Research Project Management, 6th edition

7, 8, 9 and 25 September 2026 | i3S, Porto, Portugal

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

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The course will be held at i3S – Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, University of Porto.
Rua Alfredo Allen, 208; 4200-135 Porto, Portugal
Tel: +351 226 074 900 | E-mail: events@i3s.up.pt
GPS coordinates: 41º 10’ 30.008’’ N, 8º 36’ 12.488’’ W.

Preliminary Program 

Day 1 | 7th September 2026

09h30 - 11h15 | Mariana Bexiga

- Introduction to Project Management
- The stakeholders
- Identifying bottlenecks before you start

11h15 - 11h35 | Coffee Break

11h35 - 13h00 | Mariana Bexiga

- The importance of pre-award practice
- I got an award, now what?

13h00 - 14h00 | Lunch Break

14h00 - 15h30 | Mariana Bexiga

Project delivery:
- Work breakdown structure
- Time / costs / duties

15h30 - 15h45 | Break

15h45 - 17h30 | Mariana Bexiga

Project delivery:
- Measuring progress / troubleshooting
- Data management
- Reporting

Day 2 | 8th September 2026

09h30 - 11h15 | Mariana Bexiga

- Project management tools

11h15 - 11h35 | Coffee Break

11h35 - 13h00 | Group work

13h00 - 14h00 | Lunch Break

14h00 - 17h00 | Hugo Prazeres & Bárbara Macedo

- IP management and exploitation of research results

Day 3 | 9th September 2026

09h30 - 10h30 | Group work

10h30 - 11h15 | Cláudia Ferreira

- Financial reporting (Portuguese)

11h15 - 11h35 | Coffee Break

11h35 - 13h00 | Anna Olsson

- Team management: job posts and recruitment practice; PI experience

13h00 - 14h00 | Lunch Break

14h00 - 17h00 | Júlio Borlido Santos

- Project Communication and dissemination

Day 4 | 25th September 2026

11h30 - 13h00 | The Project Management Profession (TBC)

13h00 - 14h00 | Lunch Break

14h00 - 17h30 | Hands-on group exercise / presentations

* You will need approximately 5 hours of asynchronous work out of the course hours for the group exercise

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

Fees:
i3S members / P.CCC Raquel Seruca members - 70€
External participants – 95€

Pre-registration deadline: July 13^th  

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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.

More information:
Advanced Training Unit | E-mail: training@i3s.up.pt | Tel: +351 226 074 900