Document Type
Report
Rights
This item is available under a Creative Commons License for non-commercial use only
Disciplines
Business and Management.
Abstract
Programme Research and Innovation projects, a purposeful sample of European Framework Programme (FP) Project Coordinators (PC). The objective is to identify the practices and activities of PCs leading EU FP projects and to understand their impact on innovation outcomes. The survey findings confirm the lynchpin role of PCs in the European FP R&I projects. Their role clearly extends significantly beyond that identified in the Horizon 2020 User Guide which sees the PC as “the main contact point between the consortium and the Commission for a particular grant”. The PC is far more than simply “the proposal initiator in the submission phase” but taking account of their prime role in project conceptualisation and consortia formation, the PC is in effect the principal translator of the EC funded research programme and responsible for how the majority of the European research budget is invested. Identifying the PC as a scientific entrepreneur significantly changes how the PC role is viewed. Recognising the PC as a scientific entrepreneur means their engagement with the PC during the project should be less about monitoring and oversight during project implementation, and more about providing the entrepreneur with support.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.2760/709126,
Recommended Citation
Cunningham, J. A., O’Reilly, P., Hooper, D., Nepelski, D. and Van Roy, V., (2020). The Role of Project Coordinators in European Commission Framework Programme Projects. Results of the Innovation Radar PC Survey in FP R&I Projects, EUR 30131 EN, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg ISBN 978-92-76-17304-5, doi:10.2760/709126, JRC120015
Publication Details
European Commission Report