1. How scientists find (EU) Projects management Janusz Hołyst jholyst@if.pw.edu.pl Faculty of Physics, Center of Excellence for Complex Systems Research, Warsaw University of Technology Chairman of Polish Council of Research Project Coordinators

2. 1.STREP Coordinator: CREEN (Critical events in evolving networks) 2.STREP Partner: MMCOMNET (Measuring and modeling of complex networks across domains) 3.COST Action: Physics or Risk 4.ESF Grant: STOCHDYN (Stochastic dynamics: fundamentals and applications) 5.Coordination Action: GIACS (Complex systems) 6.Coordination Action: ONCE-CS (Complex sytems) European Projects in Center of Excellence for Complex Systems Research Warsaw University of Techology

3. CREEN Critical Events in Evolving Networks SIXTH EU FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME PRIORITY 8 - NEST –New and Emerging Science and Technology STREP - PATHFINDER Project, www.creen.org Start Date: 1 January 2005 Duration : 3 years Granted EU Contribution : 1.241.640 Euro Coordination: Warsaw University of Technolgy

4. Contract Report Audit…

6. Can a scientist be happy with project management ?

7. It is a hard job for a professor !

8. Scientists should NOT do management !

9. … because their are (usually) helpless in the face of organizational, financial, and legal issues …

10. No contracts ! No reports ! No audits !

11. Specific problems of EU research projects in New Member States Large differencies in salaries at Universities between Old and New EU members: factors 4-6 Lack of stable legal solutions for project running, no temporary project positions, no Euro accounts, problems with VAT… Lack of professional project managers: weak managerial support at University and project levels

12. Bottom-up scientists initiatives in Poland University Councils of Project Participants (Warsaw, Białystok…). Polish Council of Research Project Coordinators (K. Grabowiecki, J. Hołyst, Z. Krasiński) Aims: exchanging of experiences between project participants/coordinators, influencing University and state administration, lobbing… Thank you for your attention ! jholyst@if.pw.edu.pl, www.if.pw.edu.pl/~jholyst Next projects ?