Program
Monday, July 22
14.00 – 14.30 Welcome
14.30 – 15.00 Prof. Guido Cavaletti, MD, Vice-Rector for Research, University of Milano-Bicocca (IT): How to write a research proposal
15.00 – 15.30 Prof. Hellas Cena, Pro-Rector for Third Mission, Third mission and research valorization, University of Pavia (IT)
15.30 – 16.00. Prof Massimo Grassi, PhD, University of Padova (IT): The way we were and the way we’d like to be: Open Science, towards a shift in the scientific paradigm of empirical science
16.00 – 16.30 – Bravin
16.30 – 18.30 Networking event
18.30 Cocktail
Tuesday, July 23
One day about grantsmanship, from background to practice.
Chiara Gabbi, MD, PhD
Humanitas Medical Care, Milan (IT); Karolinska Institute, Stockholm (SE).
9.30 – 10.15 Understanding the grant review process: writing for success
10.15 – 11.00 Background and Review of literature – Hypothesis – Aims
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break
11.30 – 12.15 Preliminary Results – Study design – Methods
12.15 – 12.45 Potential Pitfalls and Alternative Strategies – Expected Outcomes – Future Directions
12.45 – 13.00 Discussion
13.00 – 14.30 Lunch
14.30 – 15.15 Principal Investigator Profile and Team
15.15 – 15.45 Facilities and Infrastructures
15.45 – 16.00 Discussion
16.00 – 16.30 Coffee break
16.30 – 17.00 The budget and its Justification
17.00 – 17.45 Significance – Innovation – Relevance for the funding agency
17.45 – 18.00 Discussion and conclusion
Wednesday, July 24
EU project landscape – Special focus on ERC and MSCA – Digging into proposal template and project structure – Hands-on exercises.
Andrea Riccio, PhD, Chiara Casella, PhD, Fiorenza de Micheli, PhD, & Balthasar Kenda, PhD
Grant Office of the University of Milano-Bicocca (IT).
9.30 – 10.00 EU project landscape: Horizon Europe
10:00 – 10:30 Overview of the ERC programme
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee break
12.00 – 13.00 Exercise session: finding calls (practice)
13.00 – 14.30 Lunch
14.30 – 16.00 Proposal structure: Excellence – Impact – Implementation (theory and practice) part 1
16.00 – 16.30 Coffee break
16.30 – 18.00 Proposal structure: Excellence – Impact – Implementation (theory and practice) part 2
Thursday, July 25
EU project landscape – Special focus on ERC and MSCA – Digging into proposal template and project structure – Hands-on exercises.
Andrea Riccio, PhD, Chiara Casella, PhD, Fiorenza de Micheli, PhD, & Balthasar Kenda, PhD
Grant Office of the University of Milano-Bicocca (IT)
9.30 – 11.00 Project structure: exercise session (practice in small groups) part 1
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break
11.30 – 12.30 Project structure: exercise session (practice in small groups) part 2
12.30 – 14.00 Lunch
14.30 – 15.00 Transversal methodological aspects
15:00 – 15:30 Basic Budget elements (theory and practice)
15:30 – 16:00 Overview of the MSCA-PF call
16.00 – 16.30 Coffee break
16.30 – 18.00 Questions & Answers session
19.30 Social Dinner
Friday, July 26
Closing Lectures – Virtuous examples of successful grant proposal applications
9.00 – 9.45 Marie Curie
9.45 – 10.30: Marco Marelli, PhD, Università Milano-Bicocca: ERC Starting Grant winner
10.30 – 11:15: Luca Pattavina, PhD, Università Milano-Bicocca: ERC Starting Grant winner
11.15-11.45 coffee break
11.45 – 12.30 Stefania Pia Perrino, PhD, University of Milano – Bicocca (IT): Just Parent Project
12.30 – 13.15 Speaker 4 – Paola Alberti, MD, PhD, University of Milano-Bicocca (IT): Cariplo grant winner.
11.30 – 12.00 Written test (ECTS credits)