Webinar – The Final Year, and Now? Project Completion and Future Planning

This final training module supports project managers in navigating the critical closing phase of large research grants. It addresses the practical and strategic elements of project completion, including interim and final reviews, and consortium budget management to ensure compliance and transparency. The session also explores how to design impactful final events, capture and communicate project outcomes, and embed legacy through sustainable outputs and knowledge transfer. Emphasis is placed on forward planning—identifying opportunities for scaling, new collaborations, and long-term impact. By the end of the training, participants will be equipped with tools and strategies to successfully close out their current projects while positioning themselves and their organisations for future funding and research opportunities.

Recording:

Speakers:

Mira Lindner

Mira Lindner is the International Post Award Manager at Queen Marry University in London UK. She is responsiable for a team of 6 Post Award Administrators working with EU and International Grants, next to her staff responisbilities her focus is on implementing and renewing policies and procedures.
Previously she worked for close to 2 years at Karolinska Institutet, Sweden as a EU Financial Manger and in similar capacity for 3 and a half years at King’s College London, her focus in both roles was the day to day Post award management of EU and NIH grants. Her roles also entitled the development of process and policie improvemnet with special focus on time sheets policies. In her current capacity as team manager her focus is to expend on the existing post award infrustructure and develop policies and reports to enhance the teams capacity.

Jake Reardon

Jake Reardon joined the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) in 2021 as project manager and grant writer for the External Relations Team. Prior to joining the RMA field, he served as an AmeriCorps College Adviser promoting financial support for underrepresented students in rural settings, a Residence Hall Director and student success mentor at Guildford College, and quality healthcare project coordinator. In 2018, he embarked into the RMA field for the first time, joining the Internationalisation Department – Global Collaboration Unit at Uppsala University. Jake has more than 10 years of experience supporting student, staff and faculty initiatives in public and private academic environments. Jake is from the United States, and has a background in Dramatic Arts (BA) with a minor in Chemistry, and Higher Education and Student Affairs (M.S.Ed).

Xavier Ponte

Xavier Ponte, holds a degree in Chemical Engineering from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (2012), a PhD in Biotechnology (2017), and an Executive MBA from IESE Business School (2023). He has conducted research in Industrial Biotechnology in both Barcelona and Vienna before transitioning to Research Management. Since 2017, Xavier has been actively involved in coordinating research and innovation projects, with a particular focus on the H2020 and Horizon Europe Framework Programmes. Throughout his career, he has coordinated over 10 projects, and also supervised a portfolio of more than 20 coordinated EU projects and over 100 projects as a partner, in his position as project management team leader  at LEITAT Technological Center. Currently, Xavier serves as an EU Senior Advisor at NORCE Research Center in Bergen, Norway. In this role, he coordinates EU projects, supervises proposals, and enhances internal processes related to project management.