The SoA is a text of 1000-2000 words. It will give a detailed picture of the most interesting People and Institutions who operate and operated on the  Research Topic, their Reasons (why), their Networks and their periodic appointments (Conferences) and their Activity (what and when they have done, are doing and they project to do). The SoA will define (don't take literally this list):
  1. The chosen Research Field and the “Problem Statement” (social/technical/eco­nomical/environmental) about which she/he will work.
  2. The professional/social practice linked to that problem, its scientific basis, the knowledge about that research field.
  3. An anticipation about the general objective of the Candidate’s research work within that Problem Statement and how it will make the knowledge to advance.
  4. The most important (and fundamental) people that have worked and are working in Candidate’s Research Field
  5. The research groups, the conferences and the meetings that have been organized, in the past, and are going to be organized in the future, in Candidate’s Research Field;
  6. The main research projects that have been funded, in the past, in particular EU Projects (see CORDIS), their results or attended results;
  7. the main stakeholders (industrial, social, communities ...) directly involved or to be involved or just interested in solving the stated problem.
The biblography may be just an attachment but it is fundamental to continuously refer your statements to it.