University of Zagreb School of Medicine

The goal is to train students to be able to 1) search for funding sources for the research grants; 2) develop a well structured and organized research plan; 3) prepare a simple budget plan of the project; 4) Gantt i Pert chart for the project 5) administrative management of the simple project 6) preparation and filling the timesheets

Introduction to the research funding sources in Croatia, EU and USA. Common characteristics and specificities of theirs calls for proposals. Structure of project proposals, goals, time and financial activity planning logical framework matrix, outcomes and results, impact, exploitation of results. Fellowships. Project manangement, importance of good planning, risks and their mitigation. Structure of reports - scientific and financial.

• Blaženka Divjak (ur): Projekti u znanosti i razvoju, Europski programi, foi, SuZ, Varaždin, 2009
• http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/page/funding
• http://ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020/index_en.cfm
• Natječajna dokumentacija raznih natječaja za potpore
• Peter A. Lawrence:. Real Lives and White Lies in the Funding of Scientific Research. PLos Biology, September 2009, Volume 7, 1-4,
• Donatella Verbanac: Postanite evaluator projekata u sklopu FP7 programa, mef.hr, prosinac 2012 (o evaluaciji EU projekata)

Lectures, Seminars, Practical work, Round table discussion, work in small groups at project proposal’s writing and evaluations, preparation of project application,  discussion and evaluation of the project proposals in groups

Preparation and evaluation of project proposal