This mock proposal is just an example for dfgproposal.cls it reflects the template valid until January 2012 (have to update soon) Neuantrag auf Sachbeihilfe ipowr: Intelligent Prosal Writing Acronym: ipowr 13. Januar 2012 Michael Kohlhase Jacobs University Great Communicator Power Consulting Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 State of the Art and Preliminary Work (Stand der Forschung) 1 2 Objectives and Work Schedule (Ziele und Arbeitsprogramm) 1 3 Funds Requested (Beantragte Mittel; siehe Appendix A) 3 4 Preconditions for carrying out the project (Voraussetzungen für die Durchführung des Vorhabens) 4 5 Declarations (Erklärungen) 6 6 Signatures (Unterschriften) 6 7 List of Attachments (Verzeichnis der Anlagen) 6 A Beantragte Mittel (dt. Version) 7 proposal.tex 22963 2012-01-13 08:47:33Z kohlhase
ipowr page 1 of 6 1 State of the Art and Preliminary Work (Stand der Forschung) 1.1 Description (Beschreibung) L A T E Xis the best document markup language, it can even be used for literate programming [1, 3, 2] 1 review the state of the art in the and your own contribution to it; probably you want to divide this into subsubsections. ToDo:1 1.2 List of Project-Related Publications The publications whose references do not include a download URI have been added to the CD. [1] Michael Kohlhase. Preparing DFG Proposals in LAT E X with dfgproposal.cls. Self-documenting LAT E X package, https:// svn.kwarc.info/repos/kwarc/doc/macros/forctan/dfgproposal.pdf; ask the author for access. 2010. [2]... 2 Please include a list of own publications that are related to the proposed project. It serves as an important basis for assessing ToDo:2 your proposal. The number of publications to cite here is determined as follows: Single applicant two publications per year of the funding duration Multiple applicants three publications per year of the funding duration These rules refer to the proposed funding duration for new proposals and the completed duration for renewal proposals. If you are submitting a proposal to the DFG for the first time and have therefore not published in the proposed research area, please list the up to five most important publications so far. 2 Objectives and Work Schedule (Ziele und Arbeitsprogramm) 2.1 Objectives O1: Supporting Authors This is the first objective, after all we have to write proposals all the time, and we would rather spend time on research. O2: Supporting Reviewers They are only human too, so let s have a heart for them as well. 2.2 Work Schedule 3 Give a short high-level introduction to how the work in the project should proceed, explain Tables 1 and 2. The project is ToDo:3 organized around two large-scale work areas which correspond to the objectives formulated above. These are subdivided into five work packages, which we summarize in Figure 1. Work area WA1 will run over the whole project 4 duration of ipowr. All three work packages in WA2 will and have to be covered simultaneously EdNote:4 in order to benefit from design-implementation-application feedback loops. Work Area 1: Management, Support & Sustainability This work-group corresponds to Objective O1 and has two work packages: one for management proper (WP1.1), and one each for dissemination (WP1.2) This work group ensures the dissemination and creation of the periodic integrative reports containing the periodic Project Management Report, the Project Management Handbook, an Knowledge Dissemination Plan (WP1.1), the Proceedings of the Annual ipowr Summer School as well as non-public Dissemination and Exploitation plans (WP1.2), as well as a report of the ipowr project milestones. 1 TODO: from the proposal template 2 TODO: from the proposal template 3 TODO: from the proposal template 4 EDNOTE: come up with a better example, this is still oriented towards an EU project 1 workplan.tex 22984 2012-01-15 09:27:40Z kohlhase
