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Continuous joint learning is crucial for a strong and adaptive water and sanitation sector. In the past 2 years, we have been reflecting on the ways in which national Water sanitation and hygiene (WASH) Resource Centre Networks (RCN) support learning in their WASH sectors.
IRC and RCN coordinators in 5 countries have been sharing experiences and gathering evidence of change that result from learning between organisations and at sector level. See http://www.irc.nl/page/50054
Collective action in CGIAR capacity developmentILRI
Poster by Purvi Mehta-Bhatt, Julius Nyangaga and Jan Beniest for the International Conference on Innovations in Extension and Advisory Services, Nairobi, 15-18 November 2011.
Mobile based gnss services and applications in sub-saharan africa from idea ...TUNDE KALLAI
The objective of this paper to highlight some of the challenges facing in Sub Saharan Africa towards the realization of GNSS technology in the three chosen African countries namely, Cameroon, Gabon and Senegal. Within the scope of this study, the identified applications qualified by an IDEATION process shall be used to perform the market analysis and will serve as input to build business case of the most promising applications within our AiA FP7 project (2012/2014)
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B-61421830
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T.: 34 93 1825301
E:consen(AT)CONSEN.org
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Our approach to programme support has sought to move from the detail of specific support issues towards underlying support principles; thereby anticipating other issues and promoting good practice.
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T.: 34 93 1825301
E:consen(AT)CONSEN.org
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08004 Barcelona
Catalonia (EU)
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A Guide to Bidding for Funding
1. 8th December, British Library Conference Centr
Presenter or main title…
From the Inside Out: Bidding for JISC Project
Session Title or subtitle…
Funding
Ben Showers, Programme Manager
Digital Infrastructure
3. JISC is the UK’s expert on information
and digital technologies for education
and research
Provides JANET – network for UK HE and beyond
Service infrastructure – email lists, licensing, data
centres
Innovative projects – Digital infrastructure,
content, e-learning, admin systems
4. Hypothesis
Understanding more about the
design and methodology behind JISC
Innovation programmes will help
institutions write successful bids
5. Aim
Provide an insight into how JISC
designs its innovation programmes
and the strategic drivers that
underpin that design
7. Easy and widespread access to information and
resources, anytime, anywhere; a vision with
technology and information management at
the heart of research and education.
Strategy
Cost effective infrastructure
Efficient and effective institutions
Enhanced learning experience
Research quality, impact & JISC
productivity
Service Innovate
9. Develop shared Advice and guidance,
Horizon scanning and
infrastructure and leadership
supporting take up and
resources embedding
Innovation in the Experimentation,
sector through change research and
programmes development
10. Learning and Teaching
v Library Strategy
Mobile Strategy
Link to your Institutional Strategy(s)
Research
Institutional e-
Strategy
IT and
Infrastructure
12. Develop shared Advice and guidance,
Horizon scanning and
infrastructure and leadership
supporting take up and
resources embedding
Innovation in the Experimentation,
sector through change research and
programmes development
13. innovative
solutions The sector has
better Good
have been The sector is progress is
road tested understanding
There are well-briefed of current and made to
economies of on behalf of on new realise the
the whole future ICT
scale achieved technologies issues through potential of
that can be sector and and their ICT to
adoption access to
documented potential to briefings and support the
models help sectors goals
created reports that
research have been and to solve
and commissioned their
education problems
JISC’s There are pilot
funding has solutions for
The sector allowed UK F/HE has There is
new tools and excellent
obtains some a technologies
efficiencies institutions coordinated capacity
that addresses building
from sharing to test out approach to needs in the
services solutions technology about ICT
sector where via sharing
and the and the market isn’t
results standards knowledge
providing and
shared with
others networks
16. JISC LMS Programme –
Including ERM and shared
Shared Academic Knowledge
library systems Base (KB+)
Extensive consultation with
experts and community
Production of a use cases
and functional requirements
Phase 2 – KB+
Phase 1 – KB+ project and JISC
service for UK HE
Collections as managing agent
UMF funding International collaboration
proposal with Kuali OLE
Develop shared Innovation in the
Experimentation, infrastructure and sector through change
research and resources programmes
development
17. Collaboration
New Technologies
Clear Scope
Designing proposals to ensure
successful interventions
Use-Cases
Guidance and best practice
Innovative Research
20. Helpful Resources
JISC Guide to bidding for funding:
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/fundingopportunities/bidguide/grantbidg
uide.aspx
JISC Digitisation programme Tips:
http://digitisation.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2011/03/03/some-tips-on-
writing-a-successful-bid/
Insider tips on bidding to win grants:
http://mashe.hawksey.info/2011/02/insider-tips-on-bidding-to-
win-grant-0408/
SCONUL Newsletter guide to bidding:
http://www.sconul.ac.uk/publications/newsletter/49/12.pdf
21. Afterword
This presentation is available at:
http://www.slideshare.net/BenShowers
Email:
b.showers@jisc.ac.uk
Webpage:
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/contactus/staff/benshowers.aspx
Twitter:
@benshowers
Many thanks to Andy McGregor for inspiring the design of these slides.
