It is time to finally make a continuation series that follows up on The Timeline Series. The Timeline Series breaks down the proposal preparation process into every single step towards submitting an EU R&D funding proposal. Now, it is time to look at what happens after submission.

Welcome to The Implementation Series where I together with guests will zoom in on all aspects and elements of the process of implementing an EU funded project. And following the same method I start from the beginning: the contract negotiations.

I have allied myself with Georg Melzer-Venturi – old friend of The Grant house – who has done lots of contract negotiations in his career. So, we have a look at the pre-preparations for the negotiations, preparations, the negotiations themselves and then we have a talk about the exchange with the EU Commission and the importance of building a solid trustful collaboration at the earliest stage. This will be a great series!

Time codes:

00:01:48 Introduction

00:05:52 When you get the message

00:11:32 GAP pre-preparations

00:32:57 GAP preparations

00:38:17 The negotiations themselves

00:49:42 Post-negotiations

01:02:52 Communication with the Commission

01:09:05 Coordinating the consortium

01:16:33 Learnings, do's and don't's

01:19:17 The toughest challenge