1. Sylvester Arnab
Professor in Game Science
Disruptive Media Learning Lab,
Coventry University
s.arnab@coventry.ac.uk
@sarnab75 @disrupt_learn
Live,breatheand
BID!
8. Concept
Understand call
Understand SoTA
Existing reports,
strategy
Flesh out ideas
Consult core
partner(s)
Run through idea &
Refine
Build abstract - clear
Draft work packages
(WPs) and tasks
structure
Build consortium, ECAS and Costing
Identify required
skills/missing expertise
Refine concept and WPs
Allocate leadership and
roles
Partner to review
(google
doc/spreadsheet)
Partners description –
Section 4
Open ECAS portal
Build Excellence, Implementation, Impact
section
Take control of the
scope
Be concise and clear
Tangibility
Partners to fill in the
gaps
WP leads to build WPs
Iterative
refinement/incremental
Delegate Dissemination
and exploitation to WP
lead
Map responses to
expected impact
Complete ECAS
Part A
Part B
Submit draft early
10. Review invitation and Concept
Concept vs call
Relevance
Capacity
Personal discussion with
coordinator
Review
consortium
Review partners
How do I fit?
Contribute to specific sections, review WP and tasks, organisation
info
Contribute
Indicate leadership/roles
Review man months
Propose man months
Costing with RO
Organisation info
Review proposal, man months and costing
Contribute
Finalise man months ,
costing
Work with your RO
officer
Review ECAS
Complete part A
Review costing
YES / NO ?
12. Tips
• Question
Can I see myself committing to this project?
Is it in line with my development and research progression?
• Man-months and costing
Existing researchers, RA to recruit? PhD? (fulltime?)
RO to help – average rate calculation
• Invest time
Do not procrastinate
Get a rough draft/skeleton ready quickly
Know your partners
Know your field
Know your role in the project
Refer to other successful proposals
13. Tips
• Network
Info Days
Social media – Linked In, etc.
6-degree of separation
• Not successful – past the threshold? Then it’s “not right
now”… maybe
Reusable for other calls in the future
Improve based on the reviewers’ feedback