While NICE group seminars are supposed to share specific research activities, Prof Jianmin Jiang believe that it might be more useful to talk about funding to encourage share of experiences and secret weapons among colleagues in the department. There is an old Chinese saying that “I throw stones out in the hope to attract pieces of gold in”, which can be used to describe Prof Jianmin Jiang's motivation of this talk.

In this presentation, Prof Jianmin Jiang will talk about: (i) a brief introduction of European FP7 open funding schemes under call-9 (deadline 17th of April); (ii) How to bid for funding in FP7, his personal view; (iii) his personal plans and research activities.