BESTPRAC-EARMA virtual meeting | June 2021
BESTPRAC-EARMA Virtual Meeting
June 14-15, 2021 | Zoom platform
The second joint BESTPRAC-EARMA meeting was held from June 14-15, 2021 on the Zoom platform.
Many thanks to all our speakers, moderators and meeting coordinators for making this unique event a success!
Background
Although the COST targeted network officially ended in October 2019, the former BESTPRAC Core Group has remained active and working hard to find solutions to keep the network activities alive beyond COST's financial support.
As one of BESTPRAC's sustainability initiatives, we have been working on exploring the possibilities of a joint future with EARMA and this event was organised as part of a mutually agreed pilot of one year.
Programme
The event programme was tailored according to the needs of BESTPRAC members and comprised of a combination of plenary sessions and Working group parallel sessions, as we followed the format of former BESTPRAC meetings. The meeting included a variety of speakers, from our valuable BESTPRAC community, external speakers like the European Commission and Sylvia McCarthy from Hyperion, to researchers and RMAs who we are just starting to collaborate with and who can complement our knowledge base.
Recording
The recordings of all the sessions are available on BESTPRAC's YouTube channel.
Presentations
Plenary sessions
Open Science in Horizon Europe, Alea López de San Román, Directorate General for Research and Innovation, European Commission
The influence of writing style on the success of grant applications, Prof. Peter van den Besselaar, Faculty of Social Sciences, VU Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Soft skills for RMAs: Effective influencing in your organisation, Jan Andersen, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Who Wrote the Topics in Pillar II, Sylvia McCarthy, Hyperion Ltd.
Working Group 1 presentations
Writing an impactful communication and dissemination plan, Marina Papageorgiou, Climate & Atmosphere Research Center, The Cyprus Institute, Cyprus
Social impact of scientific research outside of academia, Vesna Bozanic, ISCTE-IUL Instituto Universitario Lisboa, Portugal
Twinning/Teaming/Widening proposals – experience exchange, Prof. Jean Sciare, Climate & Atmosphere Research Center, The Cyprus Institute, Cyprus
Constructing a high-quality grant proposal beyond scientific excellence, Sedef Iskit, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
How to maximize opportunities from strategies/lobbying in Brussels, Massimo Busuoli, NTNU Brussels Office
What motivates researchers to apply for external funding? How can RMAs motivate researchers?, Joanna Kartasiewicz, Kozminski University, Poland
Working Group 2 presentations
How to avoid pitfalls when budgeting for Horizon Europe?, Per Inge Andresen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Internally invoiced goods and services, Wolfram Rieneck, Medical University Innsbruck, Austria
In-kind contributions by 3rd parties: Changes from H2020 to Horizon Europe, Per Inge Andresen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
MSC doctoral networks management budget, Maddalena Tognola, The University of Bern, Switzerland
Equipment in HEU, Primož Petek, The Slovenian Forestry Institute & Barbara Dorić, University of Ljubljana - Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Slovenia
Budgeting personnel costs under Horizon Europe, Per Inge Andresen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Personnel costs under HEU, Elena Ioannidou, The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Cyprus
Personnel cost in EU grants: Navigating between different fundings programmes and rules, Staška Mrak Jamnik, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Personnel cost in EU grants: Harmonization of ongoing H2020 and future HEU projects - Time recording challenge, Mirella Collini, University of Trento, Italy
Working group 3 presentations
New legal challenges in Horizon Europe, Miriam Ryan, Maynooth University, Ireland
Developing an Institutional Gender Equality Plan (GEP): Our Journey at the University of Rijeka, Daria Glavan Šćulac, University of Rijeka, Croatia
Final follow-up on participation of the UK in EU programmes, Nataša Jakominić Marot, University of Rijeka, Croatia
Evaluation
We would appreciate if you took a couple of minutes of your time to fill out a short evaluation survey letting us know what you thought of the meeting. Your feedback will help us evaluate what the positive sides of this meeting were and which aspects could be improved.
Contact details (Meeting co-organisers from BESTPRAC)
Andri Charalambous, Climate and Atmosphere Research Center (CARE-C), The Cyprus Institute, Cyprus
Edwin Kanters, VU University Amsterdam, Netherlands