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Funding Workshop

Funding Workshop. Athens, May 11th Geert Van Grootel Brigitte Jörg. Programme. Part 1: 09.30 -10.45 Intro Workshop goals Procedure and methodology Domain scoping : Funding Part 2: 11.15 – 12.30 User perspectives Funding agency Researcher Research manager Research policy maker

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Funding Workshop

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  1. Funding Workshop Athens, May 11th Geert Van Grootel Brigitte Jörg

  2. Programme • Part 1: 09.30 -10.45 • Intro • Workshop goals • Procedure and methodology • Domain scoping : Funding • Part 2: 11.15 – 12.30 • User perspectives • Funding agency • Researcher • Research manager • Research policy maker • Cases part I • Part 3: 13.30 – 15.00 • Cases part II • Discussions, conclusions and actions

  3. Workshop goals • Consensus building on the semantics of different elements related to the concepts and praxis of “Funding” • Requirements capturing for “Funding” from the different end user or stakeholder perspectives on “Funding” • Verbalize these requirements in a standardized manner • Plan further activities • Describe and plan the output products to delivered by the CERIF TG

  4. Methodology Define purpose of Funding Model Scope the “Funding” object Conceptual level Knowledge extraction Verbalization Workshop Build logical model CERIF TG Logical & Physical level Resolve to CERIF

  5. Funding: definition • Providing financialresources to finance a need, program, or project. In general, this term is used when a firmfills the need for cash from its own internal reserves, and the term 'financing' is used when the need is filled from external or borrowed money. (BusinessDirectory.com) • Research funding is a term generally covering any funding for scientific research, in the areas of both "hard" science and technology and social science. The term often connotes funding obtained through a competitive process, in which potential research projects are evaluated and only the most promising receive funding. Such processes, which are run by government, corporations or foundations, allocate scarce funds. (OECD, Main Science and Technology Indicators – 2008) • Research Grant:   Means a sum of money made available to the University for the conduct of a specific research project or programme which is to be undertaken over a specified period of time. (http://www.hr.uwa.edu.au/agreements/general/general_staff_agreement/preliminaries/definitions) • Research Grant: An award to an academic or professional staff member to support his/her ongoing research interest. Normally there are no, or only very few, conditions associated with the award. The researcher is free to decide on the course of his/her research and to use the funds accordingly subject only to the general conditions of the sponsor and the policies of the University. (http://www.athabascau.ca/policy/research/preambleanddefinitions.htm)

  6. Funding: definition • Research Grant: An award to an academic or professional staff member to support his/her ongoing research interest. Normally there are no, or only very few, conditions associated with the award. The researcher is free to decide on the course of his/her research and to use the funds accordingly subject only to the general conditions of the sponsor and the policies of the University. (http://www.athabascau.ca/policy/research/preambleanddefinitions.htm) • Research Grant: an award made in support of an empirical study. (Manchester college) • Grant: As used by JUST GRANTS ARIZONA, the word “grant” refers to a sum of money given to support the work of an agency, organization, or (occasionally) individual, usually as a result of a formal decision-making process involving a written or oral presentation and review. Grants are distinct from loans in that they are given outright, with no conditions for repayment. • Grant A type of financial assistance awarded to an organization for the conduct of research or other program as specified in an approved proposal. A grant, as opposed to a cooperative agreement, is used whenever the awarding office anticipates no substantial programmatic involvement with the recipient during the performance of the activities. (UCLA) • A more or less structured mechanism for resources allocation to research activities. (FRIS programme)

  7. Definitions So far there is no explicit definition of the concept in CERIF Proposal for discussion “A Funding Programme is the source of financial means to a project, programme, equipment, event or any other structured scientific activity*. A Funding Programme is managed by a Funding Organisation.” * Structured scientific activity: scientific activity with defined scope: content and time wise

  8. Definitions and scope • The Funding Organisations • The Funding Organisation manages the Funding Programme • The Funding Organisations is the grantor of the grant from the Funding Programme budget to the grantee. • The grant • The grant is the amount of financial resources transferred to the grantee. • The grantee is the recipient of the grant. • The grantee can be a person, a project, an organisational unit,… • The Funding Programme is generally known by its name. • The grant can be associated with specific conditions on the spending and/or timing.

  9. Definitions and scope • The Funding Programme • The Funding Programme has a name • The Funding Programme can be part of a Funding Programme structure • The Funding Programme has a budget, expressed in a currency • The Funding Programme works with an application calendar (funding cycle) • The Funding Programme has application criteria • Age related • Position related • Nationality • Qualification • Thematic and geographical coverage • Budget size • Activity • Project, event, equipment, travel, prototyping, networking…

  10. Funding Cycle Range of time during which proposals are accepted, reviewed, and funds are awarded. If a sponsor has standing proposal review committees (or boards) that meet at specified times during the year, application deadlines are set to correspond with those meetings. For some sponsors, if proposals are received too late to be considered in the current funding cycle, they may be held over for the next review meeting (i.e., National Science Foundation's Target Dates).

