B.2 Horizon Europe Proposal Writing Focus: Impact - tailored agenda (Tromsø)

B.2 Horizon Europe proposal writing – focus Impact - Tailored agenda, University of Tromsø

AGENDA DAY 1                                                                                                                                                                  

08:30 – 09:00  Arrival and registration

09:00 – 09:30  Event opening and introduction to the course

09:30 – 10:30  Introduction to proposal writing under Horizon Europe                                           

• Work programmes, calls and topics – budgets, deadlines, submission processes
• General principles and features of HE proposals – understanding and tailoring your proposal appropriately to the EU R&I context
• Types of actions (RIA, IA, CSA)
• What makes a proposal successful?

(10:30 – 10:45 Coffee break)

10:45 – 11:30  Building a winning consortium

• Build the most suitable Consortium for your next Horizon Europe project.
• What are the key aspects to consider while building up your partnership?
• Your tools to find the right partners/coordinators: searching facilities, networks, events and more.
• Tips on networking events and virtual networking to be prepared in these times.

(11:30 – 12:15 Lunch break)

12:15 – 13:00  Key concepts and steps in proposal writing

With an Introduction to the Funding and Tenders Portal

• Finding a call and doing a background research: Checking previously funded projects, finding results to build on, checking policy documents
• Proposal writing and submission on the portal
• What to learn first? KIP, KPIs, interdisciplinarity, open innovation, Gantt, PERT, deliverables, milestones, etc – some concepts for proposal writing
• Proposal writing steps – key elements, templates to consider – what to discuss and when. Intro to the tools and procedures set up by the European Commission

(13:00 – 13:15 Coffee break)

13:00 – 15:00  Workshop: Call analysis and concept development

Under the moderation of trainers, participants work in groups on putting together a concept and consortium based with the help of call analysis.

AGENDA - DAY 2                                                         

09:00 – 10:00  From idea to Horizon Europe proposal – Excellence

• Drafting Part B of the proposal: Excellence – Examples, tips and templates from section 1.1. and 1.2 of the Part B of the proposal with lessons learned from evaluations

(10:00 – 10:15 Break)

10:15 – 11:30  From idea to Horizon Europe proposal – Impact

• Impact – The impact logic, Key impact pathways, impact indicators; Barriers; Scale and Significance in 2.1
• How to develop a DEC strategy – section 2.2

(11:30 – 11:45 Break)

11:45 – 12:15  From idea to Horizon Europe proposal – Implementation

• Implementation – Examples, tips and templates from section 3.1. and 3.2 of the Part B of the proposal with lessons learned from evaluations
• How to develop a sound work plan, and consortium as a whole considerations

(12:15 – 13:00 Lunch break)

13:00 – 13:45  Quiz: Section 1 and 3

• Questions on Methodology; Work packages, efforts, deliverables, milestones, consortium as a whole
• PERT diagram and Gantt

(13:45 – 14:00 Coffee break)

14:00 – 15:00   Proposal Development Workshop: Impact, Exploitation, Dissemination & Communication

• How the project will contribute to each of the expected outcomes and impact mentioned in the work programme
• Exploitable results and the potential exploitation strategies – how to transform this into a “plan”
• Defining the most appropriate target groups. tools and channels for dissemination and communication

15:00   Wrap-up and end of the course