Project Objectives

Expected impacts

The HERD project will have impact on various stakeholders:
On individual level:
Through introducing the research management online platform, the HERD project will have impact on university academic personnel willing to undertake the research projects. The platform will help them on all stages of the project implementation, starting from proposal development through actual project mana...

 

Aims and objectives

The proposed project aims to upgrade the research capacity of Georgian universities through developing the R&D units within the target universities. In order to achieve this aim, the following objectives are set:
1. Establish a joint research platform that would facilitate the planning, implementation and evaluation of research activities in the target universities. For this purpose, a...

 

Project activities and Methodology

HERD is a 2-year project planned around 5 core WPs closely intertwined with one another, describing a logical chain of project activities, identifying key milestones and deliverables, and monitoring of the overall quality of the project:
WP1. PREPARATION: The WP serves as an introductory stage of the project, consists of three sub-packages with clearly defined outcomes and outputs:
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Dissemination and Exploitation Strategy

HERD project makes significant emphasis on dissemination and exploitation of project results to enhance the impact of the programme and disseminate the information on the project activities and outcomes/outputs to wider public. The HERD consortium consists of 12 leading public and private research universities in Georgia (both Tbilisi and regions), while the overall number of Georgian research ...

 

Sustainability

One of the major outputs of the HERD project, Online Georgian Research Portal will be maintained by the EMIS, a state-owned research foundation that will continue administering the portal after the HERD project is finished. Ministry of Education will provide the necessary financial support for this purpose; and provide the policy support to urge the non-HERD partner universities to register the...

 

Raising Research Capacity of Georgian HEIs through Developing R&D Units / HERD

 

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Project activities and Methodology

HERD is a 2-year project planned around 5 core WPs closely intertwined with one another, describing a logical chain of project activities, identifying key milestones and deliverables, and monitoring of the overall quality of the project:
WP1. PREPARATION: The WP serves as an introductory stage of the project, consists of three sub-packages with clearly defined outcomes and outputs:
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