7 February 
12.00-14.00
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NWO Vernieuwsimpuls VICI advisory workshop
For: Experienced researchers who obtained their doctorate at least 8 and no more than 15 years ago.
This workshop provides information, tips and tricks on how to write a successful VICI proposal, as well as insight into the evaluation criteria and procedures. NWO deadline VICI preproposal 29 March 2012.
Location: Lipkenszaal, EWI
Sign up or more information: t.j.olsder@tudelft.nl

3 April 
13.00-18.00
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How to increase your chances in Fp7/H2020; By Sean Mc Carthy top EU Advisor
For: Professors

New Issues in Framework 7- towards Horizon 2020
• Key European Policy documents
• European Technology Platforms and Joint Technology Initiatives (JTI)
• Public Private Partnerships (PPP)
• Joint Programming
• Lead Market Initiatives 
• EIT (European Institute for Innovation and Technology)
• Links between H2020, FP7, CIP, Structural Funds.
 
How to Lobby for Framework 7 and Horizon 2020
• How decisions are made in European funding programmes.
• Who makes and contributes to decisions on FP7 and Horizon 2020?
• How to influence the workprogramme.
• How to monitor and influence the structure of Horizon 2020
• How to prepare a lobby plan for a research centre.

Location: Collegeroom A, Faculty Architecture

12 April
13.00-18.00
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Make your own career - personal grants day (information workshop VENI-VIDI-VICI; Rubicon; Marie Curie programme & ERC

For all academic staff

The Valorisation Centre is organising a symposium 'Make your own career' focussing on personal grant opportunities. The aim of this symposium is to inform researchers at all stages of their professional career about possibilities to develop and boost their career with a personal grant. Several funding agencies will present their specific grant possibilities like the Vernieuwingsimpuls (VENI, VIDI, VICI and Rubicon), ERC Starting and Advanced Grants and Marie Curie Individual Fellowships. Furthermore laureates at TU Delft will share their personal experiences and some tips and tricks.

Location: Joost van Grinten Hall, Faculty Industrial Design

10 May
9.00-18.00
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ERC starting grants workshop - ‘How to write a successful proposal for ERC Starting grant’
For: all academic staff
• Have received their PhD or equivalent degree more than two years but less than twelve years prior to the opening date of the call (normally late July each year).
• Must be fully independent of senior colleagues or in the process of establishing independence.
• May come from any country or origin but must be hosted by a legally recognized public or private research organization situated in the EU or Associated.

This in-house training, organized by the Valorisation Centre, will guide you in how to write a convincing proposal for evaluators showing them that you are the future of European science. We will provide you with tools and tips for writing a winning proposal.

ERC Starting Grants aim to support up-and-coming research leaders who are about to establish or consolidate an independent research team and to start conducting independent research in Europe. The scheme targets promising researchers who have the proven potential of becoming independent research leaders. ERC Starting Grants amount up to 2.0 Mio Euro for a duration of up to 5 years. The proposals will be selected by Peer Review Evaluation Panels. The Call and application forms will be made available on: http://erc.europa.eu/.

Location: Faculty Room, Faculty Mechanical Engineering

21 June
9.00-18.00
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How to write a succesfull FP7 proposal
For: all academic staff

This workshop tells you how to produce a good FP7 project proposal and a competitive EU project proposal. You will be given strategic input for writing a competitive project proposal, based on the three EU evaluation criteria (strategic & technological excellence, implementation and impact of the results on industry and society).
Location: Faculty Room, Faculty Mechanical Engineering

21 September
13.00-18.00
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 Getting ready for H2020 (FP8); By Sean Mc Carthy top EU Advisor
 For: all
 New Issues - towards Horizon 2020
• How does it look like.
• Can it be influenced.
• Our changes to be successful in H2020
 Location: to be announced

25 October
11.00-14.00
Op uitnodiging

ERC Synergy Grants workshop
For: Senior academic staff (Prof. level) Upon invitation
This lunch break advisory meeting is all about making your ERC synergy grant proposal the best competitive proposal. Competition for the ERC Synergy Grant is fierce, and it is not enough to provide good science with a nice colleague scientist somewhere else in Europe!!
During the meeting you will be given an insight in:
• the requirements of the Guide for Applicants regarding the structure and the contents of
  the proposal;
• the evaluation criteria and how these can be matched upon the requirements of the Guide
  for Applicants.
Location: to be announced

1 November
11.00-14.00
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EC - Marie Curie-ITN/Erasmus Mundus
For: All senior academic staff
How to succesfully develop and design projects for post graduate trainingschemes;
• The possibilities;
• The potential in Marie Curie and Ersamus Mundus;
• Tips and Tricks.
Location: Commissionroom 2, Aula

29 November
10.00-14.00
Op uitnodiging

ERC Advanced Grants Workshop
For Senior academic staff (UHD and Prof. level). Upon invitation.
This meeting is all about making your Advanced Grant ERC proposal the best competitive proposal. Competition for the ERC advanced Grant is fierce. Based on the experiences in the previous calls of the ERC this meeting will provide you with valuable input for preparing a competitive ERC Advanced Grant proposal.
Location: Commissionroom 2, Aula