The Post-Award Project Management Group (PAPM) offers a forum for professionals (EARMA Members and their guests) involved in providing project management support and services to research projects. With the growing need for research project management support and tools, specific jobs and careers to support research management are growing and diversifying. The applicability of project management methodologies spans the entire lifecycle of research projects, from conception to post-project activities. However, it is recognised that most project managers are active in the ‘post-award’ domain of EARMA. The EARMA Post-Award Project Management thematic group brings together project managers and others providing project management support to research projects during the post-award phase. 


Purpose
The group aims to serve as an educational and professional resource, support, and networking platform for project managers and research managers, providing project management support to research projects at the national and international levels. The group will facilitate interaction, sharing of opinions and expertise, and the opportunity to leverage each other’s experiences in research project management. Events will be co-created with members to identify themes of common interest for the community, by the community, to share their challenges and exchange advice, resources, tools, methodologies and best practice around aspects of research project management.


Meetings
PAPM TG events take place online 3-4 times a year, and in-person once a year. 


PAPM core group Chairs
Daniel Vare, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden (Chair)


Daniel Vare round
Bio: Daniel has been working as a research project manager for 10+ years at KTH with national and EU-funded projects. He has a background with a PhD in molecular genetics and is now a certified full-time project manager for EBRAINS Sweden, HoliCare, NQCIS NanoVIB, and REPAIR.

 

Mira Lindner, Queen Mary University of London, UK (co-Chair)

Mira Lindner circle
Bio: Mira Lindner is the international post-award manager at Queen Mary University of London, UK. She is responsible for a team of 6 post-award administrators working with EU and international grants. Next to staff responsibilities, her focus is on implementing and renewing policies and procedures. Previously, she worked for close to 2 years at the Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, as an EU financial manager and in similar capacity for 3 and a half years at King’s College London. Her focus in both roles was the day-to-day post-award management of EU and NIH grants. Her roles also enabled the development of process and policy improvements with special focus on timesheet policies. In her current capacity as team manager, her focus is to expand on the existing post-award infrastructure and develop policies and reports to enhance the team's capacity.
 

Internal Teams and Groups

  • Chairing Team

Daniel Vare, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

Lucie Speváková, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic

Mira Lindner, Queen Mary University of London, UK

  • Professional Development working group

Aijan Imanbaeva, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands

Clare Collyer, Durham University, UK

Diána Hreskó, Tilburg University, Netherlands

Diar Amin, Vall d’Hebron Research Institute (VHIR), Spain

Emma Crowley, Northumbria University, USA

Emma Leahy, University of Limerick, Ireland

Ilze Pusbarniece, Riga Technical University, Latvia

Imma Prats, Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Girona Dr. Josep Trueta (IDIBGI), Spain

Irma Hourigan, University of Limerick, UK

Jane Dunne, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

Kim Reilly, Maynooth University, Ireland

Lucie Speváková, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic

Martina Morabito, University of Bologna, Italy

Mira Lindner, Queen Mary University of London, UK

Mirella Collini, University of Trento, Italy

Riccarda Moser, EURAC Research, Italy

Rui Castro, Fraunhofer Portugal, Portugal

  • Studies & Surveys

Cláudia Barbosa, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal

Eleonora Di Cintio, University of Bologna, Italy

Giulia Mollica, IRCCS National Cancer Institute (CRO) of Aviano, Italy

Jose Santos, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Portugal

Katrin Reschwamm, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Nicole Carleton, University of Colorado, USA

Nicole Quartiero, University of Notre Dame, USA

Patricia Carvajal-Vallejos, EATRIS ERIC, Spain

  • Communication

Alwynne Morton, Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin, Ireland

Daniel Vare, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

Edward Casey, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

Elena Portero Egea, Instituto Aragonés de Ciencias de la Salud, Spain

Florence O'Regan, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

Joana Diaz Gómez, Pere Virgili Institute for Health Research, Spain

Katherine Fregnac, Collab & Empower, France

Laia Lagunas Vila, Centre for Genomic Regulation, Spain


Get Involved
All research managers and administrators that are either interested in project management support to research projects or providing project management to projects are welcome to join the thematic group. Please contact any member of the PAPM core group to learn more or join an upcoming meeting.


Do you want to network and interact with the other PAPM TG members? Then you can do this both by joining us via the EARMA PAPM collaboration space and via LinkedIn

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