In cooperation with META, a leading group in supporting research and innovation, and the exploitation of research results.

1. There are open H2020 calls – Proposal preparation takes time – You can bring your ideas

Several calls for proposals are now open with deadlines in spring/summer, and many forthcoming topics and draft 2018-2020 Work Programmes are in the pipeline.

Bring your project ideas and calls to the training course. We can discuss about your concept and you may be able to find your excellent future partners with our help, maybe amongst the training participants!

2. TRAINERS are ACTUAL Project Managers and Coordinators

This course is built on our direct experience gained over the past 17 years from developing and submitting proposals and implementing projects under the EU's Research Framework Programmes. The trainers of Europa Media are actual project managers, coordinators and financial administrators of EU-funded research and innovation projects. They are currently involved in more than 10 ongoing Horizon 2020 projects as project coordinator, work package or task leader, and are on a daily basis conceiving and developing their own project proposals under the open and forthcoming H2020 calls. This course is designed based on this direct experience and is therefore 100% practice-driven.

3. Two-day approach focusing on PRACTICE

Experience Europa Media's well-known and unique "learning-by-doing" approach – hear presentations introducing the rules of the game with examples, then practice your newly-gained knowledge during the practical and interactive workshops.

Day 1: Proposal Development Workshop

Obtain the essential hands-on knowledge and skills to transform your innovative project ideas into competitive project proposals in response to calls under Horizon 2020.

• Call analysis – the first crucial exercise: uncover what the topic is about, what the EU wants to finance, and how to effectively address the work programme topic requirements.
• Composing proposal text: understand how to best convey your ideas and compose text for the different sections of your proposal.
• Building your consortium: learn how to find and approach the right partners and establish a complementary team for your proposal.
• Planning your budget: understand how to plan resources efficiently and put together a sound project budget.

Day 2: Key factors of Impact: Dissemination, IP and Exploitation

Tackle effectively dissemination, exploitation, communication and intellectual property rights (IPR) issues in your H2020 proposals and projects.

• Planning dissemination and communication measures: get the right tools to draft a sound work package and a strategy for dissemination and communication activities in your proposal.
• Addressing exploitation and IPR issues: understand the complex aspects of intellectual property, data management, publications, business planning and sustainability issues.

Your benefits

Whether you have already written proposals and managed projects under FP7 and/or Horizon 2020, or will be just starting to develop a proposal or manage a project for the first time, this course will help you strengthen your your proposal development skills and especially your skills in tackling dissemination, exploitation, communication and IPR issues under Horizon 2020.

• Know how to turn your innovative project ideas into competitive Horizon 2020 proposals.
• Understand the evaluation process and context to better conceive your proposal.
• Understand the essentials of dissemination, IP and exploitation issues in Horizon 2020 proposals and projects.
• Get useful tips, tools and templates to better elaborate the Impact section of your next H2020 proposal.
• Network and exchange experiences with leading universities, research institutions and companies from around the EU and beyond.

Actual project managers and coordinators will moderate practical workshops, sharing their experiences with successful and unsuccessful proposals, addressing all aspects of developing competitive proposals under Horizon 2020.

Is this training right for me?

This course targets all those who have been competitively participating in FP7/H2020 projects as well as those who aim to participate in Horizon 2020 and want to develop their proposal development skills to submit winning proposals.

THE TRAINING FEE INCLUDES

• Training material in electronic format
• Coffee breaks and lunch at the venue
• Access to the My Trainings (downloadable background documentations, workshop materials, partner search)
• Certificate

Accommodation is not included in the course price and should be arranged individually by the participants.