1. 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

2. 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

3. 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 –

4. 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

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

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

7. Amount allocated to the partner (Euro)
Partners`s budget
University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway | UiT
Total budget: 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:
Euro

8. 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

9. 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)

10. Timesheet 1

11. Timesheet 2

12. 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

13. 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).

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

16. 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.

17. 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)

18. 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

19. 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

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

21. M1 Dissemination Conference of Project Results
Dates: 16 Oct 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.

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

23. Dissemination and Follow-up
For more information please visit the following websites:
Project`s website:
Promotional materials
Scientific publications
joint publication (Course book)
online course platform
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24. Thank you! Ioana Andreea MIRCEA, PhD ioana.mircea@ulbsibiu.ro
“This presentation was realised with the EEA Financial Mechanism 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