ARMS Winter School 2020

Limited spaces still available for next week's elective.

 

Securing International Research Funding

The ARMS Winter School is a popular feature in the Society's annual professional development calendar. This year’s program offers seven (7) new and or enhanced electives for research management professionals who wish to develop a deeper understanding of a particular topic and its application to research management.

 

To enable easier accessibility, electives will be delivered in a flexible format via the online Zoom platform. This delivery approach will involve structured, shorter meetings with the presenter(s), and breakout rooms for participants to collaborate. The sum of the shorter online meetings will equate to a full day workshop. During the workshops, participants will develop knowledge and skills in a specialised, relevant area, network with other participants and have an enjoyable time!

 

The electives can count as credit towards future participation in the ARMS Advanced Level Accreditation Program (conditions apply) or as CPD for ARMFs and ARMAs.

Securing International Research Funding

Presenters

Dr Rado Faletic & Dr Martin Grabert

 

Delivered over 3 partial days:

Monday 27 July, Tuesday 28 July and Wednesday 29 July 2020

11.00am - 2.00pm AEST.

 

LIMITED REGISTRATIONS AVAILABLE 

  

In this module you will be introduced to the paradigms and practices of international research collaboration and international funding opportunities. The module will particularly focus on the skills you need to develop in order to confidently and professionally support your organisation in obtaining and managing international funding. Attention will be given to the major international funding opportunities – including Horizon Europe, US federal, and several other key partner countries – by exploring the ways they are different from your familiar domestic programs and the resources that you can access to assist you with engaging with these mechanisms.

 

The primary purpose of our module design is to provide ARMS members with the skills and perspectives to be able to successfully navigate the world of international research funding. 

 

During the module time will be spent introducing specific major international programs (that fund research projects) to participants, including salient rules and regulations. This list of programmes includes Horizon Europe and a range of major federal research funding initiatives from the USA. 

 

However, the bulk of the content will be contextual, using real world examples and group exercises to instill a set of core principles and paradigms that are required for successfully managing international grants – in the general as well as in the specific. 

As a pre-requisite, we assume that all attendees have experience managing grants from their own national funding agencies, and thus will not need instruction on basic grant managements, accounting, reporting processes, reading complex rules, etc. 

This module is built around three core pillars: strategy, risk, and culture… 

 

Strategy: 

The choice to engage with overseas research programs does not happen in isolation. Institutions’ decisions to engage in these programs (whether as part of a focused strategy or on an ad-hoc basis) is not possible without a level of commitment from the institution (beyond the researcher(s) in question). Hence, the decision as to whether (and how) to engage or not must be considered in the context of institutional strategy and support. 

 

Most institutions include some reference to “international collaboration” in their aspirational vision statements, yet many fail to adequately articulate strategic activities in order to progress towards the vision. We will recommend some steps that research managers can take (in their unique position with their institution) to assist with progressing long-term institutional strategies around international engagement. 

 

Risk: 

First time participants in overseas programs will usually encounter “unforeseen” problems that put them (and their institution) at some risk. Whereas the risks associated with domestic programs are well-understood by the domestic audience (and institutions have well-prepared systems for minimising or even eliminating these risks), this is usually not the case with international programs. 

We will detail some of the more important risk factors when working with international programs (e.g. I.P. issues, audits, eligible costs, forex movements, resolving conflicts, certification, etc.), using specific examples throughout, and processes that can be put in place to assist with mitigating these. We will also emphasise the need to be intimately connected with international counterparts and networks. 

 

Discussions around strategies and risks will be accentuated with a presentation of the rapidly changing landscape in the USA by a guest presenter (Mr Paul Harris, Director of ANU’s North American Liaison Office), including specific examples with one of the most significant sources of US funds for Australian researchers – the US Department of Defense. 

 

Culture: 

Whilst rules and regulations are always detailed in print, with plenty of clauses, exclusions, criteria, etc. these rules exist within a domestic cultural paradigm that can be challenging for outsiders to penetrate. Thus, it is imperative that researchers and research managers gain a suitable appreciation for these cultural settings in order to clearly comprehend what is actually being asked of them, and to be able to appropriately engage with their overseas counterparts. 

As many research attendees may not have been exposed to working with foreign entities and individuals previously, we will spend some time identifying key cultural differences across the globe, and the way that these effect both individual and institutional relationships. 

