EARMA Conference Odense 2024

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Project Submission is a losing game?

Losing Game – Project Submission is a losing game or can we take something out?

Format: Fifteen-Minute Discussion Tables

Category: 2. Theoretical

Topic: Research Cycle Support Services (Transversal)

Fernando Borges

Only approved projects are worth it or can we have value in rejected project submissions? Is it possible to have indicators (KPI) for rejected project submissions?

SUPEResearchMANagement pre-&post-award join forces

Crossing pre- and post- award knowledge for optimization of proposal development processes: a case study

Format: Fifteen-Minute Discussion Tables

Category: Case Study

Topic: Research Cycle Support Services (Transversal)

Maria Luisa Carosso

What is the ideal combination of knowledge from pre- and post- award experts to best support outputs of the scientific community? Our case study focuses on a cross-expert based process in funding acquisition. When and How in the funding acquisition chain can the combined expertise be most effective?

Stakeholder Prioritisation for Maximum Impact

How can we best approach stakeholder identification and prioritisation?

Format: Fifteen-Minute Discussion Tables

Category: Good Practice

Topic: Research Cycle Support Services (Transversal)

Laura Grehan

Effective stakeholder engagement strengthens research proposals and maximises research impact. This roundtable discussion addresses the who, what, when, where, why (and how!) of stakeholder identification and prioritisation.

What a Feeling! The Management of Emotions by RMAs

A Conversation about the Role of Feelings in Research Collaborations

Format: Fifteen-Minute Discussion Tables

Category: Case Study

Topic: Research Cycle Support Services (Transversal)

Monique Horstmann

We will open a careful discussion on the role of communication and emotions in interdisciplinary research collaborations and how this relates to our work as RMAs. Hence, we will engage with a challenging topic that has so far been mainly ignored in discourses on collaboration and work well-being.

Facilitate multidisciplinarity to maximize impact

How to enhance the impact of research by helping to break silos: Examples of facilitating multidisciplinarity

Format: Oral 30 Minutes

Category: Good Practice

Topic: Research Cycle Support Services (Transversal)

Petra Auer-Nahold

University of Venice, University of Copenhagen and Graz University of Technology compare their institutional experiences and present a set of recommendations on how to facilitate mulitdisciplinarity in order to enhance and maximise impact.

Hiring dozens of EU RMA a dream come true?

Case study - the French recovery plan call for staff recruitment in European research funding offices

Format: Oral 30 Minutes

Category: Case Study

Topic: Research Cycle Support Services (Transversal)

Clara Coquart

Dozens of French universities have recruited EU RMA in the past few months, thanks to recovery plan funding specifically allocated to research support for EU projects. How will this exceptional funding impact the French research landscape and will it boost French participation in EU programmes?

Pathways to Funding

Translating the experience of funding managers into to proactive career training for early career researchers

Format: Oral 30 Minutes

Category: Case Study

Topic: Research Cycle Support Services (Transversal)

Edward Casey

Pathways to Funding is a training scheme allowing early career researchers to learn directly from highly experienced pre-award funding managers, highlighting benefits that can be achieved through transversal transfer of knowledge from pre-award experts contributing to implementation-phase training.

Patient-Centered Innovation in EU funded projects

Patient-Centered Innovation in Clinical Trials funded by the EDCTP and other EU calls.

Format: Oral 30 Minutes

Category: Good Practice

Topic: Research Cycle Support Services (Transversal)

Lilit Manukyan

Enhancing clinical trials by involving patients throughout the journey leads to improved outcomes and patient experiences. Explore the innovative approach of 'beyond the pill' and the significance of patient engagement in EDCTP and other EU calls.

RIS Synergy: Cutting-edge Research Support

Connecting Data Once Only: A case study about digitising and standardising the Austrian research landscape

Format: Oral 30 Minutes

Category: Case Study

Topic: Research Cycle Support Services (Transversal)

Vanessa Erat

The Austrian RIS Synergy project develops standardised IT solutions across a cross-institutional RMA landscape, aiming to decrease the project administration workload for researchers and administrators alike. This presentation provides insight into the project’s goals, approaches and best practices.

Research impact: Diverse skills and peer learning

The Importance of Peer Learning in the Evolution of the Impact Professional

Format: Oral 30 Minutes

Category: 2. Theoretical

Topic: Research Cycle Support Services (Transversal)

Dr Gabriella Arrigoni

Diverse knowledges, soft skills and interdisciplinarity for research impact hybrid professional identities

Where are all the Black PIs?

Lesson from a UK project to support more African-heritage researchers to lead STEM research

Format: Oral 30 Minutes

Category: Case Study

Topic: Research Cycle Support Services (Transversal)

Saskia Walcott

A review by a UK research council revealed no Black PIs had been awarded funding for nearly a decade. A small but ambitious pilot project led by Bristol University set out to change this by creating a network of black scholars. This poster will present the insights and lessons learned

Mind the GAP: pre- and post-award services in sync

Mind the GAP-pre- and post-award services in sync; collaboration for stronger proposals and better projects

Format: Oral 60 Minutes

Category: New Initiative

Topic: Research Cycle Support Services (Transversal)

Claudia Nicolaije

To optimise grant support, UMC Utrecht is developing collaborative services that engage grant advisers and project managers. By building on collective expertise, we design viable, winning projects. Innovative services include writing support, implementation advice and dis/com services.

