EU Project Management Module 2: Grant Application Writing
Modul
Seminar 2.1: Grant Application Writing – Basics
Seminar content
- What funding program fits my project objectives?
- What is a call for proposals?
- What are the main features?
- How to read a call for proposals
- What kind of project support can be applied for?
- Grants, loans, guarantees, eligible costs
- Which European policies and strategies have to be considered?
- How to elaborate a project application form
- Formal criteria and technical requirements
- Mapping the project idea in the form
By the end of the seminar, you
- are able to compare project needs with the objectives of the EU funding programs.
- are able to interpret the intent, relevance, and thematic background of questions in EU Project Application Forms.
- are able to differentiate between different sections in the application form.
Teaching and learning methods
The following teaching and learning methods will be used: lecture, small group and partner work, discussion, self-study, feedback.
The lecturers: Michael Gansch, MA, Mag.a Alexandra Schantl
Further literature
Gansch M. / Schantl A.: Grant Application, Skript 2021.
http://eu-learning.net/handbook/
European Parliament: EU funding for your project? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P62sjnHL59w.
Seminar 2.2: Grant Application Writing - Advanced
Seminar content
- How to deliver the key messages / the USP of a project
- How to formulate successful proposals
- How to schedule a project
- How to budget a project
- Calculation of project costs
- Real cost approach versus simplified methods
- Tips and obstacles or dos and don’ts
By the end of the seminar, you
- are able to analyse the effects of different cost calculation methods.
- are able to construct applications based on the most common application forms including technical requirements (online-submission).
Teaching and learning methods
The following teaching and learning methods will be used: lecture, small group and partner work, discussion, self-study, feedback.
The lecturers: Michael Gansch, MA, Mag.a Alexandra Schantl
Further literature
Gareis, R. / Gareis L.: Project. Program. Change, CRC Press, Vienna 2018.
Gansch M. / Schantl A.: Grant Application, Skript 2021.
Agenda 2030 Sustainable ECDPM Gregersen C. / Mackie J. / Torres C.: Implementation of the 2030 Agenda in the European Union: Development Goals:
https://ecdpm.org/publications/implementation-2030-agenda-european-union/