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Training
- Our Research Project Management training covers crucial skills such as project management, risk management, time management, and project communication.
- Our Science Communication training covers a diverse array of skills, including science communication techniques, understanding Open Science policies, developing multimedia and visual skills, mastering social media basics, and enhancing presentation skills.
- Our Funding Opportunities training covers essential skills such as scientific writing for funding, proposal set-up and contents, risk management, and budgeting.
- Our Data Management training covers vital skills including data management techniques, open access to data and publications, and the basics of Intellectual Property (IP) management.
- Our Gender in Research training covers a range of key skills, including diversity awareness, gender-sensitive communication, assertiveness, and gender-sensitive research practices.
Communication, Dissemination and Exploitation
Our Communication Services include support for the following:
Our Dissemination Services include support for the following:
Our Exploitation Services include support for the following:
- Project website: Design, development, and maintenance in collaboration with project partners, with functionalities such as secured member areas, collaborative document management, and event registration.
- Print material and online tools: Handling the design and production of print and online materials such as posters, brochures, flyers, banners, business cards, online presentations, picture galleries, interactive infographics, timelines, and newsfeeds.
- Videos: Provision of support in creating and distributing project videos, including explainer videos, visualised project information, and recorded interviews.
- Project meetings: Support for the host of consortium meetings in the planning and organisation of the event, including arrangements for the venue and logistics, draft agenda, and participant registration.
- Stakeholder management: Identification of important stakeholder groups and subsequent development of a Stakeholder Engagement Plan for future cooperation.
Our Dissemination Services include support for the following:
- Dissemination Plan: Development of a strategy that outlines communication measures for public engagement and the dissemination of project results.
- Project Handbook: A guide providing participants with easy directions for collaborating in an EU funded project.
- Publication Guidelines: Coordination of publication activities, compliance with Open Access requirements, tracking and promoting publications, and reporting on these activities.
- Events: Organization of project-specific final events, international exhibitions, demo days, cluster events, and guided visits, often in collaboration with a local host.
- End-User Events: Integration of potential end-users through meetings, demonstrations, and innovation workshops.
Our Exploitation Services include support for the following:
- Exploitation Plan: Tailoring and structuring a realistic plan with templates.
- Data Management: Creating a project-specific Data Management Plan (DMP) aligned with open access strategies.
- IP Management: Offering advice and assistance in tasks related to Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs), essential for innovation protection.
- Stakeholder Mapping: Identifying key groups and developing engagement plans for future cooperation.
- Market Analysis: Evaluating your innovation's environment and advantages vital for market assessment reports.
- Business Models: Identifying exploitable outcomes, developing business models, and planning the path-to-market, central to each exploitation strategy.
- Exploitation Roadmap: Supporting partners in developing a roadmap for future use of results, facilitating both commercial and non-commercial exploitation in the short, medium, and long-term.
Proposal Writing
Our Organisational Services include support for the following:
Our Administration Services include support for the following:
Our Proposal Writing Services include support for the following:
- Creating a schedule for proposal preparation.
- Setting up a collaborative document management tool.
- Providing templates in line with the funding scheme's rules.
- Advising on consortium composition and expertise.
- Assisting in acquiring additional partners.
- Participating in preparatory meetings.
- Conducting final proofreading of proposal documents.
Our Administration Services include support for the following:
- Registering the proposal with the EU Funding & Tenders Portal or other platforms.
- Requesting administrative details and partner information from all project members.
- Involving central administration staff from participating organizations.
- Completing administrative, ethics, security, and other forms for the consortium.
- Calculating project costs and completing budget forms for all partners.
- Performing a final consistency and quality check of all online forms before submission.
Our Proposal Writing Services include support for the following:
- Setting up proposal documents, such as Part B and specific Annexes.
- Collaboratively defining the project work plan and revising work packages to match programme and call requirements.
- Advising on deliverables, milestones, and risks, and structuring the scientific and technological parts.
- Guiding and editing technical chapters, and drafting non-scientific parts, including the Impact summary table.
- Requesting project costs from partners, calculating the overall budget in line with financial rules, and developing project-specific Gantt charts and PERT diagrams.
- Creating logos, figures, visuals, and conducting a consistency check to finalise proposal documents.
Project Management
Our multidisciplinary team, proficient in the Open PM² methodology used by the European Commission, offers comprehensive management and administration for your EU grant, backed by practical experience and a broad skill set. With years of experience across several EU Framework Programmes for Research and Innovation, such as Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe, we take on various management support tasks, ranging from administrative duties on the EU Funding and Tenders Portal to report compilation, quality, risk, and innovation management.
We have assisted dozens of EU project coordinators and consortia in all aspects of project management, including involvement in collaborative projects like Research and Innovation Actions (RIA), Innovation Actions (IA) and Coordination and Support Action (CSA).
We have assisted dozens of EU project coordinators and consortia in all aspects of project management, including involvement in collaborative projects like Research and Innovation Actions (RIA), Innovation Actions (IA) and Coordination and Support Action (CSA).