FRENZ comes to you!
FRENZ aims to visit each University and Crown Research Institute at least one day each year. These visits are arranged through your organisation’s research office or research manager, and are tailored to the needs they identify for information on the Framework Programme.
In some cases, a meeting with the research management can also be useful to discuss general issues of involvement such as intellectual property management and the flow of funds to New Zealand.
Experience has shown that a day visit can be very effective, with the delivery of a general seminar to interested staff and then a follow up with specific individuals who have particular areas they’d like to address in more detail.
If it is felt that a shorter, visit is appropriate, institutions in the same locality may choose to ‘share’ days to increase the frequency of visits.
Topics that may be addressed during these visits may include:
- European strategy development
- Seminars on recent or upcoming calls, proposal writing or project management
- Training courses on proposal writing or contract management issues
- One to one 'surgery' sessions with researchers to match skills and opportunities and to identify a personal strategy for engagement with Europe