Research support for Brunel Business School in respect of proposal writing, hints and strategies

1. Dr David Luigi FUSCHI

2. Overview
 What defines a successful research
proposal
 BBS context & strengths
 Identifying suitable opportunities
 Conclusions

3. Section 1

4. Criteria for success
 Supports BBS research strategy in
synergy with University research
 Contributes to BBS capacity building
 Widens BBS partnership & network
 Brings prestige & reputation
 Generates and disseminates knowledge
 Creates socio-economic impact
 Attract resources
(finance, researchers, equipment, etc.)

5. Section 2

6. BBS Strengths
 6 established research centres
 Over 70 full-time academic
 30 full-time academic members of staff
already active in research with a track
record of acquired grants
 Over 30 prestigious grants acquired
 Cooperation with over 16 funding
agencies / donors

7. Section 3

8. Funding
Bodies
Industry
supported
research
Strategy
InterestsStrengths
Funding
Opportunities

9. The process (I)
 Generate a database of funding bodies
 Subscribe alert services related to
funding opportunities
 Periodically interact with available
contacts in the funding bodies to explore
potential opportunities
 Provide advice and support to funding
bodies strategy definition

10. The process (II)
 Create, update and share a listing of
opportunities for BBS internal
consumption
 Map current research activities and
interests at individual level so as to
address suitable opportunities to the
individual researcher
 Provide support in the scoping and
structuring of proposals

11. The process (III)
 Provide support in the development of
the proposal in terms of:
 liaison with the funding body officers
 quality assurance
 partners/collaborators identification
 preparation of the budget
 liaison with RSDO and UKRO

12. The process (IV)
 Organise networking events with funding
bodies representatives
 Organise seminars on proposal / bid
writing
 Provide support for the:
 reshape and resubmission of previous
proposals
 analysis of the proposal evaluation
 Identification of previously undetected weak
points and potential remedy

13. Section 4

14. Recommendations (I)
 Create a database of contacts for the
identification of potential Partners
classified per:
 Nature (NGO, Universities, PA, Industry,
SMEs, etc.)
 Domain of expertise
 Kind of contact
 Person & role (decisional, operative, etc.)
 Responsiveness

15. Recommendations (II)
 Create a DB of prior projects holding:
 Description of the concept
 Proposal & DoW
 Deliverables
 Partnership
 Results & achievements
 Lessons learned
 Performances (HR, financial, etc.)

16. Recommendations (III)
 Create a DB of prior proposals holding:
 Description of the concept
 Partnership
 Evaluation results
 Analysis of strong/weak points
 Reference material (SotA, literature, etc.)
 Proposal text & annexes

17. What I can offer
 A track-record in project management
 Over 20 years of RTD expertise
 A network of over 140 industrial
partners, 70 universities/research
centres and 20 cultural institutions
 Consolidated experience as Project
Expert Evaluator/Reviewer in over 12
Research Programmes
(EU, EUREKA!, EIT, TSB, etc.)

18. Dr David Luigi FUSCHI
david.fuschi@ieee.org