Tips for a successful aplication to the H2020-programme

17.06.2015 | Project Factory Creative Industries

Tips for a successful aplication to the H2020-programme

Jörn Exner

| Project Factory Creative Industries

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Talk to experts

Content

The Participant Portal

Formal requirements

Contact

Overview



• 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/



http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/


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


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


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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