Our Services
ERINN Innovation offers a range of services within the Research and Innovation ecosystem.
Innovation services and research support
At ERINN, we offer a comprehensive suite of services designed to assist you throughout the research lifecycle. Our offerings are organised into four main categories listed below. Unsure about the type of service you require? Get in touch and we can help identify the best fit for your needs.
ERINN Training
ERINN regularly delivers training courses targeting Horizon Europe (Pillar II) proposal development, Horizon Europe project management and dissemination, communication and exploitation implementation. We draw on knowledge learned from 30 years of experience in funding proposal development as well as a collective participation in over 150 projects across the European funding landscape. We work with organisations across Europe to secure funding for innovative projects, building client success from the top-down by providing informed technical support at key stages in the funding procurement process, as well as from the bottom up by critically developing skills, competencies and abilities of individuals and teams to be competitive in drawing down grant funding.
Our training approach
Based on our extensive experience with the EC Horizon programmes, including the support we have provided to over 100 Horizon Europe proposals over the past 3 years, we have devised a series of focused training courses. Specifically, we have identified several barriers to success we regularly see and have designed modules to address these, guiding and supporting you on your journey towards Horizon Europe success. ERINN uses a combination of engaging presentations, practical examples, and hands-on interactive exercises to provide a user-centred and outcome focused experience.
For more information on our training courses, please download the brochure below.
Communication, Dissemination and Exploitation in EU Projects
Dissemination of research findings and data: trusted communications experts for sustainable dissemination, exploitation plans.
Your EU research dissemination partners
We have over 30 years collective experience in communications, dissemination and exploitation, both as partners and Work Package leaders within EU project consortia. We also work with individual organisations and companies to ensure that their research and innovative ideas reach the right audience. Our project roles include:
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Research dissemination strategy |
Development, management and implementation of the plan for Dissemination, Exploitation and Communication. |
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Innovation Management |
Protecting your intellectual property and chairing innovation committees. |
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Data management |
Data management plans, curation of Open Data repositories, open science implementation and dissemination of research data. |
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Event management |
Organising and facilitating effective events such as partner meetings, industry brokerage events, stakeholder workshops. |
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Stakeholder engagement |
Strategies and activities that include surveys, stakeholder mapping, and targeted communication. |
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Communicating research results |
Strategic communication strategies and content creation for targeted audiences including press releases, public events, key achievement booklets and online multi-media content. |
Experience in research dissemination strategy
ERINN’s extensive project portfolio includes experience across Horizon Europe, H2020, EMFF, and LIFE programmes.
We offer a tried-and-tested Knowledge Management model to support you in all areas of research and EU funding proposals. Find out more about our Knowledge Transfer processes and our strategic approach to the exploitation of research results in the tab to the right.
Knowledge transfer: build a valuable network
Effective knowledge transfer needs careful guidance, stewardship and targeted actions. ERINN Innovation can support you fully with your knowledge transfer strategy.
ERINN Innovation: Your Knowledge Transfer experts
ERINN is Europe’s leader and champion for enabling and accelerating impact from research. We ensure that new knowledge is shared with the right person, at the right time, in a way that will maximise positive impact upon society.
Communicating research results is not enough. Scientific findings with innovation potential need to be identified, evaluated, and targeted in an accessible way to users who can apply this new knowledge to achieve impact.
Experience
Building on over a decade of experience, our proven Knowledge Transfer methodology has helped clients and project partners to achieve tangible impact from research results through their transfer to industry, policy, decision makers and society.
ERINN leads Knowledge Management and Exploitation activities across our portfolio of EU-funded projects, working with partners to ensure that knowledge outputs are collected, shared and transferred to the people and industries who will benefit most. Our Knowledge Management and Transfer strategies have been developed and implemented in more than 30 EU-funded projects.
Since 2019, we have worked closely with the Irish Seafood Development Agency (BIM) providing Knowledge Transfer Services. Through our partnership with BIM, ERINN facilitated the transfer of commercially relevant and innovative aquaculture research and development outputs from research providers to the Irish aquaculture industry, enabling its development and evolution. More than 200 individual units of knowledge were discovered and described before being reviewed and evaluated by industry experts to prioritise transfer activities.
ERINN has collaborated with the Irish Environmental Protection Agency, since 2021, to identify key exploitable results from their funded projects and enable their efficient and effective transfer to policymakers and policy actors to assist them in making timely and evidence-based decisions.
Knowledge transfer is an understanding of what information is of critical importance to your project, the networks and structures that exist to share this knowledge, and how best to reach the groups that will most benefit from this knowledge.
Grant writing services are useful but a research and innovation partner is better. As experts in all stages of project design and implementation, our guidance will help you to maximise your chances of creating a winning proposal that will also become a successful project.
Proposal development: Your guides for developing winning proposals
ERINN has the skills, knowledge and capacity to provide support at various stages of proposal development, including guidance on concept, project structure, consortium considerations, how to approach the Impact section and how to create a strong proposal overall. ERINN believes that engaging with coordinators early in the proposal development phase enables us to provide better support leading to stronger proposals.
Through our hands-on proposal management service, ERINN offers expert support at all stages of the proposal lifecycle (exploration, formation, application, finalisation and submission). With experience across diverse EU funding programmes (Horizon Europe, Horizon 2020, FP7, EMFF, EIC Accelerator and Pathfinder, LIFE, Interreg, ERASMUS+), our guidance will help you to maximise your chances of creating a winning proposal that will also become a successful project.
With an emphasis on Horizon Europe Pillar II applications, our proposal support services include Training, Proposal Review and Proposal Management.
We live and breathe European research proposals, making it our speciality, and cutting down on the time needed to perfect your proposal. Our standard proposal review offer is outlined below. We can adapt the offer to match your specific needs and requirements, please get in touch for more information.
Needs assessment
Initial meeting to discuss the call topic and project concept, providing early instructions and direction. Timeline: 2-4 months before deadline
Concept note
Provision of templates for the researcher to develop a concept design, paying particular attention to project structure, consortium, Impact Pathways, and response to the call topic. Timeline: 2-3 months before deadline
Perfect the proposal
Written feedback to the concept design with concrete recommendations for improvements. Timeline: Return within 4-5 working days
Plan the draft
Meeting to discuss feedback, answer any questions and provide guidance for the preparation of the full draft. Timeline: Within 3-4 working days
Focus on Impact
3hr workshop with core team to work through the proposals response to the expected outcomes of the call topic and collaborate on developing the impact pathways (Section 2.1). Timeline: 1-3 months before deadline
Full review
Review of a complete draft of the proposal with written feedback and concrete recommendations for improvements. Timeline: 2-4 weeks before the deadline
Wrap up
Final meeting to discuss feedback and answer any questions. Timeline: Within 3-4 working days
Benefits
As experts in all stages of project design and implementation, our guidance will help you to maximise your chances of creating a winning proposal that will also become a successful project.
Based on the feedback from our clients and partners, we are confident that ERINN’s proposal support services help clients to: