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Fig. 8 Number and total effort of team members (left) and competence of the team members (right)
in the period of 2011–2018
the start-up phase of the project, the overall research effort and research competence
of the project team was kept constant by the replacement of the retired (hence most
experienced) researchers by Ph.D. students without previous research experience.
The calculated direct project costs for the period 2011–2018 are close to
585,000 EUR with major part (close to 76%) being the personnel costs (Fig. 9),
with the remaining costs being the equipment costs (around 18%), material, travel
costs and overheads (in total 6%). However, the project funding may be separated
into two distinct phases, the first during the initial project period (2011–2014) and the
second in the extended period (2015–2018). While the first phase was characterized
by a coherent long-term plan, the extensions of the project were granted as temporary
measures, on annual basis. As a consequence, the annual project costs decreased in
the extended period (Fig. 9), and, what could be even more important, the structure
of the direct costs profoundly differed in the two periods (Fig. 10). The ratio between
the personnel costs and equipment costs increased from 2.5 during the initial project
period to 11 during the extension of the project lifetime.
For the sake of the analyses, the project output is also very roughly structured
on annual basis, providing the results presented in Fig. 11. The distinction between
the publication output in two periods is striking: the average number of publications
was rising during the initial project period, characterized by long-term planning and
Fig. 9 Annual direct project costs (left) and direct cost distribution over categories (right)
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Fig. 8 Number and total effort of team members (left) and competence of the team members (right)
in the period of 2011–2018
the start-up phase of the project, the overall research effort and research competence
of the project team was kept constant by the replacement of the retired (hence most
experienced) researchers by Ph.D. students without previous research experience.
The calculated direct project costs for the period 2011–2018 are close to
585,000 EUR with major part (close to 76%) being the personnel costs (Fig. 9),
with the remaining costs being the equipment costs (around 18%), material, travel
costs and overheads (in total 6%). However, the project funding may be separated
into two distinct phases, the first during the initial project period (2011–2014) and the
second in the extended period (2015–2018). While the first phase was characterized
by a coherent long-term plan, the extensions of the project were granted as temporary
measures, on annual basis. As a consequence, the annual project costs decreased in
the extended period (Fig. 9), and, what could be even more important, the structure
of the direct costs profoundly differed in the two periods (Fig. 10). The ratio between
the personnel costs and equipment costs increased from 2.5 during the initial project
period to 11 during the extension of the project lifetime.
For the sake of the analyses, the project output is also very roughly structured
on annual basis, providing the results presented in Fig. 11. The distinction between
the publication output in two periods is striking: the average number of publications
was rising during the initial project period, characterized by long-term planning and
Fig. 9 Annual direct project costs (left) and direct cost distribution over categories (right)