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RDPETRO2018 R&D PROJECT PROPOSAL
R&D PROJECT PROPOSAL INFORMATIONProposal Title
R&D Program
submission DATE / ADDRESSED CHALLENGE ID
proposal partners
PROJECT PRINCIPAL Investigator (PPI) INFORMATION
Name
Company/University
EMAIL ADDRESS / pHONE #
RDPETRO TERMS AND CONDITIONS
1. I understand that General Considerations and Guidelines for RDPETRO Proposals submission, which are described above in this document are mandatory and must be followed by any person who intend to submit a R&D Project or Innovative Idea Proposal to RDPETRO.
2. I understand that any RDPETRO Proposal should be submitted only by authors who are certain of their capabilities and capacity to commit to a R&D Project and also of their availability to attend required meetings as well as to provide technical project related clarifications as requested.
3. I understand that registration is mandatory to attend to RDPETRO 2018 Exhibition and Conference.
4. I understand that RDPETRO will implement a No-Show policy (described below in this document). Any person who intend to submit a Proposal to RDPETRO will be subject to No-Show Policy if could not be present to the RDPETRO event.
5. I understand that this proposal will be treated as confidential where any potential intellectual property will be protected.The proposal will not be sharedwith any other parties except the potential RDPETRO sponsors’ Technical Committee(ADNOC PARTNERS). No rights over the submittedRDPETRO Proposal will be taken by RDPETRO. All RDPETRO Technical Committees are subject to a non-disclosure agreement ensuring confidentiality of received RDPETRO Proposals.
6. I understand this proposal will be subject to RDPETRO PARTNERS’ technical evaluation to be awarded with financial funds. RDPETRO and its Partners reserve the right not to award this or any other submitted proposal. RDPETRO organization is not accountable or responsible for any commitments between a RDPETRO PARTNER and the Project Principal Investigator which will be a result of the proposal awarding.
☐ I acknowledge that I have read and agree to the above Terms
RDPETRO and its PARTNERS requires your agreement to the above terms. If the above terms are not accepted (box checked) this proposal will not be consider valid and it will not be evaluated or utilized by RDPETRO and its PARTNERS.
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R&D PROJECT PROPOSALSUMMARY (limit 500 words)
GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS
DOCUMENTNOTES
This document (including all attachments) is confidential, privileged and should have restricted distribution. Any distribution should be approved by RDPETRO.
If you are not the intended recipient, you should not copy, retransmit or disclose its contents but should return it to the sender immediately and delete any existent copy.
For any questions or inquiries about this document, Please contact RDPETRO Management Team, ().
RDPETRO PROPOSALS GENERALNOTES
The Call for R&D Proposals(including innovative ideas) is open for submissions from 1 December 2017 and it will close on the 14th February 2018. Applicants will be open by filling out the form, attach the required file and submit your R&D Project Proposals for review. There is a 12 MB file size limit per uploaded R&D Project Proposal (only PDF). R&D Project Proposal submissions must be complete before 11:59 p.m. GMT +4 (Abu Dhabi Time) on 14th February 2018.
RDPETRO seeks submissions of R&D Proposals aiming to solve specific technical challenges under Category 1, contribute to relevant topics as described in Category 2 or identify innovative ideas as described in Category 3.
RDPETRO CHALLENGES CAN BE FOUND IN
http://www.rdpetro.org/challenges
R&D PROJECT PROPOSAL intends to be a comprehensive project ready to be evaluated and awarded to be initiated and developed with the sponsor company.
INNOVATIVE IDEA PROPOSAL is a way to RDPETRO and its Partners to reach the most creative and innovative ideas from researchers all over the world even if this proposal is not mature enough to become a R&D Project Proposal but it could lead to it. A simple description of the idea is required.
All official notification communications related to R&D Project Proposals will be sent only via e-mail to the Principal Project Investigator (PPI). Please add o your address book to ensure your email is received. For any support on related inquires you can use the same email.
All R&D Project Proposal submissions must be submitted online using RDPETRO submission page/form at http://www.rdpetro.org/proposal-submission/and it will be subject to a Technical and Business evaluation before its awarding. RDPETRO and its partners does not guaranty the awarding of a RDPETRO R&D Project Proposal.
RDPETRO and its Partners reserve the right to request for a pre-event meeting for further clarifications.
