Boost Your Career: Grants In Practice

Grants In Practice event series

Here, students, researchers and administrators can learn directly from experts and current grantees or alumni:

What types of grants there are and when are the calls?
What kind of documents and skills are needed for application?
How can researchers and institutions benefit?
How does the evaluation process work?
How to optimize your proposal, how to find hosts, and how things work once you get the grant!

This event series focuses --for now-- on the Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions (MSCA) Individual Fellowships (IF) and European Research Council (ERC) grants.

2018 Event: 4 days of ERC and MSCA IF grant proposal writing workshops in Tokyo and Osaka!

The 2018 edition will take place in Tokyo (9 July MSCA IF, 10 July ERC) and in Osaka (11 July MSCA IF, 12 July ERC). Each day will feature full day training and workshops for students, researchers and research administrators interested in improving their grant writing skills.

gip 2018 programme, details and registration here

2017 Event: full day ERC and MSCA IF workshop with professional trainers

In 2017, the event took place on 14 July 2017 at the Delegation of the EU to Japan in Tokyo. Two professional trainers members of the Horizon 2020 National Contact Point network and specialised in ERC and MSCA grants provided the >100 attendees with all the knowledge and technical know-how necessary to build excellent grant proposals.

GIP2017 programme, proceedings and presentations available here

2016 Event: JSPS Kakenhi, ERC, MSCA IF and RISE: interaction with grantees

In 2016, the event took place on 25 July. We wish to thank all speakers, and the more than 200 researchers who participated to this content-packed day!

2016 Event: Programme and Proceedings

- In the morning, after a quick introduction on the various existing services for European researchers in Japan, you will be able to learn in details from research administration experts and officials from the JSPS, about the JSPS Kakenhi Grants, including the opportunities to use them for internation cooperation projects.

European grantees and alumni, currently active in Japan, will then provide you with personal tips and experience feedback.

Discussion sessions will be organised so as for you to be able to ask questions and share thoughts with the presenters and other attendees

- In the afternoon, after a quick introduction on the various existing services for Japanese researchers interested in EU grants, you will be able to learn in detail, and from experts and officials from Brussels, about the Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions (MSCA) and European Research Council (ERC) Grants.

Grantees and alumni, some from Europe and some already back to Japan, will then provide you with personal tips and experience feedback.

Discussion sessions will be organised so as for you to be able to ask questions and share thoughts with the presenters and other attendees.

Full programme and proceedings available here: Boost Your Career Grants In Practice 2016 Proceedings (1.25 MB)