The Innovation Center of KAU held a training on the project approach to preparing grant proposals

On August 7, 2020, in the framework of the project “German-Ukrainian Transfer Technology University Partnership” (GUTT.UP), the Innovation Center of Kyiv Academic University (KAU) held a training for its employees: “Implementation of the project approach in the preparation of grant proposals for innovative projects”. The speaker was Iryna Poplavets, consultant for project management, fundraising and investment attraction, certified consultant for program management and project portfolio management (certificate IPMA UPMA.C.01.0004), and certified professional project manager (certificate IPMA UPMA.C.01.00580)

During the training, the participants considered the use of the project approach to preparing grant proposals for innovative projects. It is known that innovative activity of enterprises and organizations is connected not only with research work, but also with commercialization of innovations. However, a vast range of companies, which is planning to promote their inventions and innovative decisions on the market, has a low level of knowledge and experience in the field of project management. That is why, during the training, following issues were considered and defined:

● main stages of work on the preparing of grant proposals for innovative projects;

● main processes of each stage of the work on the preparing of grant proposals for innovative projects;

● main tasks and roles of the projects participants;

● main risks of the projects and methods of their assessment.

To practice the acquired theoretical material, the speaker asked the participants to fill in the Template of the structure of the project plan and then discuss the issues that arose during the training.

As a result, participants of the training acquired both theoretical and practical skills in using the project approach in the preparation of grant proposals for innovative projects, and identified areas for the development of their own competencies for the successful implementation of such projects.