CEICS, Campus of International excellence southern catalonia Coordinated by URV · Rovira i Virgili University

Continguts

Module 1: Background to Impact in Horizon 2020

·         From Framework 1 to Horizon 2020

·         Impact Assessment as a tool for European Policy Making

Module 2: Impact in Pillar I (Excellent Science)

·         Impact from ERC Projects

·         Impact of FET Projects

·         Impact in Marie Curie Actions

Module 3: Impact in Pillar II and Pillar III in Horizon 2020

·         Proposal Stage (B2 Impact)

·         Evaluation of Proposals (B2 Impact)

·         How Pillar II and III Proposals are Evaluated

Module 4: Step by Step Guide to Writing Impact

·         Defining the Challenge or Opportunity

·         Identifying who will use the results

·         Defining Indicators to measure the Impact

Module 5 Impact in Social Sciences and Humanities (Pillar II and III)

·         Impact on EU Policies and Legislation

·         Stakeholder Analysis and Identifying Target Stakeholders

·         Impact in Humanities Projects

Module 6 Impact on Industry (Pillar II and III)

·         Impact on Value Chains, Technology Platforms and Business Models

·         Impact of Enabling Technologies

·         Impact on Standards

·         Impact on Regional Smart Specialisation

Module 7: Proposal Clinic - the One Page Proposal

·         How to use Proposal Clinics to identify potential impact

·         Case Study: Writing the Impact of a Proposal

·         Format of the One Page Proposal

Programme Designer and Presenter

The course will be presented by Dr. Sean McCarthy of Hyperion Ltd (www.hyperion.ie). Sean has been active in over 60 Framework projects. In 4 of these projects he was the 'Exploitation Manager' responsible for preparing the Plan for Use and Dissemination of Knowledge. Since 1995 over 63,000 participants have attended his courses in 29 countries. He has presented training courses on the Framework programmes in over 290 research centres throughout Europe (www.hyperion.ie/clients.htm). More details can be found on www.hyperion.ie/seanmccarthy.htm