Open Info Day: 5th Call for proposals
IMI held its Open Info Day on its 5th Call for proposals at the Crowne Plaza – Le Palace Hotel [1] in Brussels, Belgium on Monday 27 February 2012. Over 200 people attended, representing all types of organisations including small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), academic and industry research groups, patients' organisations and government & policy decision makers. The day included an overview of IMI’s rules and procedures, tips and testimonies from people involved in ongoing IMI projects, and a presentation of the 5th Call topic ‘European Lead Factory: Joint European compound library and screening centre’ by the Project Coordinator. In addition, there were plenty of networking opportunities and IMI staff were on hand to answer questions relating to IMI’s procedures in general and the 5th Call for proposals in particular.
Agenda [2] 
PRESENTATIONS
PLENARY SESSION
Welcome and introduction [3]
Michel Goldman, Executive Director, IMI
The revised IMI Scientific Research Agenda [4]
Daan Crommelin, Utrecht University and Vice-Chair of the IMI Scientific Committee
Overview of IMI rules and procedures [5]
Magali Poinot, Legal Manager, IMI
Communicating IMI’s Calls for proposals in the Member States [6]
Jan Skriwanek, National Contact Point Life Sciences Germany and German delegate on the IMI States Representatives Group (SRG)
PRACTICAL ADVICE ON APPLYING FOR IMI FUNDING
Chair
Daan Crommelin, Utrecht University and Vice-Chair of the IMI Scientific Committee
Panellists
Hugh Laverty, Senior Scientific Project Manager, IMI - Writing a successful proposal – dos and don’ts [7]
Thierry Troosters, KU Leuven (PROactive project) - Applying for IMI funding – an academic’s experience
Claire Skentelbery, European Biotechnology Network - Access for SMEs to IMI’s programmes
EUROPEAN LEAD FACTORY TOPIC WORKSHOP
Introduction [8]
Hugh Laverty, Senior Scientific Project Manager, IMI
European Lead Factory [9]
Jörg Hüser, Bayer HealthCare AG
VIDEOS
Videos of the Open Info Day plenary and workshop sessions will soon be available on the IMI YouTube Channel [10]
ABOUT THE 5TH CALL FOR PROPOSALS
The 5th Call for proposals was officially launched on 6 March 2012. The final version of the Call text and details of how to apply can be found here [11]
To stay up to date with the preparation and launch of forthcoming topics to be launched in future Calls for proposals, visit the Future Topics [12] page regularly and sign up to the IMI Newsletter [13].
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