On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 7:18 AM, Hrvoje Lasic lasich@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
What will be idea?
i think this one would be very effective:
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h2...
as would this one:
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h2...
Do you go to phase 1 or 2?
well, i'd like to go straight to phase 2, because we have actual products nearing completion: it's not actually "theoretical", it's real.
however....
You need actual partners for phase2. For phase 1 you can have only letter of intent or mention it in project. Phase 2 you have little chances w/o phase 1 won (in theory you do but in real life no).
.... if you've actually had experience with this then i'm happy to learn from that.
We applied 3 times and didn't won, but came very close and last application have been above threshold but we still have to improve in some areas. I can give you some general advices or you can do it via good consultant also. Maybe we can even participate if there is something we can do.
that would be very good.
this project, i mean - it's not "theoretical", at all. for the energy-efficiency and carbon reduction programme, this project *clearly* qualifies: it's *designed* to reduce e-waste and carbon emissions. i'm designing products where the casework is made of bamboo, for goodness sake! and the plastics i'm looking at hemp fibre reinforced PLA (which is incredibly strong btw).
on the other programme, it's guaranteed to be disruptive: it's turning the entire product development cycle - from design to ownership - completely sideways. i don't describe the project as a paradigm shift in computing without good reason.
so there's actual *genuine* justification as to why this project would succeed in an application under either of those to programmes. which helps enormously when writing because it means that there's something to believe in, strongly, rather than just "hope it might work".
so, hrvoje: what do you have that you could be part of a participation effort? what do you do - remind me :)
btw, we have a secret weapon: i know someone who actually participated in the review of EU funding applications, so has seen this from the other side: i've invited him to help out, let's see what he says.
l.