Tips for a successful aplication to the H2020-programme

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Tips for a successful aplication to the H2020-programme
Jörn Exner

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Talk to experts
Content
The Participant Portal
Formal requirements
Contact
Overview

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The Participant Portal
• The calls and all necessary sub-documents are
published on the Participant Portal.
• Call objectives, expected impact, scope, type of
action, budget
• Documents (Work Programme, Rules for
participation, Rules for submission and
evaluation, Legal basis)
• Detailed information about EU-Commissions
expactations
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/

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The Participant Portal
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/

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Talk to experts
• Contact experts (European Commission, Agencies
(e. g. EASME, EACEA, INEA), NCP’s, Berlin
Partner)
• Discuss important questions:
• What is the strategy of my organization?
• Does my research topic fit in the H 2020
Programme?
• Is the idea innovative?
• What is the impact?
• What funding opportunities / concepts are
there?
• Has my idea realistic funding opportunities?
Foto: europa.eu/CoSME

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Content
• Keep strict to instructions and requirements of the
call
• Execute evaluation criterias completly and
convincingly
• Relevance: Topics cover proposal comprehensible
• Concept, methodology and work plan are
contentuel convincing
• Compare benefit of the project with the aimes of
the work program (possibly consider broader
context of research policy)
• Think along possible exploitation of results
• Develop convincing concept for exploitation and
dissemination
Foto: http://www.aboutpixel.de/foto/busy-businessteam-
planning/phovoir-mark/277762

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Formal requirements
• Clear, well-structured text (take care of a well
balanced proportion of introduction, main part and
concluding)
• Keep strict to the guideline regarding text length
(average 70 pages)
• Applications must be readable and easy to
understand
• Evaluators have only a couple of minutes for
reading and evaluation
• Highlighting key statements / points (bold, italic,
underline)
• A table / figure is better than 1000 words
• Understandable and precise English (involvement
of native speakers)
• Only delivering information with relevance to the
project
• Short paragraphs, highlighting keypoints
Foto: http://www.aboutpixel.de/foto/businesspeople-
discussing-performance/phovoir-mark/277760

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