Coordinators are not indestructible creatures, omniscient and above the others. Even mindful, skilled and experienced managers can undertake disastrous and self-defeating decisions. They are required to navigate the…
Last year major changes were introduced in the evaluation process of H2020 SME Instrument Phase 2 proposals
Part II Some weeks ago we discussed the additional remuneration scheme of Horizon 2020, listing the pros-and-cons of this unique feature. As promised, we continue with an even more special scheme, the action vs. national project reference rate.
Let’s state from the beginning that the DESCA template is an extremely useful tool for anyone who is participating in a Horizon 2020 project; there is no doubt about that.
Part1 Whenever I’m giving Horizon 2020 financial courses at universities in the Central and Eastern European countries, I’m facing the same question: “Is it fair that in an international research project the participating researchers from Hungary, Czech Republic or Bulgaria…
On our first post of the ‘Go Visual series’, we told you about the importance of creating engaging visual content. In this second part, we want to talk about how to start when creating a visual identity for…
Have you ever been involved in a project as a coordinator? Or are you planning to take on this role in one of your next projects?
How are the Ambition and Impact sections linked in a Horizon 2020 proposal? What to highlight in which section, how these build on each other? What is innovation and how to describe that in different types of projects?
We will soon start a new project and the project manager appointed in our organisation asked for a meeting to discuss the tasks and duties. One of the issues he was not sure about was the tools for…
Under Article 29 of the H2020 Annotated Model Grant Agreement, all beneficiaries are obliged to disseminate project results, unless it goes against their legitimate interests.
Project Management Challenges We all know that managing several projects at a time can be a challenging task, especially for newcomers or smaller institutions. We at EMG group are currently involved in more than a dozen running projects…
The project team is excited to bring on institutional change and foster gender equality in research and academia!
December is about drawing conclusions and trying to take away the lessons learnt for the next year. Not sure about you, but for me here are few key lessons learnt in 2018 when it comes to Horizon 2020…