NO SHOW POLICY
If no relevant person to the project show availability to attend to required meetings and to present a short-listed R&D Project Proposal, the R&D Project Principal Investigator will be placed on a No-Show List shared amongst the RDPETRO Partners unless excused by the RDPETRO R&D Projects Technical Program Chair. R&D Project Proposals submitted to a subsequent annual convention in which the Principal Project Investigator is on the No-Show List will be automatically rejected. For the first offense, the Principal Project Investigator will be placed on the No-Show List for two years. For each successive no-show, the length of time an individual can be placed on the list will double. Secondary authors (co-Investigators) will be put on a Non-Compliant List for one year and so notified. After three years on the Non-Compliant List, the author moves to the No-Show List. Presenting authors who withdraw their R&D Project Proposal before shortlisted will be granted an automatic excuse and their names will not be placed on the No-Show List. Principal Project Investigator who withdraw or does not show-up after being selected to present during RDPETRO will be placed on the No-Show List.
GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION
a) RDPETRO2018 Call for Proposal will open and close as per the official announced time-frame. R&D Project Proposals before or after the official dates published online WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
b) All submissions must be online using RDPETRO submission page/form at http://www.rdpetro.org/ensure-proposal-submission/and select “Submit R&D PROJECT PROPOSAL”. Any other type of submission (e-mail or any other channel than through official RDPETRO website) WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
c) The only file type accepted by RDPETRO is PDF (.pdf). Any other file type WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
d) All submissions MUST address a R&D Program as well as a specific challenge as per Category 1, topic from Category 2 or as an innovative idea from Category 3. Proposals not addressing challenges WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
e) Proposals submitted not properly following the specifications of the Official R&D Project Proposal Template WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
f) Confirmation email will be generated by the RDPETRO 2018 when a proposal is successfully submitted through the predefined email .
g) All official communications related to RDPETRO R&D Project Proposals must be from/to . No other email is considered official or responsibility of the RDPETRO organization.
h) RDPETRO will communicate directly with the applicant if additional information is required through the specific redefined email .
i) All submissions will be subject to evaluation by RDPETRO Technical Committee.
1. Short-listed applicants will be notified and invited to explanation meetings and contractual discussions;
2. Selected applicants will be invited to a final presentation during RDPETRO. Meetings will be conducted privately between the Principal Investigator and the funding partners.
j) RDPETRO Technical Committees’ decisions are final and cannot be appealed.
k) All R&D Project Proposals must be complete and contain full references.
l) The Technical Program Committee will be responsible for selecting and organizing the R&D Project Proposals into cohesive private sessions that fit within the Technical Program Schedule.
m) No rights over the submit R&D Project Proposal will be taken by RDPETRO. All RDPETRO Technical Committees are subject to a non-disclosure agreement ensuring confidentiality of received RDPETRO 2018 R&D Project Proposals.
n) All submissions provided to RDPETRO will be kept confidential. RDPETRO will not disclose any personal information to a third party, published or make it public without prior consent, unless it is required or authorized to do so by law or other regulation.
Table of Contents
RDPETRO TERMS AND CONDITIONS 1
R&D PROJECT PROPOSAL SUMMARY 2
GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS 3
DOCUMENT NOTES 3
RDPETRO PROPOSALS GENERAL NOTES 3
NO SHOW POLICY 3
GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION 4
1. PROJECT DESCRIPTION 6
1.1. ProjectScope 6
1.2. ProjectObjective/s 6
1.3. Problem Statement and Challenges Addressed 6
1.4. Competing Solutions/Technologies 6
1.5. Relevance and Originality 6
1.6. Deliverables 6
2. EXPECTED BENEFITS 7
2.1. Business Value 7
3. PROJECT WORK PLAN 7
3.1. Project Time Plan 7
3.2. Project Activities and Deliverables Description 8
3.3. Assumptions 8
3.4. Project Team 9
4. BUDGET 9
5. REFERENCES 10
Appendix 11
Technology Readiness Level 11
Resume Template 12
1. PROJECT DESCRIPTION
1.1. ProjectScope
Provide a brief statement of the key problem(s) and challenges to be tackled in a manner that can be appreciated by a competent specialist of any specialty.
1.2. ProjectObjective/s
List all project objectives and clearly state what needs to be achieved by the end of this project.
