Educating students for developing high quality research skills (ENSURE) The Education, Scholarships, Apprenticeships and Youth Entrepreneurship Programme (ESAYEP) 2014 – 2021 – EEA Financial Mechanism Ioana Andreea MIRCEA, PhD Tromso, 21st - 22nd of March 2019

Emma objectives "Lucian Blaga" University of Sibiu | LBUS | Romania PARTNERSHIP "Lucian Blaga" University of Sibiu | LBUS | Romania Coordinator University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway | UiT | Norway Partner Emma objectives

Project`s Objectives The ENSURE project aims to: Provide a set of modules with focus on medicine and medicine-related studies enabling students to build their transversal research-oriented competences and skills Create learning materials for students on how to conduct clinical studies, on the ethics and legal provisions of data-usage of in research with humans/patients, how to write research papers and scientific report, on how to develop individual career plans, how to build an international cooperation network, how to identify financing opportunities, how to formulate a project idea and plan Provide a learner-oriented methodology for transferring the knowledge using real-life problems where students can apply their knowledge. Support will be offered by teachers through a moderation process both in individual and group settings during workshops. Organise a series of workshops wherein students will exercise their transversal research-oriented skills. Project duration: 12 months - 01.12.2018 – 30.11.2019

Results • A methodology with practical use cases and workshop guidelines • A handbook with tools and methods for research-oriented transversal skills • A series of intensive short-term trainings • Publications in peer-reviewed conferences

The timetable for the 2 trainings will be set up by common agreement and should include 3 days of lecture/trainings/workshops.

Schedule of activities: A1 - Kick-off meeting organized in Tromso – Norway (21.03.2019 – 22.03.2019) A2 - Establishing the Local Organizational Bureau (LOB) for administrative matters A3 - Elaboration of training materials (O1 + O2) A4 - Students`selection A5 - 2 Trainings organized in Sibiu – Romania (the period will be decided together) 20th – 22nd of May 2019 October 2019

Amount allocated to the partner (Euro) Partners`s budget University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway | UiT Total budget: 19.730 euro Budget items Amount allocated to the partner (Euro) Project management and implementation 3000 Euro Short term transnational mobilities 7090 Euro Intellectual outputs 9640 Euro Multiplier events Special needs support Exceptional costs Total: 19.730 Euro

Participants in activities 1st Training – participants from UIT Training 1 Individual support Daily rate x no.days (1)   Travel (2) No. Of participants (3) Total: (1+2)x3 C1 58 euro x 5 days* = 290 Euro 275 Euro 2 students 1130 Euro 106 euro x 5 days* = 530 euro 3 teachers/trainers 2415 Euro * 2 days for transportation 2nd Training - – participants from UIT Training 2 Individual support Daily rate x no.days (1)   Travel (2) No. Of participants (3) Total: (1+2)x3 C2 58 euro x 5 days* = 290 Euro 275 Euro 2 students 1130 Euro 106 euro x 5 days* = 530 euro 3 teachers/trainers 2415 Euro * 2 days for transportation

O1 Handbook of tools and methods O2 Learner-based methodology Intellectual Outputs O1 Handbook of tools and methods O2 Learner-based methodology A handbook of tools and methods that can be used by students and young researchers to advance their skills in how to conduct clinical studies, ethics and legal provisions of data-usage in research with humans/patient, how to write research papers and scientific reports, on how to develop individual career plans, how to build an international cooperation network, how to identify financing opportunities, and how to formulate a project idea and plan. A learner-based methodology that can be used for training transversal skills in medicine and medicine-related study programs which will be presented during the Dissemination conference. Position: Teacher / Trainer / Researcher Allocated: 20 days x 241 euro = 4820 Euro Reported according to: Individual work contracts Monthly timesheet (provided model)

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Real costs Transport and insurance Plane ticket, boarding pass, insurance Receipts Proof of payment 2. Subsistence Attendance certificate (signed and stamped) Narrative Report 3. Intellectual outputs Timesheets (model) 3. Salary costs Individual job Contracts according to Partner internal policy

Final Reports Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, as project coordinator will, submit a general report on the activities and results of the project. University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway | UiT | Norway, as donor partner, will prepare a certification of costs (attached model).

Students`selection Target Groups: students studying at bachelor (5th, 6th year) or PhD level in the fields of Medical sciences, Sciences, Science related

The selection process Each partner university will establish a selection commission, made of a representative of the specialised department/faculty Publication and dissemination of the call for application within the partner universities. The period open for applications and the criteria for application and selection will be published on the website of each partner and provided timely to the interested students. Collection of the applications. Selection of the students by the selection commission based on the established criteria Announcement to the selected students and further procedure to prepare their presence in the activities of the IP.

Selection criteria for participating students Students will be selected based on: 1.CV - which needs to contain at least their study, specific interests and specialisation(s) during the study 2. Motivation letter 3 . Interview with the selection commission 4. Application form (available on the project`s website)

C1 Training Course - Activity Description Duration: 5 days Participants: 20 students Training 1 will be composed by a series of workshops focusing on following topics: • How to conduct (clinical/research) studies o Design of (clinical/research) studies o Ethics in research o Legal provision in medical and human-related scientific research o Data collection, data cleansing, data visualization and evaluation • Solutions for paperless research • Academic writing of scientific reports and papers • How to present a scientific report/paper

C2 Training Course - Activity Description Duration: 5 days Participants: 20 students Training 2 will be composed by a series of workshops focusing on following topics: • How to develop and individual career plan o Goal setting o Time and conflict management o Collaboration and teamwork o Building an international network • How to define and formulate research ideas and plans for projects • Identifying research funding opportunities • How to set-up a research proposal

Diploma Each participant in the trainings will receive a Diploma for attending the courses.

M1 Dissemination Conference of Project Results Dates: 16 Oct 2019 -18 Oct 2019 Location: Sibiu, Romania Event Description We will disseminate the project results, the Learner-based methodology and the Handbook of tools and methods during a multiplier event where we will invite relevant stakeholders and also other young researchers in the medical field and related domains.

Dissemination and Follow-up Project`s website A methodology with practical use cases and workshop guidelines - A handbook with tools and methods Scientific publications

Dissemination and Follow-up For more information please visit the following websites: http://www.eea4edu.ro/en/contracte_en_he_2018/ Project`s website: http://digifact.grants.ulbsibiu.ro/ Promotional materials Scientific publications joint publication (Course book) online course platform The Communication and visual identity guide must be respected: http://www.see-burse.ro/docs/Ghid_comunicare_SEE.pdf

Thank you! Ioana Andreea MIRCEA, PhD ioana.mircea@ulbsibiu.ro “This presentation was realised with the EEA Financial Mechanism 2014-2021 financial support. Its content (text, photos, videos) does not reflect the official opinion of the Programme Operator, the National Contact Point and the Financial Mechanism Office. Responsibility for the information and views expressed therein lies entirely with the author.” Ioana Andreea MIRCEA, PhD Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu ioana.mircea@ulbsibiu.ro