Call for applications to strengthen R&D activities and cooperation in wellbeing services counties

Guidelines and template for project plan

The project plan is submitted as a PDF appendix on the tab ‘Project plan’ in the online services. Remember to convert the Word file into PDF format (Save as -> .pdf) before attaching it to the application form. Name the attachment file as follows: project_plan_yoursurname.pdf.

Read the call text carefully and familiarise yourself with the review guidelines, review form and principles of responsible evaluation before you start writing the project plan.

The maximum length of a consortium project plan is 15 pages.

The paper size is A4.

The font is Calibri/Carlito 12 pt.

The line spacing is 1.

The margins are 20 mm.

The text is left-aligned.

Do not use paragraph indents.

The font size in tables and figures must be at least 10 pt.

Use a single-column layout when writing the text.

The list of references is included in the length of the project plan. The font size in the list is 10 pt.

All references must be added directly into the text, for example as follows: (author(s), year) or [number]. You must not use footnotes.

The maximum size of the PDF appendix is 50 MB.

The instructions, structure and layout provided must be followed to ensure the equal treatment of applicants. Use the headings provided. The application cannot be submitted if the system detects a deviation in the headings, page configuration or structure.

Write the project plan on this template.

Fill in the sections according to the practices of your own discipline.

You cannot edit or delete the headings in the template. If necessary, you may add subheadings.

See the How-to guides for the online services on our website for the technical instructions.

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Click and write here: Title of project plan

Click and write here: Applicant’s name (and abbreviation of consortium)

Background and significance

In this section, describe the following aspects:

Special objectives of call

Justifications for how project will address call’s objectives and questions as described in call text

How will the project strengthen R&D capacity in the collaborative area for healthcare and social welfare?

How will the project strengthen R&D collaboration between other regional actors (e.g., wellbeing services counties, universities, universities of applied sciences and state research institutes)?

What is the added value of collaboration between consortium parties for R&D activities of the wellbeing services county?

What is the added value for R&D of strengthening cooperation between consortium and external actors (e.g. organisations, municipalities and businesses)?

How will the project strengthen R&D cooperation in reformed structures of health and social services system?

NB! Impact is addressed in detail in section 2 of the project plan.

Significance of project in relation to current knowledge, R&D-based starting points

How project and methods used are linked to previous international and/or national R&D (state of the art)

R&D premise, aims and objectives

R&D questions and/or hypotheses

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Impact

In this section, describe the following aspects:

Effects, impact and interaction beyond academia

The impact on social and healthcare refers to the effect that services have on health and/or wellbeing.

Describe as concretely as possible what kind of impact and/or cost-effectiveness data the project will produce regarding social and/or healthcare services and the promotion of health and wellbeing.

Describe and justify the metrics that will be used to follow and assess the projects short- and long-term impact on Finnish social and healthcare.

Describe how the evidence of the project’s impact will be demonstrated/validated, and how the produced evidence-based knowledge will be transformed into routine practice in social and healthcare operations.

Describe how the collaboration with other actors in the project will enhance its impact and the impact-based R&D activities in the wellbeing services counties and the collaborative areas for healthcare and social welfare. NB! Collaboration is addressed in detail in section 3 of the project plan.

How will the project promote impact-based R&D activities in wellbeing services counties and enhance related collaboration within the reformed structures of the healthcare service system?

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Outcomes and impacts of research within academia

Expected R&D results and their anticipated R&D impact

Project’s novelty or added value for R&D

Potential for scientific breakthroughs and for promoting scientific renewal, if applicable

Research impact within scientific community, if applicable

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Implementation

In this section, describe the following aspects:

Project plan and schedule

Detailed description of research to be performed, starting from objectives, scientific references and preliminary data (if available)

Description of R&D tasks, their implementation and interconnections

If necessary, description of responsibilities and management related to these tasks

Schedule for project implementation, incl. R&D tasks and work packages, distribution of personnel resources, and project milestones and deliverables

Collaborators

Required consortium partners as stated in call text, as well as their roles, and how the collaboration promotes and strengthens R&D activities of collaborative areas for healthcare and social welfare

Justifications for selected other partners and how collaboration promotes and strengthens R&D activities of collaborative areas for healthcare and social welfare

National and international collaborators of key significance to project implementation as well as their roles

Description of planned interaction with end-users and beneficiaries at various stages of project (key actors, means, channels and optimal timing)

R&D data and material, methods and research environment

R&D data to be used, justifications and information on data collection or acquisition, data analyses and use of data, taking into account issues such as intellectual property rights

R&D methods and how they will contribute to answering the research questions or confirming the hypotheses, or how they will support the chosen approach

Description of local, national and/or international research environment including research infrastructures. Enter infrastructures to be used also on the tab ‘Affiliations’ in the online services.

Risk assessment and alternative implementation strategies

Critical points for success, probability of risks, means by which risks can be managed, and alternative implementation strategies

Project personnel and their project-relevant key merits

Tasks and roles of nominated principal investigators PIs in the project

Tasks and roles of persons working on the project and their key merits

Names and/or level of education of the project’s researchers (if known)

Project’s links to previous R&D activity by PIs or R&D teams

How researcher training will be organised and research careers promoted (if adequate)

Responsible science

Consideration of research ethics, open access to research publications and data, promotion of equality and nondiscrimination in society at large and in project implementation

Consideration of sustainable development goals in project activities

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References

The list of references is included in the length of the project plan. The font size in the list is 10 pt. All references must be added directly into the text, for example as follows: (author(s), year) or [number]. You must not use footnotes.

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