Horizon Europe Masterclass

The next dates for our open Horizon Europe Masterclass course are: 31 May 2023 and June 7, 8 and 13 – Book now.
We also run private sessions of this course for institutions and clients, contact us for more information.

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Lay the foundations for a strong proposal by getting the project design right from concept to consortia.

If you’re considering responding to a specific call topic, this course will optimise the development of your project design and concept to respond to exactly what evaluators are looking for.  You are likely to be:

  1. Coordinating (PI) or a member of a coordinating team
  2. Leading work packages (WPs)
  3. Moving from partner to the coordinator role
  4. Supporting proposal writing teams (Research Support Services staff)
  5. National Contact Point (NCP)
  • 1. Increase your chance of success through highly targeted project design
  • 2. Understand how to address all aspects of the call topic
  • 3. Ensure you have the right partners in your consortium
  • 4. Work efficiently and effectively to develop a high scoring proposal
  • 5. Insights regarding crucial alignment towards evaluation criteria

Design
Call topic assessment and analysis
Concept note development
Work Package design

Recruit
Forming a suitable consortium
Recruiting a strong team

Build
Assigning roles & responsibilities across the partnership
Effective proposal management, planning and development timelines
Optimising consortium inputs: contributions, negotiations and budgets

  • Refine Project Outcomes

  • Define the Intended Impact

  • Map Project Pathways

  • Understand Impact-Drive Research

  • Discern Results vs Impact

  • Articulate Project Results

  • Design for Impact

  • Learn Key Metrics

Demonstrate how your project will credibly deliver outcomes to the benefit of society.

If you’re developing your Horizon Europe Pillar II proposal’s impact section, or supporting others to do so, this workshop will develop your understanding of credible impact pathways and a methodology to support progression. You are likely to be:
  1. Coordinator or part of a coordinating team
  2. National Contact Point (NCP)
  3. Research Support Service Staff
  • 1. Understand the critical role of Impact in project design and consortium selection
  • 2. Demystify and clarify exactly what ‘Impact’ proposal reviewers are looking for
  • 3. Learn how to develop credible Impact Pathways using a step-by-step process
  • 4. Work efficiently and effectively to fully address and communicate the expected outcomes

Make Your Research Matter
Policy context
Terminology
Section 2.1 Impact overview

ERINN Impact Pathway methodology
Stakeholder analysis
Expected Outcomes
Result refinement

Results ≠ impact
Mapping Pathways
Communication, Dissemination & Exploitation measures

  • Articulate the Impact Pathway

  • Write realistic impacts

  • Strategise to overcome barriers

  • Use Impact Communicate Tools

  • Develop a Section 2.3 canvas

  • Learn to increase uptake

  • Manage your Impact Strategy

  • Measure impact

Maximise your score to fast-track Horizon Europe success

If you’re actively developing your Horizon Europe Pillar II proposal, this course will refine your bid to exactly what evaluators are looking for. You are likely to be:
  1. Coordinator or part of a coordinating team
  2. National Contact Point (NCP)
  3. Research Support Service Staff
  • 1. Optimise leadership and effort across the consortium to build up a proposal effectively and efficiently
  • 2. Master both sections of the application: Part A and Part B
  • 3. Optimise leadership and effort across the consortium to build up a proposal effectively and efficiently
  • 4. Communicate your idea with clarity and conviction
  • 5. Discover insights related to common weaknesses
  • 6. Learn which features could get you that extra half mark that could be the difference between success and failure
  • Strategic approach to writing an application
  • ERINN Proposal Pathway methodology
  • Part A: General Information, Participants, Budget, Ethics and Security, Other questions
  • Evaluation Process Overview
  • Part B: Detailed Analysis
    1. Excellence
    2. Impact
    3. Implementation

  • Write smart objectives

  • Frame ambition

  • Manage data

  • Practice Gantt and pert tables

  • Learn to manage risk

  • Develop a good budge

  • Craft a winning narrative

  • Evaluation Summary Reports

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