Managing research teams Managing European contracts Managing International

Managing research teams Managing European contracts Managing International Cooperation Gérard Huet INRIA

Managing a research team Researchers don’t like management Researchers hate to be managed Remember: you are the team leader, not the boss Your only management tool is enthusiasm Talents in cutting edge research are rare to find Researchers are not like peas in a pod Shopping for a specialist versus buying a ton of brick Anticipating recruitments with the networking effect Cost statements for personnel, time sheets 2

Managing European contracts • • Understanding the rules, letter vs spirit Loopholes, catch 22, legislation slack, creativity What can you charge the grant agency Negociating overhead and salary scales Your duties and rights as coordinator Matching your team goals with a programme Forming a consortium The 10% final payment, how to overlap 3

Managing European contracts II • • The Consortium coordinator The main partners The subcontractors The geographical balance IP: Who owns what, before, and after The workplan, Q 0 etc. How to decouple events The deliverables The review, how to prepare it, experts, po 4

Managing cooperations • • Competitors vs complementary partners Know your partners de visu, visit their site How to cut the pie The networking effect: Metcalfe law Cross-hiring within the consortium vs inbreeding Cross-hiring within your own organisation Applying fluid mechanics to management How to communicate efficiently 5

Euro-India opportunities • • Comparable size and structure Comparable diversity Comparable problems Similar traditions of respect for education Similar traditions of democracy Complementary resources and infrastructures Yes we can ! 6