The University of Žilina, through the ERAdiate project, is organising a summer school on the topic of research funding to take place in Žilina on 19-21 September 2017. Finding external funding is crucial for researchers. How to successfully acquire grants for research and what are funding opportunities? These are the main questions that the UNIZA Grants Week will address. The event is primarily intended for the Central and Eastern European research community, PhD students and research support staff.

The objectives are more specifically to:

• Provide information on European and national funding opportunities (personal and collaborative), with special focus on calls and programmes related to Intelligent Transport Systems
• Share good practice and experience in personal and collaborative fund raising
• Present general aspects and skills important for project design and management
• Provide a network platform for researchers and regional companies to facilitate collaborations

The ultimate goal of the Grants Week is to build capacity and develop the local Intelligent Transport System community.

During the three days, participants will be provided with information and advice on how to find the most relevant funding programme and how to write professional and competitive grant proposals. The first day will give an overview of opportunities to finance research and innovation in Europe and Slovak Republic and enhance the relevance of research. The second day will focus on the two Horizon 2020 pillars: Smart, Green and Integrated Transport and Information and Communication Technologies. The third and last day will examine the competences required for grant proposal writing.

For further information, please contact Dr Giuseppe Lugano.