 

We will delve into program specifics via an overview of Horizon Europe. This will enable us to draw on our extensive expertise around the EU Framework Programmes to articulate key issues that are important for most international funding programs. 

 

Subsequent to this discussion, we will highlight some difference between Horizon Europe and the US federal funding programs, and introduce opportunities presented by mechanisms in the UK, China and other major collaborators for ARMS institutions. However, since there is very little in the way of dedicated international research funding available outside of Europe and the USA, we rely on group discussions to draw out specific instance’s challenges and successes with other countries and programs. 

 

In addition to the annotated PowerPoint slides, participants will also be given a short handout listing key contacts, and major funding / collaboration programs around the world. 

About The Presenters

 

Dr Rado Faletic & Dr Martin Grabert, Montriox Pty.

 

Your facilitators for this module are Drs Martin Grabert and Rado Faletič of Montroix Pty Ltd. Both have extensive experience with supporting and participating in international research collaborations.

Prior to emigrating to Australia, Martin was a key figure in the European research landscape, being in charge of the COST (European Co-operation in Science and Technology) office in Brussels – COST is an intergovernmental research networking program of 36 member states, bringing together about 50,000 researchers in some 300 objective driven networks in all domains of research. Funded by the European Commission, Martin’s budget for COST was in the vicinity of €250m.

Before his career in Brussels, Martin was a researcher in aeronautical engineering and undertook research in his home country of Germany as well as abroad in China and the USA. At TU Berlin, he was the head of the central research administration office, before he moved to Brussels to establish the EU liaison office of the German research organisations (KoWi) as its founding director in 1991.

 

After moving to Australia Martin was Director (International and Business Relations) at the Go8 before establishing Montroix Pty Ltd with Dr Faletič in 2012.

Rado has a PhD in shock-tunnel tomography, and has published in a wide variety of other fields including hydrology, seismology, bibliometrics and science policy.

His career in international collaboration began when he started working at the Forum for European-Australian Science and Technology cooperation (FEAST) in Canberra, and ultimately leading the unit as Executive Director. In that role, he represented Australia as National Contact Point for European research funding, and has contributed to numerous European-funded projects that supported the international dimension to research, including as external advisor to the international network of National Contact Points for European funding.

Together, Martin and Rado were key contributors to the European project PACE-Net – Pacific-Europe Network for Science, Technology and Innovation – where they lead efforts towards the formulation of a regional framework for science and technology in the Pacific islands, and are currently working on circular bio-economy initiatives in the region.

For the full list of Winter School Electives on offer, Visit ARMS Website here.

Pre-requisites

The Winter School has no formal pre-requisites for the electives featured in the 2020 program. The electives are intended for:

 

• Mid-senior level research management staff interested in developing a deep, practical understanding of the topics; and
  
  
• ARMFs - Accredited Research Managers (Foundation) or ARMAs - Accredited Research Managers (Advanced) seeking to broaden their practical understanding of the topics - Note: ARMFs and ARMAs can claim CPD hours if completing an elective.
  
  
• Please note each elective will be capped at 16 registrations. Should you wish to add your details onto a wait list. Please contact Dana Watts directly at arms.adminofficer@flinders.edu.au

Pre-reading

Each Winter School elective has a list of suggested pre-reading materials that is documented in the prospectus and also attached to the Event Purchase Notification (Confirmation email). The pre-reading list will also serve as a future resource list for participants. 

 

Assessment

At the end of the workshop, participants will be invited to complete a non-compulsory assessment.

 

Those participants who wish to enrol in a future cohort of the Advanced Level Accreditation Program (ALAP) are strongly encouraged to successfully complete this assessment as this will count as credit towards the ALAP, provided enrolment commences within the next two years.

 

Special Discounted Elective Rates for 2020

 

ARMS Members: $550 per elective (GST inclusive)
Non-Members: $650 per elective (GST inclusive)

 

The cost for each elective includes participation in the workshop, workshop notes and an assessment. Participants will be required to cover any other incidental costs.

 

At a minimum, participants will be required to log into Zoom using a laptop or computer and not a phone.

 

 

Continuing Professional Developmental (CPD)

ARMFs and ARMAs can claim 8 CPD hours per elective.

 

Further enquiries?

 

Contact: Dana Watts, ARMS Accreditation Program Administrator at arms.adminofficer@flinders.edu.au or +61 8 8201 5592

 

Please note that the ARMS Event Cancellation Policy applies

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