INSTRUCTIONS FOR PREPARING A RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FUNDING PROJECT PLAN  
These instructions apply to preparing a project plan. The plan does not have to be in this format. The author of the plan may choose a suitable format, e.g. PPT, Word, PDF. It is essential that the plan includes the issues listed below.

NAME OF PROJECT
Author and date

1.	The company's growth vision / renewal vision and the project's role in attaining it
Describe the role and significance of this project in attaining the company's growth/renewal vision
2.	Project implementation, resources and the time-scale
Describe the project's initial situation, which forms the basis for further development.

Describe the measures taken in the project in order to attain the objectives described in the funding application. 
Describe the broader entity specifically for each work package:

•	objective of the work package
•	what will be done 
•	which persons in the company will work and their estimated work input (in work months per person)
•	the external services required by the company: what kind of competence/performance will have to be purchased for the company, who are the potential service providers and what is the estimated price of the service.

Describe the project's time-scale as well.

Large companies:

In addition to the above, describe the project's network impacts: 

•	What kind of a novel network is the project aiming at in support of the company's development efforts? Which actors does the network comprise and how does the project influence the business and/or development of research organisations of the companies in the network?
•	How will the network to be developed renew the industrial branch? How will the (business) operational models in the industrial branch be renewed? What kind of new competence / combination of competence will be required?

3.	The next steps: what will be done after the project
Describe the measures that the company will undertake after the end of the project in order to utilise the results and/or market them. How will the results of the project be utilised in the company's business? What kind of research or development efforts will the company need to undertake in order to achieve the required vision of growth/change? Which measures will this require from the company (incl. sales and marketing efforts)?