GRANTS WEEK 29 September – 2 October 2015 „All you need to know about the research funding“ Brno, Czech Republic 13:00 – 14:45 / Strategy and Synergies in Research Funding / Strategic background, policy context and dependencies for research funding explained - EU, national and regional level 15:00 – 17:30 / H2020 Big Picture / H2020 as the financial instrument for implementing EU strategy and its priorities through research and innovation 09:00 – 12:00 / Impact in the H2020 Projects / How to approach, plan and execute impact activities in H2020 projects 13:00 – 14:30 / European Structural & Investment Funds / Introduction to OP VVV - Operational Programme Research, Development and Education and its implementation at MU 09:00 – 10:30 / The Czech Science Foundation - GAČR / Introduction to GAČR scheme and how to succeed 10:45 – 12:15 / Applied and Collaborative Research / Introduction to the Czech funding schemes such as TAČR and OP PIC with the view of a commercial partner 09:00 – 12:00 / Project Management / How to successfully manage a consortium projects; best practise, hints and tips 13:00 – 14:15 / Protection and Exploitation of Research Results / How to protect and share your work, ideas and creativity responsibly 14:45 – 16:15 / H2020 Individual Funding Opportunities / Introduction to ERC, MSCA and other opportunities 16:30 – 17:30 / Collaborative projects in H2020 / Block 1: Health, Demographic Change and Wellbeing Block 2: Social Sciences and Humanities Block 3: Information and Communication Technologies 13:00 – 15:30 / Proposal Writing Skills / How to write a competitive project proposal 14:30 – 16:00 / Communicating science / How to talk and explain complex science to any audience 16:00 – 17:30 / Presentation Skills / How to create and deliver a great pre- sentation 16:15 – 17:00 / Your Research Identity / How to socialize and support your visibility in research ecosystem 17:00 – 18:00 / Bioethics / The latest trends and challenges The Brno House of Arts Malinovského nám. 2 INBIT Kamenice 34 INBIT Kamenice 34 INBIT Kamenice 34 DAY 1-29/09/2015 DAY 2-30/09/2015 DAY 3-01/10/2015 DAY 4-02/10/2015 See more at http://www.ceitec.eu/era-chair/grants-week/ Funding under FP7 project, The ERA Chair Culture as a catalyst to Maximize the Potential of CEITEC´ (contract no. 621368).