1.3. Problem Statement and Challenges Addressed
Refer to RDPETRO 2018 challenges and how your proposal is related to it.
1.4. Competing Solutions/Technologies
Showcase any competing solutions/technologies and explain why current solutions/technologies are not sufficient.
1.5. Relevance and Originality
Clarify the relevance/originality of the intended work compared to available solutions/technologies in the market.
1.6. Deliverables
List all Deliverables, along with a description of each Deliverable, Technology Readiness Level (TRL) and its Expected Delivery date.
ID / DELIVERABLE / DESCRIPTION / TIME TO COMPLETION[1] / ACTUAL TRL[2] / TARGET TRL[3] / Potential Patentable(Yes/No)
D1
D2
…
Table 1: List of project deliverables
2. EXPECTED BENEFITS
2.1. Business Value
Discuss the added value and describe your competitive advantage or value proposition to RDPETRO Group operations or else. Explain why current solutions are not sufficient. Support your statements by references to existing relevant technologies.
Impact Factor / Qualitative Assessment (Indicative)Reduce Capex / Please justify (Max. 100 words) / ☐ N.A.
Reduce Opex / Please justify (Max. 100 words) / ☐ N.A.
Production Increase / Please justify (Max. 100 words) / ☐ N.A.
Increase Production rate / Please justify (Max. 100 words) / ☐ N.A.
Increase Recovery / Please justify (Max. 100 words) / ☐ N.A.
Reduce Environmental risks / Please justify (Max. 100 words) / ☐ N.A.
Improve Personal Safety / Please justify (Max. 100 words) / ☐ N.A.
others / Please justify (Max. 100 words) / ☐ N.A.
3. PROJECT WORK PLAN
3.1. Project Time Plan
Insert a GANTT CHART for all relevant projects activities as well as its schedule to implement.
ACTIVITY / YEAR1 / YEAR2 / YEAR3 / YEAR4Q1 / Q2 / Q3 / Q4 / Q1 / Q2 / Q3 / Q4 / Q1 / Q2 / Q3 / Q4 / Q1 / Q2 / Q3 / Q4
Activity 01 / * / * / *
Activity 02 / * / * / *
Activity N / * / * / *
DELIVERABLES / YEAR1 / YEAR2 / YEAR3 / YEAR4
Q1 / Q2 / Q3 / Q4 / Q1 / Q2 / Q3 / Q4 / Q1 / Q2 / Q3 / Q4 / Q1 / Q2 / Q3 / Q4
Deliverable 01 / *
Deliverable 02 / *
Deliverable N / *
Table 3: Project Gantt Chart
Note that a technical project report and status presentation submission is required at the end of each quarterly. The GANTT chart contains *as an example. You should delete the existent * and fill it with your realistic scheduling plan. Lines can be added according to the Project’s as required for additional activities/deliverables.
3.2. Project Activities and Deliverables Description
ACTIVITY / Description / PrecedencyProvide a description of the activities highlighted above / Activities needed to be completed before
Activity 01
Activity 02
Activity N
DELIVERABLE / Description / Precedency
Provide a description of the activities highlighted above / Deliverables needed to be completed before
Deliverable 01
Deliverable 02
Deliverable N
3.3. Assumptions
List all your assumptions to complete the proposed work.
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3.4. Project Team
List the Project team that will be working on the project as well as their resume according the provided template in the appendix section.
Table 1: List of the Project team along with their contact information
Role / Name / Academic Qualification / Domain of Expertise / Responsibility ON THE PROJECT / AFFILITATION / EmailPPI
Co-Investigator1
Co-Investigator N
4. BUDGET
Provide the proposed budget, using the table below, over the proposed project duration.
Budget Item / Year 1 (USD) / Year 2 (USD) / Year 3 (USD) / Year 4 (USD) / TotalMANPOWER
Equipment (if applicable)
Capital Equipment
Minor Equipment
Equipment Rental
EQUIPMENT SUB-TOTAL
Other Costs (if applicable)
Materials & Consumables
Software
Books & Publications
Technical/ Analytical Services
Travel
Others
OTHER COSTS SUB-TOTAL
Proposal Total Budget
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5. REFERENCES
Highlight any references or additional information that could be relevant for the project approval.
Appendix
Technology Readiness Level
Figure 1: TRL, Backbone Structure of R&D Activities
The following Excel tool assists with estimating the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) of the new technology component.