Research management: Grant acquisition and management 1600-SZD-ZBN-PG
The aim of the course is to familiarize students with the research funding opportunities – in particular, the grant system of the Polish National Science Center and various post-doc fellowship programs. The course will focus on the basic principles of planning and managing research projects and practical aspects of preparing grant proposals. Participants will work on their own ideas during the workshops, preparing key elements of the grant application. The course consists of three 4-hour workshops: (1) The importance of the grant system. Grant agencies and research funding schemes, (2) Key elements of a grant application: academic CV and research project description. Assessment of the grant applications, (3) Practical aspects of preparing research project application, including budget, work plan, data management plan, communication and dissemination of results.
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Type of course
Learning outcomes
Knowledge | The graduate knows and understands:
WG_04 - the principles for dissemination of scientific results in the field of the social sciences, including in the open access mode
WK_02 - the economic, legal, ethical and other essential conditions of conducting scientific research in the field of the social sciences
WK_03 - the basic principles of knowledge transfer to the economic and social areas and commercialisation of the results of scientific activities in the field of the social sciences and of the know-how related to these results
Skills | The graduate is able to:
UW_01 – Take advantage of knowledge from different academic fields, in particular the social sciences to creatively identify, formulate and innovatively solve complex problems or perform research tasks, especially:
- define the aim and subject of scientific research in the field of the social sciences, formulate a research hypothesis,
- develop research methods, techniques and tools and use them creatively,
- Draw conclusions on the basis of research results
UW_03 – transfer the results of scientific activities in the field of the social sciences to the economic and social areas
UK_02 – disseminate the research results in the field of the social sciences, also to the general public
UO_01 – plan and implement one’s own and team’s research or creative projects, in the field of the social sciences, also in the international community
UU_01 - Autonomously plan and act to achieve personal development and inspire and organise the development of others
Social competences (K; in Polish” “kompetencje społeczne”) (the graduate is ready to)
KK_03 recognise the value of knowledge in solving cognitive and practical problems within a specific discipline in the
field of the social sciences
KO_01 fulfill the social obligations of researchers and creators
KO_02 fulfil social obligations and take actions in the public interest, in particular by initiating actions in the public
interest
KO_03 think and act in an entrepreneurial manner
Assessment criteria
Description of requirements related to participation in classes, including the permitted number of explained absences: The course consists of three 4-hour workshops. Attendance at each of the three workshops is required. In exceptional circumstances, it is possible to make up an absence in another workshop group, provided that places are available. Lecturers are not responsible for lack of places in workshops for people outside the given group.
Principles for passing the classes and the subject (including resit session): The course is passed on the basis of: attendance, active participation in classes focused on preparing elements of a grant application, and a final test.
Methods for the verification of learning outcomes: class activity and final test
Evaluation criteria: The credit will be given to all those participants who meet the attendance criterion for all 3 workshops and pass the final test with min. 60% of the points.
Bibliography
Crawley, Gerard M., and Eoin O’Sullivan. 2016. The Grant Writer’s Handbook: How to Write a Research Proposal and Succeed. Covent Garden: Imperial College Press. + other reports/program documentation (a recommended reading list will be provided at the beginning of the course)