How to become a successful mentor in RMA: foRMAtion training coming soon
How to become a successful mentor in research management and administration (RMA)? This will be the main question that the next foRMAtion event addresses. HETFA Research Institute, Coordinator of foRMAtion will host the Mentors’ Training [...]
Check out the foRMAtion curriculum and teaching material!
The teaching of the innovative foRMAtion curriculum has begun at partner universities in the beginning of February. Behind the university course there are two cornerstones of the foRMAtion project: the curriculum (Intellectual Output 2 – [...]
foRMAtion at the forthcoming EARMA online events: don’t miss them!
EARMA events are going digital in the first half of 2021. The European Association of Research Managers and Administrators (EARMA) represents the community of Research Managers (RMAs) working in industry, academia, public and private sectors [...]
Kick-start of foRMAtion courses
After more than a year of constant work, the foRMAtion courses are being launched at our university partners: this week at the Universidade NOVA de Lisboa and Corvinus University of Budapest, next week at the [...]
Launch of the Research Manager as a Profession in the EU Ecosystem Course
The Faculty of Sciences and Arts of the Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania has launched a new course, Research Manager as a Profession in the EU Ecosystem. The teaching material and method were developed by [...]
Let’s start the foRMAtion university course!
The teaching of the foRMAtion courses is going to kick start in the upcoming weeks at partner universities. During the next two semesters, students will have the chance to gain knowledge in the field research [...]
foRMAtion at EARMA Digital Conference in 2021
We are happy to announce that our project, foRMAtion, will be presented at the next annual conference of the European Association of Research Managers and Administrators (EARMA). Due to the uncertainty of the current situation [...]
foRMAtion in the spotlight at the EARMA–BESTPRAC conference
On the 25th and 26th of November 2020, Cristina Oliveira and Margarida Trindade, from Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, presented “Who are the Professionals at the Interface of Science?” at the first EARMA-BESTPRAC joint conference, which [...]
The first foRMAtion teacher training event was a success!
The first foRMAtion teacher training event was organised by Universidade NOVA de Lisboa and held between the 16th and the 20th of November, 2020. Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the event was held online. Surpassing [...]
Press conference at Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania
During the week of 16-20 November 2020, a very important phase of the foRMAtion project took place – the teacher training. Due to COVID-19 it took place online. During the event, the Sapientia Hungarian University [...]
Maximizing synergies for the professional development of RMAs
The project foRMAtion has been introduced by HETFA Research Institute at the ’V4+WB Network of Research Managers and Administrators’ project’s online kick-off meeting on 6 November 2020. The project, which is partly financed by the [...]
This November we test the innovative foRMAtion curriculum
Universidade Nova de Lisboa will host from 16 to 20 November the Teacher’s Training Event of the project foRMAtion, funded by the ERASMUS+ programme. In this online event we will test the curriculum entitled ‘International [...]
Attending the MELLearN annual conference
The MELLearN Network (the Hungarian Universities’ Lifelong Learning Network Association) was established by several Hungarian higher education institutions in 2002, in the context of a THENUCE European Socrates / Erasmus programme. This registered higher education [...]
Indirect costs in EU-funded projects
We can all quickly list the most common cost categories that usually come up in EU-funded projects. One is indirect costs, often referred to as overheads. These are unlike direct cost categories and have different [...]
Training for the teaching of the foRMAtion module
Teachers and professors from partner universities, who will later be responsible for teaching the foRMAtion curriculum, have been invited to participate in the foRMAtion Teacher Training event. This five-day training course will be held online [...]
Development of innovative teaching material by Corvinus
Between March and September 2020, two colleagues at the Corvinus University of Budapest worked to develop teaching materials for a two-semester course for BA students. The aim of the course will be to provide students [...]
The innovative foRMAtion curriculum is ready to be tested
The Universidade NOVA de Lisboa has concluded the second foRMAtion Intellectual Output (IO2) ‘International curriculum for future Research Managers and Administrators (RMA)’, in collaboration with the Corvinus University of Budapest. The developed university course is [...]
foRMAtion website and social media channels go live
The foRMAtion project has now launched its website and social media channels. The website is the project’s digital hub. It contains all of the latest news, events, and results, including deliverables and policy recommendations, as [...]
The preparation of the teaching of the foRMAtion module is in full-speed
One year has passed since our project has been kicked off. Unfortunately, due to the COVID-19 pandemic the foRMAtion partnership faced a hard decision: the event series (including the third partners’ meeting, the teachers’ training [...]
Our Methodological Guide and good practise collection is out
The Methodological Guide and good practise collection for the elaboration of the foRMAtion international module, the foRMAtion project’s first intellectual output, has now been published and translated into five languages. An important part of the [...]
foRMAtion’s expert workshops are getting attention!
Our expert workshop held on 8-10 January in Porto, Portugal, was recently featured in the EARMA newsletter. EARMA, the European Association of Research Managers and Administrators, has nearly 5000 subscribers across Europe, an audience with [...]
FoRMAtion’s expert workshop on RMA trainings
The first foRMAtion expert workshop was held between 8-10 January, 2020 in Porto, Portugal. Workshop participants included high-level experts and stakeholders active in the field of research management and administration (RMA) at national or EU [...]
The first foRMAtion expert workshop coming in January 2020
The first foRMAtion workshop dedicated to involve high-level experts related to RMA trainings will be held on 8-10 January 2020 in Porto, Portugal. The workshop gathers experts, representatives of associations of research managers and administrators [...]
