foRMAtion won the Expert Panel Prize at EARMA Conference
Following the successful closure of the project, a poster summarizing the results of our project foRMAtion was prepared for this year’s EARMA (European Association of Research Managers and Administrators) Conference. The Conference was held in [...]
foRMAtion as a flagship initiative at ERA Action 17 workshop
The project foRMAtion was invited to the first ad hoc workshop of the ERA Action 17. Action 17, part of the European Research Area (ERA) Agenda, aims to strengthen the strategic capacity of European research [...]
Lessons learned and policy recommendations for more recognition of the RMA profession
The impact assessment of the foRMAtion project backed by policy recommendations has been finalised in December 2022. One of the main goals of this document was to assess the outcomes, lessons learnt, short term results [...]
Achievements of foRMAtion and what comes next?
The foRMAtion project has been an intensive 3-year-long journey aiming to develop educational course and mentoring scheme for students, as potential RMAs, in higher education. We believe that our consortium successfully achieved this goal and [...]
The foRMAtion Alliances are launched: the first trainings raised high interest
On the occasion of foRMAtion’s final stakeholder event in Brussels, the foRMAtion Alliances for the Educational Module and / or Mentorship Programme were officially launched by the two dedicated trainings offered for new members interested [...]
foRMAtion results and policy recommendations shared with European stakeholders in Brussels
The foRMAtion project held its final event in Brussels on 30 November 2022. More than 70 people showed up in person and approximately 300 people followed the online streaming, including policy makers, RMA experts and [...]
Final transnational meeting of the foRMAtion consortium
One day before foRMAtion’s final stakeholder event, on 29 November 2022, the consortium partners and the Advisory Board came together to evaluate the project’s achievements in a last transnational project meeting enjoying the warm hospitality of [...]
The redesigned foRMAtion online learning platform is waiting for you
During the past 3 years, research management experts and teachers from NOVA University of Lisbon and Corvinus University of Budapest, engaged in the foRMAtion project, have developed a unique curriculum and teaching material implemented in [...]
Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania introduced the foRMAtion outputs to local stakeholders
Local stakeholders in Romania were invited by the Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania to learn about the foRMAtion project and its significance for the RMA profession. After several attempts and redesigns due to the Covid-19 [...]
foRMAtion project results showcased at the V4 Training for Research Managers in Brussels
On 12-14 October 2022, the ‘V4 Training for Research Project Managers’ was again organised in Brussels by the National Research, Development and Innovation Office of Hungary, in collaboration with the Polish Science Contact Agency, the Czech [...]
foRMAtion Alliances: join us to make the most of our educational and mentorship methodologies
foRMAtion has launched two initiatives – Alliance on the RMA Educational Module for RMA teachers and the Alliance on the Mentorship Programme for RMA mentors – to boost the further operation and uptake of the [...]
The Future of Research Management Training in Higher Education
Insights from foRMAtion’s Teaching and Mentoring Experience to Professionalize Research Management The final open stakeholder event of the foRMAtion project will take place on 30 November 2022, 9:00 – 15:00 in Brussels (Venue: Regione Lazio, [...]
RMA Workshop at Researchers’ Night in Budapest
What is research management all about? Is this a carrier path for you? What skills and knowledge do you need to be successful in this profession? It was fun to explore these questions together with [...]
foRMAtion’s ‘Made in Italy’ event: Why Research Managers and Administrators demand professional recognition
On September 27th, 2022, ISINNOVA, Tor Vergata University of Rome, Politecnico di Torino and APRE joined forces to bring to life the first public debate around raising awareness on the Research Manager and Administrator (RMA) profession and [...]
“Learning RMA by doing RMA” – Looking back to the Public Stakeholder Event held in Slovenia
The foRMAtion community held its second public event in Ljubljana, Slovenia entitled Learning RMA by doing RMA – Empowering Tomorrow’s Research Managers and Administrators through foRMAtion’s Mentorship Programme. The Slovenian Forestry Institute hosted the [...]
Join our foRMAtion event in Italy
“Research Managers and Administrators (RMAs) – Challenges & opportunities for education and training” The foRMAtion consortium will organize several exciting events for the public in the coming months. One of these will [...]
Meet the foRMAtion community in Slovenia
“Learning RMA by doing RMA - Empowering Tomorrow’s Research Managers and Administrators through foRMAtion’s Mentorship Programme” The coming months will be filled with foRMAtion events all over Europe. As the project slowly [...]
September starts with a series of RMA events in Belgrade
After three very successful virtual meetings organized by BESTPRAC and EARMA jointly, the collaboration between the two networks takes a step further and the BESTPRAC COST action is becoming a thematic group within EARMA! You can [...]
The foRMAtion Mentorship Programme has been successfully tested
foRMAtion partner organisations successfully completed the pilot of the Mentorship Programme during the summer months, with 6 students taking part as mentees. Students of the foRMAtion university courses had the unique opportunity to participate, for [...]
My mentorship @ SPI – A diary from Porto Vol.3
László Marton (BA student from the Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania) completed his mentorship at SPI – Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação. Read his last diary entry about how he got involved in the work [...]
My mentorship @ SPI – A diary from Porto Vol.2
Do you remember László Márton’s (BA student from the Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania) first blog post about the beginning of his mentorship period? Now you can have another sneak peek into his foRMAtion [...]
My mentorship @ SPI – A diary from Porto
László Márton, a BA sudent from Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania who successfully completed the foRMAtion research management courses, is one of the 6 lucky students that can take part in the foRMAtion Mentorship [...]
foRMAtion Students’ Testimonials
Many of the foRMAtion graduates, both from the university courses and the Seasonal School, appreciated the knowledge and experience they acquired during their RMA studies. You can read 13 testimonials from former foRMAtion students, who [...]
The foRMAtion Mentorship Programme is up and running!
The foRMAtion Mentorship Programme has been successfully launched and is taking place this summer between June-August 2022. The Methodological guide for the Mentorship Programme, elaborated by the project consortium and designed to provide support to [...]
foRMAtion Transnational Meeting in Lisbon
After more than two years of remote work and countless online project meetings, the consortium of the foRMAtion project finally met in person on May 16-18, 2022 to hold its 3rd Transnational Project Meetings [...]
