC) For newcomers: coaching and training, help with developing your idea into a proposal (RC)
4-6 weeks	Open proposal in online portal, share with HoA, RA and PE Define project partners	Fill in parts online proposal -听admin info, partner info (RC) Send guidelines for budget preparation (PE)
2-5 weeks	Plan budget with PE Discuss planned positions and GFI in-kind with HoA Project description to听research coordinator听(if you want mock evaluation)	Prepare, discuss and check the draft budget (PE) Prepare/request support letters (RC) Mock evaluation of project description (RC) Check if mandatory attachments are uploaded (RC) Approval of planned positions and in-kind (HoA)
1 week	听	Approval of final budget (HoA) Final quality check of online proposal (RC) Formal approval of proposal (HoA) 听

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Plan the budget

The听accounting team at Mat-Nat Faculty听will help you to plan your budget. Please contact the Research Coordinator to get in touch with an economist.

The Head of Administration at GFI will approve the final budget.

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Tools and information for planning the budget:

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- General guidelines on budget preparation from 幸运飞艇计划/BOA-team

- Support information for budget planning

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Courses in Proposal Writing

The GFI together with the听and the offers听annual courses and workshops听in proposal writing.

Target group are Post Docs, PhD students and researchers with little or no experience in writing project proposals.

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2 day workshop in proposal writing in spring:

Information and registration at the听.

Successful participation in this course gains 1 credit point for PhD students.

Please contact the GFI research coordinator for details.

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, October听to January:

Weekly lectures and exercises to get an own proposal ready for the coming year. Focus is on ERC Starting Grant, Young Research Talent, Mobility Grant and Marie Curie Post Doctoral Fellowship proposals.

Please contact the GFI research coordinator for details.

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Individual coaching and advice

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GFI employees are offered individual coaching and advice to prepare their project proposal. Please make an appointment with the Research Coordinator

Here you find template and guidelines to prepare a .

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Professional听mock evaluation

GFI offer professional听mock evaluation of any EU proposal, no matter if you are coordinator or partner. For听coordinator proposals we can听in addition order mock evaluation from a professional company.

In addition, GFI offers听mock evaluation of any project proposal which GFI coordinates.

Please contact the Research Coordinator as soon as you decide to work on the proposal, and make an appointment for the mock evaluation.

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07.12.2022