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Preparing International Grant Application
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Program
20. 4. 2018
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Visegrad grants
 Projects focused on V4 regional cooperation in following areas:
Culture and common identity
Regional development, environment and tourism
Education and capacity building
Public policy, legislation and justice
Democratic values and the media
Social development
Innovation, R&D, entrepreneurship
 No budget limit (typically approx. 5 000–30 000 €)
 Project duration: max. 18 months
 Covers total project costs (co-financing encouraged)
 Participants from at least three V4 countries
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Task 2: The International Visegrad Fund
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 Develop a project idea that could be funded under the Visegrad
grants scheme.
 Try to shape your idea according to the grant guidelines so that it
was competitive and fulfilled the eligibility criteria.
 Go through the application form and think how you would fill in its
parts.
Inspiration…
V4 STEM Camp for Girls
 A 5-day summer camp for 40 girls in the Visegrad countries promoting
science, engineering, technology, IT and mathematics (STEM) as an
attractive career option for girls.
 Girls from CZ, PL, SK and HU high schools.
 Total Budget: 26,611 EUR
 Grant: 21,050 EUR
5PREFEKT – Preparing International Grant Application Source: visegradfund.org
Inspiration…
Brexit and the V4: Potential Impacts, Interests, and
Perceptions
 The research project, funded by the International Visegrad Fund, focuses
on investigating the interests of the V4 countries in shaping the future of EUUK
relations. It analyses the economic, political and perceptional factors
driving these interests, and aims to provide academically sound evidence
for V4 governments in conducting the exit negotiations, as well as
formulating relations with the UK post-Brexit.
 CZ, PL, SK, HU + UK university
 Grant: 10 997 EUR
 Web
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Source: http://www.aston.ac.uk
Inspiration…
Archaeological research of first world war trenches in
Eastern Slovakia
 The goal of this project was to connect First World War researchers from
Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia with modern battlefield
archaeologists from Czech Republic and examine, how can modern
archaeological research help historians of this period, who are usually
working primarily with archive documents.
 CZ, HU, SK
 Grant: 2 657 EUR
 Web
7PREFEKT – Preparing International Grant Application Source: http://nagyhaboru.blog.hu
1. Creating a consortium around particular topic
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 CONSORTIUM: Applicant + partners  should be well-balanced
 BOTTOM-UP approach: free choice of topic (within given areas)
 STATE-OF-THE-ART (context)
 IMPACT – strongly emphasized! (on local community/ society/ region/
citizens)
 Mere article in scientific journal written with colleagues from
other universities most probably won't suffice…
Writing an „impact“ – real life examples
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From FP7 project „Barriers towards EU
citizenship“: The project researches barriers that
stil exist to realise and exercise citizenship rights of
EU citizens. http://beucitizen.eu/
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Writing an „impact“ – real life examples
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From FP7 project „Barriers towards EU
citizenship“: The project researches barriers that
stil exist to realise and exercise citizenship rights of
EU citizens. http://beucitizen.eu/
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2. Developing a project idea: project implementation
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 TARGET GROUPS
 RISK ANALYSIS
 DELIVERABLES (List of outputs)
 FOLLOW-UP (sustainability – more questions on IMPACT)
Risk analysis – a real life example
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Description of
risk
Probability Severity Work
package
(s)
involved
Proposed risk-mitigation measures
Key persons
abandon the
project during its
duration
Low Medium All
The key persons are strongly motivated and
have committed themselves to build on past
successful cooperation. However, if any of
these decide to leave, the main contact
points for each institution will be chosen.
A partner from an
advanced
country
abandons the
project
Low High All
All the project partners have presented their
strong engagement in the project as it
reflects their long-term priorities.
Lack of
communication
within the
consortium and
ineffective
collaboration
Low Medium WP1
Minimum standards and information flow will
be set within the consortium, solving of
possible problems and misunderstandings
as early as possible. The key issues will be
regularly discussed during common
meetings. The competences and
responsibilities will be clearly defined.
3. Budget – preliminary thoughts
 Deliverable-based budget (not very common)
 Co-financing encouraged by the fund (what about your
faculty?)
 In-kind contribution – may be an option
 Eligible vs. ineligible costs
 Overheads
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Thank you for your attention.
Sources and links: Visegrad fund
Ida Součková Olšová
i.souckova@rect.muni.cz
Radka Martincová
radka.martincova@gmail.com