  11. A Fact Project A recieves funding from the Research Communities programme of the FWO for a period of 4 years, starting on the 1st of May 2009. The project budget for that period is 480.000 euro and the Research Communities program is the principal funding source. For statistics and other purposes we use code 7013 to identify the FWO Research Communities programme

  12. Verbalization • A fact • Project A recieves funding from the Research Communities porgramme of the FWO for a period of 4 years, starting on the 1st of May 2009. Project A recieves 480.000 euro and the Research Communities program is the principal funding source. For statistics and other purposes we use code 7013 to identify the FWO Research Communities programme. • Basic facts

  13. A case • A funding resource has a name but we always refer to the funding resources by its unique code • A funding resource has a budget in euro • The general information can be found in the description of the funding resource, which can be in available in different languages • Some of the characteristics of a funding resource are expressed with keywords • In order to categorise the funding resources we attribute different classifications to them. E.g. Science domains, geographical coverage,… • A funding resource is valid during a certain period • There can be web resources available for the funding resource, e.g. webpages • A funding resource is often part of a more complex funding scheme

  14. Funding - Object

  15. FundingProgrammeCERIF2006 • FundingProgrammehasFundingProgrammeId • FundingProgrammehasValid Period • Valid Periodis betweenStartDateandEndDate • FundingProgrammehasBudgetexpressed in knownCurrency • FundingProgrammehasNameexpressed in knownLanguageandTranslation • FundingProgrammehasDescriptionexpressed knownLanguageandTranslation • FundingProgrammehasKeywordsexpressed in knownLanguageandTranslation • FundingProgrammehasClassification • FundingProgramme has URI • FundingProgramme is related toFundingProgramme

  16. Funding_ProgrammeCERIF2006

  17. Funding & CERIF objects

  18. Funding & CERIF objects

  19. User perspectiveThe Funding Organisation • Funding Programme structure • Funding Programme budget sources • Application criteria • Thematic • Qualification • Educational: Pre-doc, Post-doc • Position: tenure, principal investigator,.. • Geographical coverage • Nationality • Size • Time coverage: short vs. long term • Evaluation criteria • Organisational coverage: personal, simple project, multi team project • Research type: fundamental, applied, prototype development • Financing schemes: single source, co-financing (private, institutional),… • The funding cycle • Calls, application deadlines • Review boards • Workflow: status of Calls and proposals

  20. Funding OrganisationCase

  21. User perspectiveThe Researcher • Funding Calender • List by deadlines feature • Themes • List only relevant funding opportunities • Relevance based on expert profile • Search/categorize on • eligibility criteria • Experience level: pre-doc, doc, post-doc, junior faculty member, senior scientist,… • Funding organization type: governmental, (different levels), private, charity,… • Research themes/subjects • Activity: project, prototype development, equipment, networking, event organisation, • Funding instrument type: Grant, collaborative agreement, procurement, • Information push based on profiles • Expert • Supervisor • …

  22. Researcher

  23. Researcher

  24. User perspectivesThe Research Manager • Funding Calendar • List by deadlines • Themes • List only relevant funding opportunities • Relevance based on organisation profile • Report on grants by • Themes: disciplines, application domain, geographical coverage • Researchers • Financial volume • FTe’s involved • Budget: Project budget, allocated amounts and spending divided between running costs, investment, personnel, overhead, through time • Report on success rate of own researchers • Link inputs to outputs • Publications per grant/project • Calculate output costs

  25. Research ManagerCase

  26. User perspectiveThe Policy Maker • Compliance with regional, national, European (eurostat, 3% norm) and international (OECD) statistical obligation. • E.g.: Project budget, allocated amounts and spending divided between running costs, investment, personnel, overhead, through time • Measure spending rate • Distribution across: • Disciplines and other classifications • Geographical coverage • Direct link between economic bookkeeping rules and project spending • Input vs. output

  27. Policy makerCase • A Project receives a Grant from a Funding Programme • The grant consist of specific amounts for • Personnel • Investments • Running cost • Overhead • Spending rates of the grant amounts can be defined

  28. Policy makerCase

  29. FRIS model

  30. FRIS case <cfProj_FundProg> <cfProjId>20106</cfProjId> <cfFundProgId>7010</cfFundProgId> <cfClassId>P</cfClassId> <cfClassSchemeId>iwProjectFundingProgrammeRole</cfClassSchemeId> <cfStartDate>2005-01-01T00:00:00</cfStartDate> <cfEndDate>2007-12-31T00:00:00</cfEndDate> <cfAmount cfCurrencyCode="EUR">168900</cfAmount> </cfProj_FundProg> <cfProj_FundProg> <cfProjId>20106</cfProjId> <cfFundProgId>7010</cfFundProgId> <cfClassId>PK</cfClassId> <cfClassSchemeId>iwProject_FundProgBudgetType</cfClassSchemeId> <cfStartDate>2005-01-01T00:00:00</cfStartDate> <cfEndDate>2007-12-31T00:00:00</cfEndDate> <cfAmount cfCurrencyCode="EUR">161400</cfAmount> </cfProj_FundProg> - <cfProj_FundProg> <cfProjId>20106</cfProjId> <cfFundProgId>7010</cfFundProgId> <cfClassId>PKB</cfClassId> <cfClassSchemeId>iwProject_FundProgBudgetType</cfClassSchemeId> <cfStartDate>2005-01-01T00:00:00</cfStartDate> <cfEndDate>2007-12-31T00:00:00</cfEndDate> <cfAmount cfCurrencyCode="EUR">161400</cfAmount> </cfProj_FundProg> -

  31. Discussion Conclusion Actions

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