This is about resources for your ideas and projects. How do I present my project idea in such a way that I do not just convince myself? The focus is on the development of proposals for and within the scientific research (funding) landscape of Austria. The Stand-alone Programme (FWF, Einzelprojektförderung) will be especially taken care of.

The participants will examine and develop own ideas in the direction of an application over the period of the course, with a presentation of concepts as a first step. The course is open to colleagues enrolled in a PhD Programme and of course colleagues with relevant interest and experience in work of art and research.

Prior to the first meeting, please prepare an impulse for a research project proposal, and share it with me alexander.damianisch@uni-ak.ac.at, a one page abstracts (please consider the following points: research question, methodology, time plan). Please send it one week prior to the first meeting.

Please register for the course online, only a limited number of participants are possible!

a) Preparation for, participation in and integration of the parts of the course

b) a concept for a research proposal will be the final outcome of the course, this needs to be provided

c) an evaluation/review of a proposal needs to be provided

The course will evolve together with your ideas in three steps, on three focused dates.

UNIT 1

Step I

DEFINING CONTEXTS and PROPOSING TEMPLATES

At the first meeting you are kindly invited to present your ideas. We will discuss these together. The general context and landscape of Art and Research funding will be described; this will also include the international and the situation in Europe and Austria. The work of funding bodies will be described more closely; a model of a funding programme identified. We will work on the idea of templates, structuring and distribution of resources. The current stage of the concepts will be discussed.

UNIT 2

Step II

REVIEWING IDEAS and PRESENTING VISIONS

We will read a (real) proposal, and work on the topic of reviewing. The current state of the proposals will be presented. This session will also address problems that came up meanwhile in the individual work on proposal concepts. The current stage of the concepts will be discussed. We will identify cross-review opportunities of the proposals in the group, to find criticial friends (cf). The proposal will be provided to the cf incl. the task for them to review the proposal till the next unit and to provide the review statement latest a week before the next meeting.

UNIT 3

Step III

SUGGESTING DECISIONS

The review of the proposals will be presented. We might discuss a focus result. And talk about the further use of the developed material.