User:Andi/Application Procedure for MPDL Projects
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
This is a protected page.
* work in progress -- Andreas Gros 15:26, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
MPDL Project Aspects[edit]
The MPDL has annual budget for MPDL Projects, so called "Sonstige/Institutsübergreifende Maßnahmen". The following points apply:
- The outcome of a MPDL Project has to benefit more than one Max Planck Institute and has to be of scientific importance.
- A MPDL Project is always defined in close collaboration between the MPDL and one or more Max Planck Institutes.
(These two points are also the main review criteria) - An annual progress report in written form has to be delivered.
- 15 % of the granted budget is retained until the MPDL has positively reviewed the outcome of the project.
Application Stages[edit]
- The project proposal is prepared my members of the institutes and the MPDL
- The project proposal is submitted
- Two external (non-MPG) experts review the project proposal
- If necessary the project proposal can be revised once, after which it is subject to review again
- The steering committee LA sInfo of the MPDL decides on the basis of the proposal and the reviews about suggesting the project to the Präsidium for funding
- The Präsidium decides about funding the project
How to apply for funding for a MPDL Project (sonstige/institutsübergreifende Vorhaben)[edit]
The proposal should be formulated by a joint team of members of MPIs and the MPDL. The proposal has to have to following components:
- Title and short name for the project
- Names of the persons responsible for the proposal (one from the MPDL and one from the institutes)
- Short description of the preparation phase, why and how the project was started (maximum half a A4 page)
- Short summary of the aims of the project
- Background information and description of the problem to be solved
- Description of work including
- Project phases
- Description of work
- Detailed Gantt Chart describing the work plans of the people to work on the project