PROPOSED RESEARCH PLAN FOR

(Name of project in English)

(Name of project in Norwegian)

a. Basic information

Host institution
Host department
Project leader
Start date
End date
Requested TMS funding

b. Participating research organisations/departments

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Proposal summaries - may be made public if grant is awarded

English summary – max ½ page. Write here….

Norwegian summary - – max ½ page. Write here….

Objectives (max. ½ page)

Primary and secondary objectives of the project

Relevance to the call / invitation (max. ½ pages)

Indicate the research topic to which your proposal relates, and explain how your proposal addresses the specific challenge and scope of that topic, as set out in the invitation / call text

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Research plan for the project period (max. 7 pages)

Please account for the research opportunities that will be pursued

Please provide an overview of the planned research activities and milestones.

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Work package list

Work package no.	Work package title	Work package leader1 Work package leader: Name of the participant leading the work in this work package.	Start 2 Start and End month: Measured in months from the start month (month 1). month	End month

Competences, methods and integration (max 2½ pages)

Core competences and methodological repertoire

Describe the core competence of the participants, including WP-leaders, and how these competences relate to the methodologies that will be applied

Comment on any new research collaborations that will be enabled by the establishment of the project.

Describe the available infrastructure (core facilities, databases, access to required facilities, major equipment etc.).

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Integration and leadership

Describe how integration and scientific leadership will be stimulated, including the roles of the project leader and an International Scientific Advisory Board (if relevant)

Describe how gender equality will be advanced within the project.

Outline plans for recruitment and career development of early-stage researchers

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External research cooperation – national and international (max. ½ page)

Describe how the project's research cooperation will be attended to (including existing or planned participation in the EU framework programs)

Describe collaboration with international and national research groups and collaboration both with academic researchers and industry

Describe any plans for exchange of researchers, both project staff visiting between the collaborating institutions, staff going abroad and visiting foreign researchers to the project/center

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Budget and funding (max. ½ page)

Provide short justifications / comments to the attached budget. How is it linked to activities / subprojects? Which fresh resources will the host institution and other partners contribute?

Provide an overview of the research groups' other known sources of external funding at the time of submission.

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Members of the consortium

Please provide, for each participant (institution), the following:

	a curriculum vitae of the persons who will be primarily responsible for carrying out the proposed research and/or innovation activities; max 3 pages per person

	a short description of any significant infrastructure and/or any major items of technical equipment, available and relevant to the proposed work;

	if operational capacity cannot be demonstrated at the time of submitting the proposal, describe the measures that will be taken to obtain this by the time of the implementation of the task.

Value added by the project (max. ½ page)

Describe any value added by the project, such as:

Enhanced research competence and capability

Long-term impact on the research milieu

Academic training

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Dissemination and public outreach (max. ½ page)

Outline the plans for:

publications in journals, conferences, etc.

web presence, social media presence etc.

dissemination activities both within the research community and to the public at large

public outreach to specific groups

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Attached documents

Document type	Attachment number	Included y/n
Host institution commitment letter describing the nature and level of its contribution to the project. To be signed at the appropriate institutional level and by the PI.	1
Commitment letters from organisations that will contribute with competence and resources to the centre describing the nature and level of their contribution.
Short CVs and list of key publications for heads of the participating research groups – max 3 pages per person.
Budget – see template provided by the foundation