FUNDING APPLICATION FOR 
YOUNG RESEARCH TEAMS - PN-II-RU-TE-2012-3
Section 3

						
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B. Project leader
B1. Important scientific achievements of the project leader (maximum 3 pages)
Please presente the most important contributions of the project leader in his/her research field (for instance, discoveries or results which significantly led to a better knowledge in the field). In the presentation please underline the following aspects: (1) the relation of these contribution to the topic of the proposed project; (2) the reflection of these contributions in his/her publications (particularly those published as the main author), by references to the significant publications list B3.1 and/or other publications included in Researcher ID profile (www.researcherid.com) of the project leader; (3) the way in which these scientific contributions illustrate the independent research activity of the project leader and his/her international visibility (by references to the B3.2 list);
B2. Curriculum vitae (maximum  2 pages)
This must contain at least the following categories of information:
a)	 information about the degrees and diplomas;
b)	information about the professional experience and jobs. This will include, in particular, the professional positions where the project leader coordinated a team,  a group or a research laboratory, if any. 
c)	optional, the address of the profile on www.researcherid.com site (recomended for projects submitted in reasearch areas ather than the humanities).

B3. Defining elements of the remarkable scientific achievements of the project leader (max. 4 pages)
B3.1 The list of the most important scientific publications from 2002-2012 period.
For natural sciences, exact sciences, engeneering sciences and social sciences: Please indicate the most relevant papers of the project leader (maximum 6) including:
•	Articles: Please point out the most relevant articles published by the project leader. Can also be indicated the articles accepted for publication, with the mention of the date of acceptance. The evaluation will focus on the articles where the project leader is a main author, but in the situation when there are papers published as a co-author, which are considered relevant for his/her scientific production by the project leader himself/herself, these can be indicated. The  format is as follows: 
Identification data:	Authors. Article’s title, Journal/Conference Title, Volume, Pages (publishing year)	
Is he/she a main author?	YES/NO (see Annex 5)	
Is it in the project’s field?	YES/NO	
Number of citations:	see ISI Web of Science (without self-citations – see Annex 5)	
DOI (Digital Object Identifier)	optional	

•	Monographs: Please indicate just the scientific monographs published by internationally prestigious  publishing houses. Textbooks aren’t taken into account even if they are published at international publishing houses. The format is as follows:
Identification data:	Authors. Book’s title, Publishing House (publishing year)	
Is it in the project’s field?	YES/NO	
No. of libraries according to Karlsruher Virtueller Katalog (KVK) world catalogue.	See http://www.ubka.uni-karlsruhe.de/kvk.html	
University libraries 	The names of the most important university libraries (maximum 10) which acquired the monographs (see http://www.ubka.uni-karlsruhe.de/kvk.html or see the catalogue of the university library)	

•	Patents: Please especially indicate the patents/utility models with a technologic transfer obtained in other countries of the European Union or in member countries of OECD. The  format as follows:
Identification data:	Authors. The title of the patent/utility model (awarding year)	
The issuer office of patent  		
Is it in the project’s field?	YES/NO	

For the humanities: Please indicate the most important works (maximum 6): books, chapters, articles, critical editions, dictionaries or encyclopaedias. The format is as follows:
Identification data	For edited books/critical editions/collective volumes: 
Last name, First name author / authors, Full title. Place, Publishing House, Year, No. of pages. 
The number of entries in libraries from other member states of UE or from the member states of  OECD (http://www.ubka.uni-karlsruhe.de/kvk.html)
For articles published in journals:
Last name, First name author / authors, Full article’s title, in: „Journal name”, no. volume, year of publication, no. leaflet, p. xx – xxx.
For articles/chapters published in collective volumes:
Last name, First name author / authors, Full article’s title, in: Title of collective volume, publishers’ Last name, First name. Place, Publishing House, Year, p. xx – xxx.	
Is it in the project’s field?	YES/NO	

At most  3 significant works for the activity of the project leader can be uploaded on the web platform in electronic format. 
B3.2. The autonomy and visibility of the scientific activity. Please indicate a number of maximum 5 factual arguments of the high degree of autonomy of the research activity developed by the project leader. The arguments can belong to one ore more of the following categories, but not necessarily  from all categories: (1) the articles where the project leader is a main author (referring to the B3.1 section, B.2 and/or the researcher ID); (2) research fellowships, academic grants where the project leader was the principal investigator (PI) or project coordinator (3) total number of citations (without self-citations) and the Hirsch Index ; (4) international prizes (5) oral presentations at international conferences (6) status of invited speaker to prestige universities. 

C. Project description (maximum 10 pages)
In this section the project leader will detail the scientific context, the goals and objectives, the approach to these objectives, and the required material and human resources. 
C1. Problems. The scientific motivation will clearly delimit the approached problem within the framework of the state of the art. Will be revealed the following three aspects: (1) the importance of the problem from the scientific, technologic, socio-economic or cultural point of view; (2) the difficulty elements of the problem; (3) the limits of the current approaches in the context of the state of the art in the field.
C2. Objectives. The approach of the project at the level of principle will be presented, underlining the following two aspects: (1) the concrete objectives of the project; (2) the elements of originality and innovation that the implementation of the objectives bring to the field, related to the state of the art in the field and to the previous projects developed by the project leader.
C3. Impact. Will be discussed the aspects related to the expected impact of the project in a broader frame of the scientific field, focusing on the following aspects: (1) the potential of significantly influence the scientific field by new concepts or approaches and, if it’s the case, by opening new themes or research directions; (2) the discussion of the potential impact of the project in the scientific, social, economic or cultural environment and/or of the applicable directions which will be explored in the project (when this is relevant, in the context of the proposed research direction).
C4. Methodology. The research methodology will be detailed, mentioning, as much as possible, some milestones. In the elaboration of this section the following aspects will be revealed: (1) choosing the investigation methods and tools, by relating to the newest approaches in the field and also the way these will be integrated; (2) a work plan, well scheduled, which will describe the way of organizing and planning the project, related to the proposed objectives; (3) describing the potential risks and the approaches for mitigation these risks. 
C5. Resources and budget.  The existing, relevant infrastructure will be described, as well as the equipment which is to be acquired within the project. Please take into account particularly the following aspects: (1) the estimation of time allocated to the project, by each member of the project team, in person months/member, according to the work plan presented in C4; (2) explain why the  project team and the research infrastructure available is appropriate for the project objectives in the allocated time; (3) the justification of the need of acquiring of new great value equipment (over 12.500 Euro, VAT included), by the relation to the project’s objectives; (4) the specifying and justifying of the budget distribution on types of expenses and years.  

Notes: 
-	It will be considered that the project starts on the 1st of October, 2012.
-	The types of expenses that the budget is distributed on are: personnel expenses, inventory, mobility expenses and indirect expenses (overhead).
-	The overhead is calculated as a percentage of 15% of the direct expenses. For percentages larger than 15% a detailed justification is compulsory and this is settled in a mutual agreement between the project leader and the host institution and it is specified in the proposal.

Budget Breakdown (lei)
Budget chapter (expenses)	2012 (lei)	2013 (lei)	2014 (lei)	2015 (lei)	Total (lei)	
Salaries						
Inventory						
Mobility						
Overhead						
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Budget Breakdown (euro)
Budget chapter (expenses)	Total (euro)	
Salaries		
Inventory		
Mobility		
Overhead		
Total