page 2 of 6 ipowr WA/P Title WA1 Management 2 10 10 0 12 10 WP1.1 Project Management 2 8 2 4 8 WP1.2 Dissemination and Exploitation 2 8 8 2 WA2 System Development 24 8 12 2 36 10 WP2.1 Class 12 8 12 2 24 10 WP2.2 Template 12 12 0 WP2.3 A work package without tasks 0 0 totals 26 18 22 2 48 20 intended totals 36 36 36 36 R(A)M = Researcher (Assistant) Months; WP lead efforts italicised JacU RM JacU RAM PCG RM Abbildung 1: Work Areas and Work Packages PCG RAM total RM total RAM Work Package 1.1 Site JacU (lead) PCG all Project Management Effort (RM+RAM) 2+8 2+ 4+8 Based on the Bewilligungsbescheid of the DFG, and based on the financial and administrative data agreed, the project manager will carry out the overall project management, including administrative management. A project quality handbook will be defined, and a ipowr help-desk for answering questions about the format (first project-internal, and after month 12 public) will be established. The project management will consist of the following tasks T1 (M0-M3) To perform the administrative, scientific/technical, and financial management of the project T2 (M13-M17) To co-ordinate the contacts with the DFG and other funding bodies, building on the results in WP1.1T1 T3 To control quality and timing of project results and to resolve conflicts T4 To set up inter-project communication rules and mechanisms Work Package 1.2 Site JacU PCG (lead) all Dissemination and Exploitation Effort (RM+RAM) +2 8+ 8+2 Much of the activity of a project involves small groups of nodes in joint work. This work package is set up to ensure their best wide-scale integration, communication, and synergetic presentation of the results. Clearly identified means of dissemination of work-in-progress as well as final results will serve the effectiveness of work within the project and steadily improve the visibility and usage of the emerging semantic services. The work package members set up events for dissemination of the research and work-in-progress results for researchers (workshops and summer schools), and for industry (trade fairs). An in-depth evaluation will be undertaken of the response of test-users. T1 (M6-M7) sdfkj T2 (M12-M13) sdflkjsdf T3 (M18-M19) sdflkjsdf T4 (M22-M24) Within two months of the start of the project, a project website will go live. This website will have two areas: a members area and a public area.... 2 workplan.tex 22984 2012-01-15 09:27:40Z kohlhase
ipowr page 3 of 6 Work Area 2: System Development This workarea does not correspond to O2: Supporting Reviewers, but it has two work packages: one for the development of the L A T E X class (WP2.1), and for the proposal template (WP2.2) This work group coordinates the system development. Work Package 2.1 Site JacU (lead) PCG all A LaTeX class for EU Proposals Effort (RM+RAM) 12+8 12+2 24+10 We plan to develop a L A T E X class for marking up EU Proposals We will follow strict software design principles, first comes a requirements analys, then... T1 (M0-M2) sdfsdf T2 (M4-M8) sdfsdf T3 (M10-M14) sdfsdf T4 (M20-M24) sdfsdfd Work Package 2.2 Site JacU PCG (lead) all Proposal Template Effort (RM+RAM) 12+ + 12+0 We plan to develop a template file for ipowr proposals We abstract an example from existing proposals T1 (M6-M12) sdfdsf T2 (M18-M24) sdfsdf Work Package 2.3 Site JacU PCG all A work package without tasks Effort (RM+RAM) + + 0+0 And finally, a work package without tasks, so we can see the effect on the gantt chart in fig 2. WP1.1 WP1.2 WP2.1 WP2.2 WP2.3 0 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 Abbildung 2: Overview Work Package Activities (lower bar shows the overall effort per month; the table only shows RM efforts) 3 Funds Requested (Beantragte Mittel; siehe Appendix A) 3.1 Staff (Personalbedarf; siehe A.1) We apply for the following seven positions; all run over the entire duration of the proposed project. A One junior researcher (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter JU) with a background in L A T E X. We have been able to win Dr. Elfenbein Turm for this position, she has worked on the ipowr project at Jacobs University. 3 funds.tex 22679 2011-12-01 07:08:45Z kohlhase
