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1. Funding opportunities of research, development and innovation
Institutional and project based financing
Most important international and national financial instruments and funding schemes
Specificity of funding basic and applied research, main differences
European Research Area and Horizon 2020 (2014-2020)
EU Cohesion Policy and Structural Funds (2014-2020)
2. Understanding Project Management
Project definition and life cycle
Line Management versus Project Management
Planning techniques and tools, Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Successful project team building, motivation, team control
Time management principles and useful tools
Running the project on day-to-day basis
Monitoring, reporting and control
3. Preparing International Grant Applications
Calls for proposals and information sources
Aim and objectives
Background and significance
Preliminary studies
Research design
Work plan
Budget
Impact and results exploitation
Evaluation and post-review
4. Project-based Collaboration and Knowledge Transfer
Inter-cultural issues in projects
Bridging two different worlds – principles of a successful co-operation with industry
Intellectual Property – foreground and background
Intellectual Property protection (patents, copyrights, trademarks, licences etc.)
Project results dissemination versus protection
Creation of spin-offs and business plans
Financing entrepreneurial activities – innovation support system in South Moravia

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The financing of research and development is a complicated and rapidly changing area. It involves public financing which is closely related to the complex issues of research evaluation as well as a tough competition in acquiring grants and venture funds. The key question is how to get money for research and its results exploitation including transferring technology and creating spin-off enterprises. The subject will provide students with answers to questions arising around financing of research, development and innovation. They will become well oriented in different financial sources and funding opportunities and get a practical advice of how to ensure enough financial sources for the successful development of their research group.

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Alan Orr: Advanced project management, Kogan Page Publishers, 2007, ISBN 0-7494-4094-5
Roland Gareis: Happy Projects - MANZ GmbH Vienna, 2005, ISBN 13: 978-3214082680
Verzuh Eric: The fast forward MBA in project management – John Wiley&Sons Inc., 1999, ISBN 978-1-118-14794-8
Thomas Zimmerer, Norman M. Scarborough, Doug Wilson: Essentials of entrepreneurship and small business management, 2008, 5th edition, New Jersey, USA, 1998, Prentice-Hall Inc., ISBN 978-0132294386
Brian R. Ford, Jay M. Bornstein, Patrick T. Pruitt and Ernst & Young (2007): The Ernst & Young Business Plan Guide, 2007, 3rd edition, ISBN-10: 0470112697 | ISBN-13: 978-0470112694
Terri Morrison, Wayne A. Conaway: Kiss, Bow, Or Shake Hands, Adams Media, 2006, ISBN 1-59337-368-6

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26 hours, compulsory