Editor's Notes
Within the Library Infrastructure team I have specific responsibilities for: library systems; shared library services; mobile infrastructure; usability ad user experience and generally what you might call library innovation.
This presentation is based on this hypothesis – that by knowing and understanding more about the strategic drivers behind the programmes of work that JISC develops, institutions will be in a better position to write successful bids.It’s worth bearing in mind that i am going to be talking specifically about innovation projects funded as part of JISC’s Innovation programme. This makes up the bulk of funding from JISC – although there are, from time to time, service type funding and other types of funding from JISC services that may have a slightly different focus/strategic vision.I think that the most successful JISC bidders internalise to some extent the innovation process that JISC has – understands its strategic drivers, and how the programmes in which projects are funded are designed to achieve certain results for the benefit of the community. Having this as a background to writing your bids means you are addressing some of the core themes and issues we want to address.
I am assuming everyone is familiar with JISC and its work.
The JISC vision and strategic themes drive the programmes of work that JISC funds. These programmes are designed in very specific ways to have certain impacts within the communities they address.
These interventions are directly related to the overarching vision and strategic themes of JISC. These are some of the interventions we see as having an impact within the community to help realise that vision.The specific type of interventions that a programme will aim to have are always outline in the call document. They may not be worded exactly as here – but they will be very similar. By understanding the strategic interventions our programmes aim to have then these can be linked to the strategic vision and aims of your institution or department.
However, you need to also demonstrate that the proposal meets your own institutional drivers and strategy. We do not want to fund a project that doesn’t fit into the institutions plans, which will threaten its sustainability and feasibility. There needs to be an institutional benefit for doing the work as much as anything else.If your bid is part of a consortium or you have partners how does this work contribute to their strategies and vision?You shouldn’t be trying to simply say why the proposal is of benefit to your institution (that comes later) – instead you should be showing how it fits into your institutional, or library, or whatever is the appropriate strategy. The proposal should be helping to drive your institution towards its vision.
I mentioned earlier that your should also highlight the benefits that the work would bring to your institution. JISC’s programmes are designed to have specific benefits for the sector. I have used the word benefit here – but value might be a better word.
So lets briefly remind ourselves of the interventions JISC programmes make....
These interventions map directly to benefits for the sector. JISC is a change organisation – the interventions we aim to make should benefit the sector in some way, whether that be with sharing systems to achieve efficiencies or helping make institutions more agile so they can better cope with a continually changing and fluid information landscape.Proposals need to be clear on how they’re affecting benefits within a wider community – we don’t want to fund projects that only benefit a single institution.
As with the strategic context, the benefits context needs to include a discussion of benefits locally as well. Institutional contribution is one way of signalling both the local buy-in (i.e., strategic engagement) and the benefits you expect locally. Leigh will discuss partnerships and collaboration in a minute – that’s another great way of showing, literally, how your sharing experience, using a partner to build capacity or skills etc beyond your institution.What benefits will your proposal have to both your institution and wider within the sector? You need to articulate these clearly – Do they map onto the aims and benefits of the programme and what it is designed to achieve?
Each programme of work is designed specifically to have certain impacts within the community and provide a range of benefits. If we look at a specific example we can see how the strategic aims – benefits – and finally design come together to produce the programme of work that your proposal will potentially be a part of.
Liam, as we talk, is somewhere else in this building talking about this project – but it has had a long gestation period, and is much more than the result of HEFCE funding via UMF. So....
I don’t want to dweel too much on this part as this is where you get a lot of good existing advice about tips for writing successful proposals (and I provide a list at the endof this presentation) – but it is important to ask: How is your proposal designed to help ensure these interventions are successful?What’s the scope of your work – programmes are designed with specific scope in mind – so do your project proposalCollaboration and partnerships (Leigh will speak more about thisEmbedding skills in the institutions involvedProviding lessons learnt for the community – allowing them to skip over your mistakesEnsure appropriate collaboration (developing skills and capacity; demonstrating wider value etc)Impact and value: broad concern to the community, provide lessons learnt... Etc.Demonstrate use or use-case for proposed work – demonstrate the valueStay in scope – easy to say, but sometimes the aims of the institution/dept get too central and the scope creeps too far!
But that’s not quite all – JISC is also innovating around how you go about bidding for funding. The assumption behind this presentation is that you’ll be writing your proposals – maybe that’s not going to always be the case.
JISC Elevator will enable institutions to bid for small pots of funding (around £5-10k) based on a pitch they develop and then put online. The community can vote for the idea they think has the most value.