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Key word search. Google. Important questions. What is happening in your own institution/national level/international level? What are the key funding bodies? Who is the NCP for your area? Who has been funded in your area in FP7? Who are the big players? Do you know them?
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Important questions • What is happening in your own institution/national level/international level? • What are the key funding bodies? • Who is the NCP for your area? • Who has been funded in your area in FP7? Who are the big players? Do you know them? • What are the major conferences in your area? • What are the key networks (national/international)? • What are the key policy documents?
What is happening in your own institution? Ageing related research in NUI Galway • Multi/cross discipline • Investigators across all five colleges • ICSG • www.galwayconnectedhealth.ie • Key areas is independent ageing • Lists key PI’s, research funding (bodies/awards) Psychology/Electronic Engineering/ICT/DERI/General Practice/Business Public Policy & Law/Geography/Marketing/Economics/… • multdisciplinary research
What are the key funding bodies? • Google • Dedicated search engines (ResearchProfessionaletc) • Talking to colleagues • CARDI/Marie Curie/ERC/Grand Societal Challenges/INTERREG/HRB/AAL Joint Programme/ISA/multiple foundations/Various DGs/…. • Generate funding map (national/EU/outside EU)
Who is the NCP for your area? • For European funding – www.fp7ireland.com • Paul Kilkenny (SSH) • Jennifer Brennan (Marie Curie) • etc • Most other funders will list contact points • Why make contact? • Get on their radar • Insights on what is happening in your domain • Provide advice/help getting partners/reviewing proposals/becoming an evaluator etc • Influence future call topics
Who has been funded in your area in FP7? Who are the big players? Do you know them? • Colleagues • Google • NCPs • Cordis website: http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/projects_en.html • Ageing – 288 projects (unspecific search term) • Elderly – 170 projects • Each project you can get an abstract, programme, coordinator & partner details • Customise searching
Who has been funded in your area in FP7? Who are the big players? Do you know them? • If you don’t know them try to • Personal contacts via colleagues • Conferences • Networking events (NCP know key ones) • Invite them to conferences you are hosting • Remember there are travel supports (Enterprise Ireland, InterTrade Ireland, Triennial Travel Grant etc)
What are the major conferences in your area? • Google • Colleagues • Key bodies in the domain • Funders (Cardietc) • NCP • 9th World Democratic and Ageing Forum 2013 • European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (EU) • http://www.who.int/ageing/events/en/ (WHO conferences) • Ageing home http://www.unece.org/pau/age/welcome.html (UN Economic Commission for Europe • Try and at least attend and if possible present at these conferences - networking
What are the key networks (national/international)? • http://www.ageingwellnetwork.com/ • http://agelab.mit.edu/ • http://www.age-platform.org/ • http://undesadspd.org/Ageing.aspx • http://www.who.int/ageing/en/index.html • http://www.nia.nih.gov/ • http://www.iagg.info/ • Local • http://www.harcresearch.com/ • http://www.misa.ie/about-us 10 minute search Key networks influence future policy which impact on future calls. If you can join key networks/associations
What are the key policy documents? • European Policy Documents • Google Search: europa.eu your research area www.google.ie • OECD Policy Documents • Google Search: OECD your research area www.google.ie • Relevant Projects funded in Framework 7 • http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/projects_en.htm • Relevant Topics in Framework 7 • http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/projects_en.htm • Who is your relevant NCP? National Delegate? • http://www.fp7ireland.com/contacts.aspx • What are the relevant • Advisory Groups? http://ec.europa.eu/research/fp7/index_en.cfm?pg=eag • COST Actions http://www.cost.eu/domains_actions • European Research Associations? http://www.hyperion.ie/euassociations.htm • Why? Because these are the documents that influence future call topics! Need to be able to position your proposals