European Funding for Research & Enterprise

Below is a list of the current European Research & Enterprise projects at Cardiff Met, for detailed information click on the headers:

• ​Co-operating for Leadership in Tourism​
  
• Interactive Teaching in Languages with Technology 2​
• Tourism ID
• Strengthening International Research Capacity in Wales (SIRCIW)
• 20Twenty Leading Business Growth
• Knowledge Economy Scholarships II
• GO Wales: Achieve through Work Experience​
• Haemodynamics Informing the Treatment of LVAD Patients (HIT LVAD)​

Below is a list of previous European Research & Enterprise projects at Cardiff Met, for detailed information click on the headers:​

• ​Astute
  

• ​European Social Funded Projects

• Interactive Technologies in Learning Environments

• Life Cycle Analysis to go

• See Platform​

European funding for staff and student mobility is administered through the International Office. ​​​​​​

​The Research and Enterprise Services European Office (RESEO) has a process of support and review to help write the best applications for Cardiff Met staff who are applying for EU funding.   More information on the support on offer to Cardiff Met staff is made available on the Staff Portal, please click on the links below for more information:

• ​Key points when considering applying for EU Funding​
  
• Getting Started
  

• Having identified a potential funding scheme

• RESEO development timetable for EU non-structural fund applications
  

​​​​Support events for Cardiff Met Staff

• ​Current briefing events on European Funding available
• Past briefing events on European Funding available
• UKRO Annual Visit 2016 ​​
  

(please note these links are available to Cardiff Met staff only).​​​​​

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Once your grant has been announced, the Research and Enterprise Services European Office team will contact you to arrange a project set up meeting.    During this meeting the team will give you a 'Project Initiation Pack' which contains information you'll need during the running of your project, and provide a place for you to keep documentation relating to your project.  The meeting will be tailored to your particular funder and will cover the following:

• Financial reporting
  

• The record keeping required for the project
  

• Agree a schedule for meetings throughout the project
  

• Issues around employing staff and taking on PhD Studentships
  

• Ethical considerations
  

• Data protection and data mangement requirements
  

• Procurement processes
  

• ​Collaboration agreements
  

The Project Initiation Management Pack is made available on the Research and Enterprise Services European Office internal staff portal here:   Project Initiation & Management (please note this is available to Cardiff Met staff only).​

For more information please contact the European Office team, contact details are located in the next drop down list.​

Leila Gouran, European Projects Director (Enterprise)

Leila supports Cardiff Met at a senior level on all European research and innovation funding matters, supporting the development and implementation of strategies to ensure Cardiff Met optimises the benefits of European research and innovation initiatives, in particular the Framework Programmes and Convergence funding opportunities. Leila advises and supports projects from conception to completion and acts as a key liaison point for the Welsh European Funding Office and the European Commission where she gathers information and influences funding opportunities where possible.

Prior to joining Cardiff Met Leila w​or​ked for Torfaen County Borough Council where she project managed a number of learning and employment projects worth in excess of £10million. Commissioning bodies included Welsh Government, Welsh European Funding Office, Department of Work and Pensions and Wales Council for Voluntary Action. Previously Leila worked for a number of years across the private and charity sector managing training and employment contracts and teaching adults and children.

Leila also serves as a committee member for the Wales Charity Advisory Forum and as Vice Chair for Torfaen Citizens Advice Bureau.

Leila can be contacted on 029 2020 5972 (ext 5972) or lgouran@cardiffmet.ac.uk​​​​

Research and Enterprise Team ​​

Cardiff Metropolitan University’s Research and Enterprise Services European Office (RESEO) has recently joined the Euraxess Local Contact Point (LCPs) network….one of only a few places in Wales to do so!  

To find out more information on Euraxess please click here.

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