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SPINBASE: How TUNI revolutionised the way of finding suitable funding for future projects
Since early 2019, the research support services at Tampere University have successfully been using Spinbase for screening funding opportunities for their future research projects.
"We definitely recommend Spinbase! It is a fast and easy-to-use tool to scout for suitable funding opportunities — or even partners. It provides very accurate search results based on individual needs."
Tuukka Pöyry, Manager, Research and Innovation services, Tampere University
Tampere University (TUNI)
Spinbase is a tool developed by Spinverse to ease the complex task of finding the most suitable EU funding instrument for various R&D projects and at the same time, for identifying the relevant partners. Since early 2019, the research support services at Tampere University have successfully been using Spinbase for screening funding opportunities for their research projects.
Benefits of Spinbase for Tampere University
The search engine used by Spinbase is based on AI and is very intuitive so starting to use the tools requires no prior knowledge or understanding of the EU funding hierarchies for TUNI users.
Wider database in Spinbase lead to search results that the users were not aware of
Jörg Langwaldt works in the Research and Innovation Services unit at Tampere University. As Grant Writer, he supports researchers in finding suitable funding opportunities. He has used Spinbase mostly to search for funding and projects and his experiences have been very positive. He plans to test the capabilities of the tool to find partners as well. Using Spinbase has helped him to find some calls that he or the researchers have not even been aware of.
Grant Writer Maria Salonen has found Spinbase search tool much faster than some other funding databases and feels that the tool offers more freedom in the search.
Much faster and more freedom in searching for funding compared to other traditional portals
Tuukka Pöyry, Manager in the Research and Innovation services, gives Spinbase his thumbs-up: “We definitely recommend Spinbase! It is a fast and easy-to-use tool to scout for suitable funding opportunities — or even partners. It provides very accurate search results based on individual needs.”
The Spinbase users in Tampere University are in full agreement on the fact that using regular search engines to find EU funding or project partners does not yield such comprehensive and easy-to-read search results as Spinbase. According to them, in Spinbase, knowledge on hierarchy is not required for making successful searches and the access is more user friendly than in other portals used to search funding.
Spinbase is capable of providing power point extracts from the search results, which according to Jörg Langwalt, is perceived more professional than previous methods. This also translates into time savings in the elaborate process of funding proposals.
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About the project
The LIFE Lit4Nature aims to establish a stronger, evidence-based system for biodiversity conservation and restoration across Lithuania. Major focus will be placed on strengthening the national biodiversity monitoring system, improving data collection and integration and on introducing innovative monitoring approaches to support evidence-based conservation and restoration decisions.
Impact of the project:
The project aims to boost stronger biodiversity and ecosystem recovery across Lithuania through nationwide conservation and restoration. Further, it wants to achieve better national coordination for efficient and well targeted conservation measures and their funding.
Funding instrument LIFE Programme
Spinverse’s role
Spinverse experts supported the coordinator throughout the two-stage LIFE Strategic Nature Project application process from concept note development to submitting the final proposal.
The support included workshops that brought together the proposal team to sharpen the project concept and focus the application on the most relevant and critical aspects of Lithuania's
Prioritised Action Framework for Natura 2000 and the forthcoming National Restoration Plan.
Spinverse’s strategic guidance, hands-on support and thorough quality reviews helped us focus on the critical aspects, strengthen the proposal logic and present its impacts convincingly. Their LIFE expertise gave our team confidence and contributed significantly to the proposal’s high quality and successful funding outcome.”
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