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Managing research teams Managing European contracts Managing International Cooperation. Gérard Huet INRIA. Managing a research team. Researchers don’t like management Researchers hate to be managed Remember: you are the team leader, not the boss Your only management tool is enthusiasm
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Managing research teamsManaging European contractsManaging International Cooperation Gérard Huet INRIA
Managing a research team Researchers don’t like management Researchers hate to be managed Remember: you are the team leader, not the boss Your only management tool is enthusiasm Talents in cutting edge research are rare to find Researchers are not like peas in a pod Shopping for a specialist versus buying a ton of brick Anticipating recruitments with the networking effect Cost statements for personnel, time sheets
Managing European contracts • Understanding the rules, letter vs spirit • Loopholes, catch22, legislation slack, creativity • What can you charge the grant agency • Negociating overhead and salary scales • Your duties and rights as coordinator • Matching your team goals with a programme • Forming a consortium • The 10% final payment, how to overlap
Managing European contracts II • The Consortium coordinator • The main partners • The subcontractors • The geographical balance • IP: Who owns what, before, and after • The workplan, Q0 etc. How to decouple events • The deliverables • The review, how to prepare it, experts, po
Managing cooperations • Competitors vs complementary partners • Know your partners de visu, visit their site • How to cut the pie • The networking effect: Metcalfe law • Cross-hiring within the consortium vs inbreeding • Cross-hiring within your own organisation • Applying fluid mechanics to management • How to communicate efficiently
Euro-India opportunities • Comparable size and structure • Comparable diversity • Comparable problems • Similar traditions of respect for education • Similar traditions of democracy • Complementary resources and infrastructures • Yes we can !