US Federal Funding - From Cradle to Grave

US Federal Funding - From Cradle to Grave

Format: Oral 60 Minutes

Category: Other

Topic: Research Cycle Support Services (Transversal)

Ellen Thompson

This session will cover everything you need to know about US federal funding, from pre-award to post-award, covering a cradle-to-grave approach, and presented by Joey and Ellen, who have experienced all aspects, the pitfalls, and the tips for success.

10 pitfalls of the MSCA and how to avoid them

How not to lose your mind when preparing, managing and following up an MSCA Grant (and if you can, develop a viable institutional strategy!)

Format: Pecha Kucha

Category: Good Practice

Topic: Research Cycle Support Services (Transversal)

Dr Julie Sauer

This presentation showcases the 10 most common challenges when preparing, managing and following up a Marie-Sklodowska-Curie (MSCA) Grant (Postdoctoral Fellowships, Cofund and Doctoral Networks), based on more than a decade of experience of management and coordination for various institutions.

Communicating Through Change

Change Management as an Ongoing Dialogue

Format: Pecha Kucha

Category: New Initiative

Topic: Research Cycle Support Services (Transversal)

Megan Moore

Using the experience of the Harvard University Office for Sponsored Programs as a model, we will discuss approaches to communicating and implementing change as RMAs, including how to prepare and structure proactive solutions in decentralized research environments.

Certified Project Manager online course

Certified Project Manager online course supporting R&I work in a Finnish UAS

Format: Poster

Category: New Initiative

Topic: Research Cycle Support Services (Transversal)

Liisa Sillanpää

This presentation will show how research support services can support R&I project managers more effectively and with limited resources.

EUROPEAN RESEARCH THURSDAYS

THE TRAINING PROGRAMME ON HORIZON EUROPE ORGANISED BY UNIVERSITA’ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE FOR ITS RESEARCHERS ACROSS DIFFERENT CAMPUSES

Format: Poster

Category: Good Practice

Topic: Research Cycle Support Services (Transversal)

Laura Motta

Along with the start of the Horizon Europe Programme Università Cattolica initiated a new info/training programme named “I giovedì della Ricerca Europea”. The poster includes a deeper analysis on how the programme has been organised and additional analysis on the researchers participation.

Evidencing Impact: who has the magic bullet?

How can RMAs best support researchers with evidencing the economic and societal impact of their research

Format: Poster

Category: Good Practice

Topic: Research Cycle Support Services (Transversal)

Saskia Walcott

This 3interactive session will explore how RMAs can support academics with one of the most challenging aspects of the research impact lifecycle: evidence. Identifying the common challenges, the session provides examples and suggestions from the RMA 'hive mind' on methods that have worked (or not!)

How to empower would-be Scientrepreneurs

Increase Entrepreneurial awareness among academics - a Research Department Perspective

Format: Poster

Category: New Initiative

Topic: Research Cycle Support Services (Transversal)

Mathieu Seyfrid

In accordance with ERA’s Policy Agenda 2022-2024, we aim to encourage knowledge valorisation, notably through leverage of the commercial potential of scientific achievements. This, notably by training scientists to adopt an Entrepreneurial spirit and detect market opportunities.

RIS Synergy Data Flows

How to model data exchange across different research information systems

Format: Poster

Category: Case Study

Topic: Research Cycle Support Services (Transversal)

Ulrike Hicker

The RIS Synergy project creates standardised open-access interfaces between the research information systems of funding organisations, research institutions and the public administration. The poster details data flows of the interfaces realised in RIS Synergy along the entire research life cycle.

Small steps, big goals

Small steps, big goals - Reshaping the structure of Project centre at the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava

Format: Poster

Category: Other

Topic: Research Cycle Support Services (Transversal)

Peter Cuninka

CEPSIT – Center for European Projects, Cooperation, Innovation and Tech Transfer is a new structure uniting Project centre, Technology Incubator and Tech Transfer office under one roof in the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava. In this poster we will present the long road to CEPSIT.

Succeed and Lead

Striving for academic, research and career development in a postdoctoral programme: Acknowledging transitions

Format: Poster

Category: Good Practice

Topic: Research Cycle Support Services (Transversal)

Dr Orla Power-Grant

The purpose of this paper is to share the design, development and implementation of a postdoctoral program aimed at developing leadership, enhancing research performance and supporting the career development of early-career PDRs.

The Open Innovation in Science (OIS) Impact Model

Planning and evaluating the impact of collaborative research: The OIS Impact Model

Format: Poster

Category: New Initiative

Topic: Research Cycle Support Services (Transversal)

Mathieu Mahve-Beydokhti

The OIS Impact Model is a tool which can be used to plan, communicate and assess the outcomes of active citizen involvement in collaborative research regarding changes in personal awareness and competencies, behaviours and life circumstances of all those involved.

The role of the Experimental Coordinator

Harnessing the Potential of Experimental Infrastructure in Research Projects

Format: Poster

Category: New Initiative

Topic: Research Cycle Support Services (Transversal)

Anna Fenelon

Individual Research projects and their host organisations invest heavily in state of the art experimental infrastructure throughout the life cycle of a research project. The role of an Experimentation Infrastructure Coordinator can build and leverage this capacity across an organisation.