page 4 of 6 ipowr B Half a junior researcher (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter PC). We are looking for a person with a background in public relations to sell the product to the scientific community. RA Two research assistants (wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft) for implementation work. 3.2 Scientific Instrumentation (Wissenschaftliche Geräte; siehe A.2) More than 10.000 C. does not apply Less than 10.000 C. of the basic support. PC will cover the workspace, computing needs, and consumables for its staff as part Fees. does not apply 3.3 Consumables (Verbrauchsmaterial; siehe A.3) none BegOP:5 3.4 Travel Expenses (Reisen; siehe A.4) The travel budget shall cover: visits to external collaborators. We expect two international visits. We estimate that each visit will be most effective, if the junior researchers can spend about 3 weeks with the partners. Thus we estimate 2500 C per visit. visits to national conferences to disseminate the results of ipowr. We expect one visit for each year for each of the three researchers. (3 x 3 x 1000 C) visits to international conferences to disseminate the results of ipowr. These are in particular the International Joint Conference on Document Engineering (DocEng) and the Tech User Group Meeting (TUG). We expect one visit for each proposed researcher and for each year. (3 x 3 x 1500 C) EndOP:5 This sums up to a total amount of 32.500 C for travel expenses for the whole funding period of three years which is split into 16.250 C for each institute (PC and Jacobs University). 3.5 Publication costs (Publikationskosten; siehe A.5). does not apply 3.6 Other costs (Sonstige Kosten; siehe A.6) none 4 Preconditions for carrying out the project (Voraussetzungen für die Durchführung des Vorhabens) 4.1 Our team (Zusammensetzung der Arbeitsgruppe) ToDo:6 6 Describe the persons in the work groups of the sites and what they do and can contribute to the proposed project. Something like the following will work: 5 OLD PART: rework 6 TODO: from the proposal template 4 preconditions.tex 22679 2011-12-01 07:08:45Z kohlhase
ipowr page 5 of 6 4.1.1 Jacobs University: JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN The KWARC (Knowledge Adaptation and Reasoning for Content) research group headed by Michael Kohlhase for has the following members Dr. N.N. is the... She has a background in.... Additionally, the group has attracted about 10 undergraduate and master s students that actively take part in the project work and various aspects of research. 4.1.2 Power Consulting: POWER CONSULTING GMBH Power Consulting GmbH is the leading provider of semantic document solutions. Dr. Senior Researcher leads an applied research group consisting of Dr. N.N. is the... She has a background in.... The group has access to seven programming slaves specializing in web development and document transformation techniques 4.2 Cooperation with other scientists (Zusammenarbeit mit anderen Wissenschaftlern) 7 Describe your cooperation partners, what they can contribute to the project and what you want to do with them. Note that it is not so ToDo:7 important to have an impressive list, but a plausible one (like we do below). 4.2.1 Cooperations within the proposed project Prof. Dr. Super Akquisiteur (Uni Paderborn) knows exactly what to do to get funding with DFG, we will interview him closely and integrate all his intuitions into the ipowr templates. Prof. Dr. Habe Nichts (Uni Hinterpfuiteufel) has never gotten a grant proposal through with DFG, we will try to avoid his mistakes. Dr. Sach Bearbeiter (DFG) will consult with the DFG requirements to be met in the proposals. Dr. Donald Knuth (Stanford University) is so surprised that we want to do grant proposals in T E X/L A T E X that he will help us with any problems we have in coding in this wonderful programming language. 4.3 Scientific equipment available (Apparative Ausstattung) Jacobs University provides laptops or desktop workstations for all academic employees. Great Consulting GmbH. is rolling in money anyways and has all of the latest gadgets. 4.4 Running costs for materials (Laufende Mittel für Sachausgaben) The costs for consumables are covered by the partner institutions 4.5 Conflicts of interest with commercial activities (Interessenkonflikte bei wirtschaftlichen Aktivitäten) None 4.6 Other requirements (Sonstige Voraussetzungen) None 7 TODO: from the proposal template 5 preconditions.tex 22679 2011-12-01 07:08:45Z kohlhase
