Abstract

The draft planning of a project depends on many factors. Some may be subjective:

- experience of the researcher in preparing proposals;

- knowledge of the call for proposals

- network of researchers and companies as potential partners

and influence the natural course the proposal takes and how the planning and writing activities weave together.

Other aspects represent, besides, the strict framework where the project idea must be developed:

- structuring the proposal as project-effective (and not paper-effective, for instance)

- gathering information from partners

- being consistent with the call’s terms of reference

The goal of this poster is to provide a reference method for activity deployment during the proposal preparation:

- administrative activities

- writing aspects

- budgeting issues

- consortium management

to strategically sketch a project idea and meet the proposal submission deadline in time.