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)
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)
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.
Lucie Speváková, Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Bio: Lucie Speváková is a Project manager at the Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences (FZU), where she supports some of the most ambitious research initiatives in physics and beyond. Lucie joined the research management field in 2019, bringing diverse experience from various commercial sectors, including roles in a large corporation, game development companies, and a legal firm, into the academic environment. Moreover, her educational background in physics and economics from the Czech Technical University in Prague grounds her approach to project management, helping her contribute effectively to a research environment that demands precision and innovation.
Internal Teams and Groups
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
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
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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