page 6 ipowr 5 Declarations (Erklärungen) 5.1 Proposal submitted elsewhere A request for funding this project has not been submitted to any other addressee. In case we submit such a request we will inform the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft immediately. 5.2 Rules of good scientific practice In submitting a proposal for a research grant to the DFG, we agree to adhere to the DFG s rules of good scientific practice. 5.3 Publication list and bibliography In preparing our proposal, we have adhered to the guidelines for publication lists (section I.8) and bibliographies (section II.2). 5.4 Other Jacobs University Bremen is currently not a member university of the DFG. Prof. Dr. Bernhard Kramer, the dean of the School of Engineering and Science at Jacobs University has been notified of the project proposal. 6 Signatures (Unterschriften) 1. 12. 2011 Date Prof. Dr. Michael Kohlhase Dr. Great Communicator 7 List of Attachments (Verzeichnis der Anlagen) Curriculum Vitae and list of publications for Prof. Dr. Michael Kohlhase (CD + printed version) Curriculum Vitae and list of publications for Dr. Great Communicator (CD + printed version) Zitierte Publicationen aus Abschnitt 1.2 oder einem der Lebensläufe (nur CD) 6 proposal.tex 22963 2012-01-13 08:47:33Z kohlhase
ipowr page 7 References Many of the proposers publications are online at one of the following URIs: http://kwarc.info/kohlhase/publications.html http://www.pcg.phony/~gc/pubs.html [1] Donald E. Knuth. Literate Programming. The University of Chicago Press, 1992. [2] Donald E. Knuth. The T E Xbook. Addison Wesley, 1984. [3] Leslie Lamport. LaTeX: A Document Preparation System, 2/e. Addison Wesley, 1994. A Beantragte Mittel (dt. Version) A.1 Personalbedarf Wir beantragen die folgenden vier Stellen für die Gesamtlaufzeit des beantragten Projektes: A Ein wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, der Hintergrundwissen L A T E X mitbringt. Wir konnten Dr. Elfenbein Turm für diese Aufgabe gewinnen. Sie hat bereits im ipowr Projekt an der Jacobs University mitgearbeitet. B Ein halber wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter bei der PC GmbH. Wir suchen nam einer Person mit Hintergrundwissen im Marketing, der das ipowr system der akademischen Community verkaufen kann. RA zwei wissenschaftliche Hilfskräfte für Implementierungsarbeiten. A.2 Wissenschaftliche Geräte Geräte über 10.000 Euro: werden nicht beantragt. Geräte unter 10.000 Euro: A.3 Verbrauchsmaterial Die Kosten für Verbrauchsmaterialien werden von der PC GmbH getragen. A.4 Reisen 8 Describe the planned travel and the budget necessary for this. Something like the stuff below will do. ToDo:8 Die beantragten Mittel für Dienstreisen dienen den folgenden Zwecken: Reisen zu den externen Kooperationspartnern. Wir rechnen mit vier internationalen Reisen im Projektzeitraum. Solche Reisen werden am effektivsten sein, wenn eine Person ca. drei Wochen vor Ort mit den Kooperationspartnern arbeitet, daraus ergibt sich ein Bedarf von ca. 2500Cpro Reise. Reisen zu nationalen Konferenzen, um die Ergebnisse von ipowr zu publizieren. Wir planen eine Reise pro Jahr und Mitarbeiter (3 x 3 x 1000C). Reisen zu internationalen Konferenzen, um die Ergebnisse von ipowr zu verbreiten. Potentielle Konferenzen sind dabei insbesondere: International Joint Conference on Document Engineering (DocEng) und das Tech User Group Meeting (TUG). Wir planen eine Reise pro beantragtem wissenschaftlichen Mitarbeiter und Jahr (2 x 3 x 1500C). Dies ergibt eine Summe von 32.500Cfür Reisekosten über den Projektzeitraum. Diese Summer wird zu gleichen Teilen von den angtragstellenden Instituten beantragt. 8 TODO: this needs to be convincing, otherwise this is one of the first places where the reviewers will cut the proposal. 7 mittel.tex 22679 2011-12-01 07:08:45Z kohlhase
page 8 ipowr A.5 Publikationskosten werden nicht beantragt. A.6 Sonstige Kosten werden nicht beantragt. A.7 Zusammenfassung(dt. Version) ToDo:9 9 Fassen Sie hier bitte die wesentlichen Ziele Ihres Vorhabens allgemeinverstndlich und in nicht mehr als 15 Zeilen (max. 1600 Zeichen) zusammen. Das Schreiben von Anträgen ist oft ein kollaboratives Unterfangen in dem Beiträge von mehren Partnern in einen kohärenten Text integriert werde müssen. Durch die Verwendung eines ASCII-basierten Formates wie L A T E X kann dieser Prozeß in einem Versionsmanagementsystem wie SUBVERSION unterstützt werden, wodurch sie das Projektteam auf das Schreiben konzentrieren kann statt auf die Mechanik der Integration. 9 TODO: from the proposal template 8 proposal.tex 22963 2012-01-13 08:47:33Z kohlhase