Research Project Management, 5th edition
25, 26, 27 June and 14 July 2025 | i3S, Porto
Project management is an important skill to learn as a researcher. After successfully attracting funding for a project, you will now have to lead and manage it, from set-up to completion.
This course will provide an introduction to project management and equip participants with basic skills in managing research projects.:
- From research question to project description;
- Scheduling: milestones, tasks, and charts;
- Time management: managing yourself and the work;
- Team management: the right person for the right job.
- Risks: identification and management;
- Financial issues
- Project communication, dissemination and exploitation
Target audience: Researchers and research support staff interested in project management. Priority will be given to PhD holders and 3rd/4th year PhD students.
Course duration: 25 hours in the classroom + 5 hours of group work
Requirement: Laptop
Course organizer: Paula López Pérez, i3S Career Development Unit
Course language: English; some lectures will be in Portuguese (please check the Preliminary program)
Program
Day 1 | 25th June 2025
09:30 - 11:15 Mariana Bexiga
Introduction to Project Management
The stakeholders
Identifying bottlenecks before you start
11:15 - 11:35 Coffee Break
11:35 - 13:00 Mariana Bexiga
The importance of pre-award practice
I got an award, now what?
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14.00 - 15.30 Mariana Bexiga
Project delivery:
- Work breakdown structure
- Time/ costs/ duties
15.30 - 15.45 Break
15.45 - 17.30 Mariana Bexiga
Project delivery:
- Measuring progress/troubleshooting
- Data management
- Reporting
26th June 2025
09:30 - 11:15 Mariana Bexiga
Project management tools
11:15 - 11:35 Coffee Break
11.35 - 13.00 Group work
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14.00 – 17.00 Hugo Prazeres & Barbara Macedo
IP management and exploitation of research results
27th June 2025
09:30 - 10:30 Group work
10:30 – 11:15 Claudia Ferreira
Financial reporting (Portuguese)
11:15 - 11:35 Coffee Break
11:35 – 13:00 Anna Olsson
Team management: job posts and recruitment practice; PI experience
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 - 17:00 Júlio Borlido Santos
Project Communication and dissemination
14th July 2025
11:30 - 13:00 The Project Management Profession round table (TBC)
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 - 17:30 Hands-on group exercise/presentations
*You will need approximately 5 hours of asynchronous work out of the course hours for the group exercise
Speakers
Anna Olsson, Group Leader, i3S Laboratory Animal Science
Bárbara Macedo, i3S Knowledge Transfer Office
Cláudia Ferreira, i3S Administrative and Financial Department
Hugo Prazeres, i3S Knowledge Transfer Office Coordinator
Júlio Borlido Santos, i3S Communication Unit Coordinator
Mariana Bexiga, Strategy and Value Creation Officer, Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Registration
Fees:
i3S members / P.CCC Raquel Seruca members - 70€
External participants – 95€
Pre-registration deadline: May 25th 2025
Priority will be given to PhD holders and 3rd/4th year PhD students.
Certificates: A certificate of attendance will be issued at the end of the course to participants that meet the following: attendance in 80% of the sessions.
Please note that your pre-registration does not confirm your selection for the course.
Instructions for fee payment will be provided after confirmation of acceptance.
Cancelation policy:
The i3S will apply the following cancelation policy.
Cancellation by the course participant
In case a registered participant wishes to cancel a paid registration or does not attend the course, the registration fee will not be refunded.
Substitutions will only be made in exceptional circumstances at the discretion of the course organisers.
Cancellation by the Institution
The i3S reserves the right to cancel the course, in case of an insufficient number of participants, organizational reasons, or other unforeseeable events that render the execution of the course impossible. In case of cancellation by the organization, the fee will be refunded. In addition, i3S reserves the right to amend course times, dates or published prices if absolutely necessary. The organizer shall immediately inform the pre-registered participants of these alterations. Any cancellation or substitution requests should be requested by e-mail.
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Advanced Training Unit | E-mail: training@i3s.up.pt | Tel: +351 226 074 900
