Time is always of the essence when it comes to grant writing and meeting deadlines, but this year’s ERC 2021 Starting and Consolidator Grants have their own unique constraints. In years past, it was mostly the Conso...
When applying for a research grant, the primary goal of applicants is to convince the reviewers that their research project is substantially important, highly competitive and that it will bring forth great impact. To ...
Successfully acquiring funding for a Horizon 2020 research project is no doubt the first hurdle any researcher must overcome. Once such a feat is accomplished – it is time to set out and officially execute your rese...
Applying for a Horizon 2020 funding scheme is truly a long and meticulous process. It goes without saying that the content of the proposal is the most important aspect. But, second to the content are the visual aspect...
Risk is probably the most important aspect of ERC. Unfortunately, it also happens to be the most elusive one. Many researchers often wonder what high-risk research means and how to express it in their application. Con...
This is the third article in our series dedicated entirely to the Horizon 2020 Impact section. In the previous post we began to explore the foundations for curating a professional Horizon 2020 commercialisation plan. ...
All Horizon 2020 projects must appoint a Coordinator to lead and manage the project efforts. This role is an immensely important one. There is a lot to be considered in order to take on the role, and then soon after t...
When submitting a grant proposal, our motivation is to have the reviewer on “our side” – enthusiastic and positive about our project. In the grant review context, this is largely so that reviewers will write a p...
ERC grant funds frontier research which distinctly focuses on challenging novel concepts. The typical expectation in ERC is to present large-sized projects. Such projects justify a fairly high budget for a typical dur...
The Horizon 2020 grant proposal application is divided into three major sections: Excellence, Impact and Implementation. In contrast to the Excellence and the Implementation sections, many applicants find the Impact s...
Once researchers have an innovative idea at hand, acquiring resources for implementation becomes the center of their attention. They spend months curating highly competitive grant proposals that will hopefully secure ...
Now that the ERC 2018 Advanced Grant deadline is behind us, it is important for us to highlight and share some of the lessons learnt. This is because our ongoing efforts is to learn from past deadlines, track signific...
In this article, we will focus on better understanding the issues with ERC and a “fishing expedition” type of research. Following that, we will share some of our top tips for adjusting “fishing expedition” res...
Excluding the ERC Synergy grant, ERC grants are personal. This means that the ERC AdG, CoG and StG projects cannot be collaborative efforts. Since many applicants are used to working in collaboration with their peers ...
Winning a Horizon 2020 grant is no easy task. Such a feat constitutes an impeccable project proposal which presents the project in the best possible way to its reviewers. As an applicant, having a deep understanding o...
Throughout the years, our team continues to encounter one repeating issue with countless ERC applicants regarding the ERC grant writing phase of their grant proposal. In general, grant writing is the bread and butter ...
Our most initial communications with new researchers working on Horizon 2020 or ERC grant proposals include an overview of the expected evaluation process for each respective grant. Such an overview is based on our ex...
ERC and FET-Open are very different funding schemes under Horizon 2020. Still, despite such apparent and basic differences, there exists a hidden link which creates a de-facto undocumented overlap between ERC and FET-...
A prevailing comment responsible for the failure of many ERC AdG (Advanced) applications (though also found in Starting and Consolidator grants) pertains to the ‘incremental nature’ of the proposed research. Why i...
Are you thinking about renovating your house? Then the choice of flooring is certainly something you have already thought about. AllThings.Bio will answer the most important questions about different bio-based floorin...
First public consultation with smart grid stakeholders. One of 4 workshops organized by the MAS2TERING project, a PPP co-funded by EU under FP7. MAS2TERING means: Multi-Agent Systems and Secured coupling of Telecom an...
Second public consultation with smart grid stakeholders. One of 4 workshops organized by the MAS2TERING project, a PPP co-funded by EU under FP7. MAS2TERING means: Multi-Agent Systems and Secured coupling of Telecom a...
Third public consultation with smart grid stakeholders. One of 4 workshops organized by the MAS2TERING project, a PPP co-funded by EU under FP7. MAS2TERING means: Multi-Agent Systems and Secured coupling of Telecom an...