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The project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No 732189 The project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No 732189 Jo Southernwood Senior Research Engineer International Energy Research Centre NOVICE Project Coordinator [email protected] http://novice-project.eu/ Lessons Learnt From the NOVICE Project: A Coordinator’s perspective
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The project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No 732189The project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No 732189
Jo SouthernwoodSenior Research Engineer International Energy Research CentreNOVICE Project [email protected]://novice-project.eu/
Lessons Learnt From the NOVICE Project:A Coordinator’s perspective
The project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No 732189
Contents
1. What is NOVICE?
2. Idea to submission
3. Consortium Building
4. Proposal writing
5. Top tips for coordinators
The project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No 732189
NOVICE in a Nutshell – The Idea
• H2020-EE-2016-CSA / EE25: Development and roll-out of innovative energy efficiency services
• €2M grant funding, 3 year duration, 9 partners, 7 countries
• New Building Energy Renovation Business Models Incorporating Dual Energy Services
Energy Savings Revenue
Demand Response Services Revenue
Financing
Implementation of energy upgrading
measures that offer both savings & flexibility
Traditional EPC model
NOVICE Proposed Enhancement
The project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No 732189
Ideation to Submission
Assign external
reviewers
Inform the NCP
Day
Zero
6 monthsto go
3 monthsto go
Review
Ideation
Work Programme
Concept – 1 page outline
Partners identification
Write up
Consortium building
Proposal
Submission
The project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No 732189
Consortium Building
Does your consortium have all the skills necessary to deliver the project? Are all the stakeholders represented?
The project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No 732189
Proposal writing
Aim
Objectives(1)
Work Plan(3)Gantt Chart
Impact(2)
Deliverables
Quantified Objectives
(1): Part B: 1 – Excellence(2): Part B: 2 – Impact(3): Part B: 3 - Implementation
Main partners contributions
Due diligence: What did previously funded projects do?
How is yours different?
That was actually real technical work
Risk Assessment
The project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No 732189
Top Tips for Coordinators
1. Read the call text often – check you have addressed the key points
H2020-EE-2016-CSA / EE25:
“Proposals aiming at developing, demonstrating and standardising new types of energy efficiency services and business models in all sectors which could better
monetise the multiple benefits of energy efficiency. Supporting the further development of energy performance contracting or similar methods based on
monetisation of energy savings and other benefits by new types of actors (e.g. industry, facility managers, construction companies, social housing operators, or
other actors) and/or in new market segments.”
The project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No 732189
Top Tips for Coordinators
2. Use diagrams, flow charts and tables to illustrate your pointsIf you can’t draw it, you don’t understand it.
The project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No 732189
Top tips for writing your proposal
3. It’s an iterative process – your proposal will evolve over time
– Show the links between Objectives, Impacts, Work Plan and Deliverables
– Ideally choose reviewers not involved in proposal writing
– Give someone non-technical the first page of your proposal – do they understand it?
– Check the call text again
Write
ReviewRefine ideas
The project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No 732189
Top Tips for Coordinators
4. Don’t underestimate how much work is involved!
– The coordinator will write most of the proposal
– Clearly delegate specific tasks to partners
– Ensure consistency & coherence throughout proposal
– Learn from previous mistakes
– Don’t plan to do any other work in the last 2-3 weeks before the deadline
Contact Us:
Jo Southernwood
NOVICE Project Coordinator
International Energy Research Centre (IERC)
Tel. +353 21 234 6458
Email. [email protected]
Web. www.novice-project.eu
The project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No 732189
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