The one thing that has the potential to fundamentally change the area of EU R&D funding for good is the development of Artificial Intelligence. ChatGPT broke through a year and a half ago and the development of this technology and available services – free as well as paid – are going at the speed of light.

In The Grant editor’s office I am of course following this closely. So, I have decided to makes a AI series where I dig into this in more detail. And of course I do this with some of the sharpest professionals on the topic: independent consultant and AI-Chat-guru Kristjan Zemljic and Senior Consultant and very pro-active AI-Chat-user Rita Gil Mata.

In this second episode my two distinguished guests share with us how to practically use the tools in your proposal preparation. This is good. This is VERY good. We take each step of the proposal phase: preparation, idea development, project concept development, partner value chain, proposal writing and, finally, submission. All spiced up with examples. Well….you’re welcome…

Time codes:

00:02:02 Introduction

00:05:49 Preparation for the writing phase

00:22:06 Idea development

00:44:23 Project concept

00:56:14 Partner value chain

01:05:13 Proposal writing

01:30:15 Submission

EARMA is the European Research Managers Association. Over the years it has grown immensely in size and significance. The association gathers the research managers from all over Europe in an effort to share knowledge, best practices and not least raise the recognition of the research manager as role in research organisations.

Since last year’s annual EARMA conference in Prague I have been wanting to get them into the virtual podcast studio. Simply because there are so many of my listeners that are involved in the organisation as members and participants at their events.

So, I managed just in time for this year’s annual conference in Odense, Denmark, to get Managing Director Nik Claesen into the virtual podcast studio for a talk about EARMA, the research manager role and of course a chat about the conference that kicks off tomorrow Tuesday 23 April 2024.

Time codes:

00:01:44 Introduction

00:05:00 EARMA in a nutshell

00:12:07 The research manager role

00:46:06 EARMA Annual Conference

01:08:07 The toughest challenge

This is the second release of episodes under my short format The Grant Shorts. This is the third out of the three episodes where I zoom in on my 2nd job within this sector: Funding Consultant at The Alliance for Offshore Renewables – an initiative to secure more EU funding for the Danish offshore renewable sector.

In this episode I carve another key challenge for many Brussels offices: How to maximize your impact with only one or two people in Brussels. I share my experience and give you some guidance on how you can approach it. I have divided this into four sections: 1) Empathizing planning and organizing, 2) Screen the opportunities, 3) Prioritize which ways you go and 4) Share, reflect and exchange in your team

This might give you some input and food for thought in how you set up your strategy towards the Brussels-ecosystem.

Time codes:

00:02:01 Introduction

00:03:19 Plan and organise

00:06:31 Screen

00:15:08 Prioritise

00:22:06 Share, reflect and exchange