Project Management

Healthcare research projects are typically embedded in a complex healthcare landscape and require collaboration among various stakeholders. With our in-depth knowledge of the structures and interests involved, we are happy to take on project management and operational project oversight for your project as part of Innovation Fund projects and other research initiatives.

Our project management services cover the entire project lifecycle—from proposal submission and project planning through project initiation and management during the project’s duration to project closure. These services include, in particular, the following sets of tasks:

Preparing applications

• Management of the general application process
• Support in putting together a project consortium
• Drawing up a schedule, including work packages, responsibilities and timelines
• Organisation of regular meetings and working groups, including preparation and follow-up
• Drafting the application
• Preparing the required annexes to the application
• Communication with the project sponsor, e.g. DLR
• Ensuring the application is submitted on time

Project planning and the initiation phase

• Handling of requirements and additional requests from the project sponsor
• Co-ordinating the submission of ethics applications
• Co-ordinating the development of a project-specific data protection policy
• Agreeing and defining communication channels and data flows, as well as other structures and processes

Project implementation

• Organising regular fixed-date meetings and working groups
• Reviewing, coordinating and consolidating grant applications
• Monitoring the use of grant funds
• Coordinating and processing requests for amendments
• Monitoring time and milestone schedules
• Managing the preparation of reports (status reports, interim reports, case number reports, etc.)
• Interface management between consortium and cooperation partners
• Resource management
• Conflict management
• Risk management
• Quality management

Project completion 

• Preparation for the formal project closure
• Site closing
• Coordination of the final report
• Archiving of study documents
• Communication of the project results to the relevant stakeholders
• Support with public relations