PROPOSAL PREPARATION

Proposal
Preparation

Our Horizon is to help you to prepare your proposal for Horizon 2020 or another funding scheme by elaborating with you a competitive grant application.

PROPOSAL WRITING SERVICES


Now that you have the idea and have found the funding programme, let us help you in this phase with:


  • Provision of templates according to Horizon 2020 rules.
  • Advice on the consortium composition and assistance in the search of additional partners.
  • Participation in preparatory meeting(s).
  • Submission of the proposal prior to the official deadline.


ADMINISTRATION

(Part A)


  • Registration of the proposal in the Research Participant Portal of the European Commission.
  • Completion of the administrative online forms for all project partners.
  • Provision of a document management system and collaborative workspace.


PROPOSAL DOCUMENT

(Part B1, section 1-3)


  • Set up of the Work Plan and definition of Work Package Leaders jointly with the consortium (e.g. Work Packages, Deliverables, Milestones and Contingency Plan).
  • Revision and editing of the scientific parts of the proposal (e.g. Excellence section and Work Packages).
  • Drafting of the project specific non-scientific parts of the proposal (e.g. Management and Dissemination Work Packages, and management structures and procedures for the Implementation section).
  • Calculation of the project budget according to the H2020 financial rules (e.g. requesting each partner`s financial numbers and justifying the use of resources).
  • Development of figures and diagrams.


PROPOSAL DOCUMENT

(Part B2, section 4-5)


  • Preparation and editing of the partner profiles (e.g. requesting each partner's profile and adapting these to the project).
  • Set up and editing of the Ethics & Security sections.
  • Support Letters of Advisory Board members or other external collaborators (e.g. providing templates, collecting these letters and integrating these into the proposal).



PROPOSAL REVIEW SERVICE


GENERAL & ADMINISTRATION

(Part A)


  • Comparison of document structure, including headers and other aspects, to the latest Horizon 2020 rules.
  • Advice on the existing consortium composition and, if needed, suggestions for necessary or recommended changes.
  • Revision and editing of abstract.


PROPOSAL DOCUMENT

(Part B1, sections 1-3)


  • Review of the whole Part B1 in detail and tracked changes mode.
  • Suggestions for improvement through added comments.


In an extended review, we also implement the following:


  • Revision of section 2.4 (measures to maximise impact), including suggestions for project specific communication, dissemination and exploitation measures.
  • Revision of the non-scientific work packages.
  • Review of the Deliverables, Milestones and the contingency plan.
  • Suggestions for improvement of existing figures and provision of new visual elements.


PROPOSAL DOCUMENT

(Part B2, sections 4-5)


  • Review of the partner profiles and suggestions for improvement through added comments.
  • Cross-check of compliance with ethics requirements.



GRANT AGREEMENT PREPARATION


Congratulations! Your Project has been funded! Contact us if you need help in any step of the Grant Agreement Preparation:


  • Agreement on the project start date.
  • Provision of partner information.
  • Validation of partners.
  • Verification of the financial information.
  • Completion of administrative forms (Part A).
  • Completion of administrative forms (Part B).
  • Signing the Declaration of Honours (DoH).
  • Signing the EU Grant Agreement (EU GA).
  • Consortium Agreement (CA).
  • Preparation of the project start.


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