ias per point 4, above i understand that 'continuous WPs in Gantt chart is not a feasible practically. But if there are some parallel work that can be started for , say WP-2, while some part of WP-1 is still going on. In such cases this could be possible. What do you say? for example in my theoretical WPs, i can do such tasks within two WPS, and thus can show continuous WPs flow. Hope that is fine. May be if i added 1 senetence about such continuity in the description as well as in Gantt chart, then it should be fine. What is your opinion?
for the Point 5, if one has collaboration publications, then one might not have first author or even corresponding author status. then How can we prove that at least for our part of the contribution is unique in the article, and my contribution is independent of others work? for example i support experimental researcher (that is my collaborator) with my theoretical / computational explanation, no other author in the list has that expertise (say) but i will be only as co-author not as corresponding author, for obvious reasons (because its not my main project). in such case we cannot defend our uniqueness or independent contribution. any views on this?
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My personal take on this:
When addressing your the risks in part 3 you should mention that overlapping activities are carefully calculated as you mentioned above. In any case you should make explicit that you know that you have more than one activity happening at the same time and explain why this is feasible.
As for your publications, I would make an explicit point in part 1.4 of application on what was your personal contribution to the articles. In this way you both describe the uniqueness of your expertise as well as what you can do. For instance: "I have contributed with my expertise on theoretical / computational explanation in so and so's research project and publications", and here you cite it as footnote. Or something on these lines. You may also make a point in part b2 in your CV. People who figure as co-author should write a paragraph under every publication detailing what was their specific task in said article.
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Risks: agreeing with liukank, you may have WPs in parallel to each other alright. Here the point is, if one WP is directly linked to the other parallel WP and may potentially fail, the success of the project will be hampered and you will not have enough time to recover the damage. You must explain the feasibility and your risk management clearly.
Publications: Yes, totally, you must explain your contribution as a co-author in your CV.