What is different in a proposal/project?

How to contribute to Missions in your Cluster projects?

 

Horizon Europe has 5 missions:

1. Adaptation to Climate Change: support at least 150 European regions and communities to become climate resilient by 2030;

2. Cancer: working with Europe's Beating Cancer Plan to improve the lives of more than 3 million people by 2030 through prevention, cure and solutions to live longer and better;

3. Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030;

4. 100 Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities by 2030;

5. A Soil Deal for Europe: 100 living labs and lighthouses to lead the transition towards healthy soils by 2030;

 

They "aim to mobilise and activate public and private actors, such as EU Member States, regional and local authorities, research institutes, farmers and land managers, entrepreneurs and investors to create real and lasting impact. Missions engage with citizens to boost societal uptake of new solutions and approaches."

 

We will introduce the characteristics of a mission project and help you finding the proper approach to develop the concept.

• What engagement mechanisms should be considered?
• What governance models could be used or developed?
• How to build the proper package of research actions - policy support - and legislative initiatives?
• What is citizen science and how to plan it in the proposal?
• How to find key performance and impact indicators for a mission project?
• When you develop a cluster project proposal - should you consider the connection to missions and if yes, how?

 

Who should attend:

• Researchers leading or participating in a mission proposal development process;

• Grants office people helping researchers understanding the concept of mission projects;

• Research managers working on engagement of stakeholders and citizens;

 

Why Europa Media?   

Europa Media is Europe’s leading provider of practical training courses on EU’s research and innovation programmes. We have 25 years of experience in developing and implementing projects under the Framework Programmes. Under Horizon 2020, we have been involved successfully in over 30 projects, coordinating six of them. Under the first work programmes of Horizon Europe, we are currently involved in 11 collaborative projects, coordinating one of them. Europa Media’s trainers are actual project managers, coordinators, and financial administrators of these projects, sharing their stories and providing you with hands-on tips based on their everyday experience. For the past 20 years, they have been supporting all the major institutions as well as several of the NCPs in the Member States and countries associated to the Framework Programmes. This event, as always, has been designed based on our direct hands-on experience with EU research and innovation proposals and is, therefore, 100% practice driven. Our practical approach has attracted over 10,000 participants from all over the world in the past 15 years. Read more about our projects here.   

The European Commission has officially launched the 2025 Horizon Europe Work Programmes, marking the start of a highly competitive race for securing funding in the upcoming autumn deadlines. But what makes a proposal truly competitive? It all starts with how you read and decode the topic text.  

While many applicants rush into writing without fully analysing the requirements, those who take the time to extract, analyse and interpret the expectations of the European Commission within the topic text stand a much better chance of success.

This free 45-minute webinar will show you what those important elements are, how to find and utilize them to build a competitive proposal.  

Our expert Jelena will show you step-by-step how to analyse a complex Horizon Europe Cluster 1 Research and Innovation Action (RIA) topic.

You will learn how to extract essential elements from the text and translate them into your proposal narrative: from objectives and activities to expected outcomes, stakeholder involvement and cross-cutting issues.  

 

What you will learn:  

• How to approach and systematically analyse Horizon Europe call texts.  

• How to extract the crucial elements that should shape your proposal narrative.  

• How to apply the call analysis methodology to any topic you target in Pillar II (Clusters).  

• How to increase your proposal’s competitiveness in the newly launched 2025 calls.  

  

Don’t miss this chance to boost your proposal development skills and gain a competitive edge in the 2025 Horizon Europe application race! 

  

Who is this webinar for?        

This webinar is for all those who would like to submit a proposal under the current and upcoming calls of Horizon Europe. It is suitable for beginner as well as advanced participants who would like to get practical tips and tools for making sure that their proposals are within scope and competitively address all the call requirements. 

 

Why Europa Media?    

Europa Media is Europe’s leading provider of practical training courses on EU’s research and innovation programmes. We have 25 years of experience in developing and implementing projects under the Framework Programmes. Under Horizon 2020, we have been involved successfully in over 30 projects, coordinating six of them. Under the first work programmes of Horizon Europe, we are currently involved in 11 collaborative projects, coordinating one of them. Europa Media’s trainers are actual project managers, coordinators, and financial administrators of these projects, sharing their stories and providing you with hands-on tips based on their everyday experience. For the past 20 years, they have been supporting all the major institutions as well as several of the NCPs in the Member States and countries associated to the Framework Programmes. This event, as always, has been designed based on our direct hands-on experience with EU research and innovation proposals and is, therefore, 100% practice driven. Our practical approach has attracted over 10,000 participants from all over the world in the past 15 years. Read more about our projects here.   

In the world of Horizon Europe, the term "stakeholder engagement" is everywhere.

But how often do we stop to think what that really means? Too frequently, stakeholders are viewed as a checklist item: an audience to be informed, occasionally surveyed, or brought into a single workshop for the sake of appearance. 

This webinar explores how Design Thinking helps move beyond tokenistic engagement toward deep collaboration. Through concrete tools and real project examples, participants will learn how to apply the DT mindset at every level of the Stakeholder Engagement Spectrum.

 

Learning objectives

Participants will: 

• Understand the Stakeholder Engagement Spectrum and where their project sits. 

• Understand the role of co-creation and stakeholder engagement in proposal writing. 

• Learn how Design Thinking can boost co-creation across their projects. 

• Discover tools for empathy, definition, and ideation with stakeholders. 

 

Who should attend:

Project managers, communication professionals, and researchers involved in Horizon Europe proposal writing and project implementation. 

 

Why Europa Media?   

Europa Media is Europe’s leading provider of practical training courses on EU’s research and innovation programmes. We have 25 years of experience in developing and implementing projects under the Framework Programmes. Under Horizon 2020, we have been involved successfully in over 30 projects, coordinating six of them. Under the first work programmes of Horizon Europe, we are currently involved in 11 collaborative projects, coordinating one of them. Europa Media’s trainers are actual project managers, coordinators, and financial administrators of these projects, sharing their stories and providing you with hands-on tips based on their everyday experience. For the past 20 years, they have been supporting all the major institutions as well as several of the NCPs in the Member States and countries associated to the Framework Programmes. This event, as always, has been designed based on our direct hands-on experience with EU research and innovation proposals and is, therefore, 100% practice driven. Our practical approach has attracted over 10,000 participants from all over the world in the past 15 years. Read more about our projects here.   

 

Horizon Europe projects demand not only excellent research and innovation but also professional project management and accurate reporting. Fulfilling the periodic reporting obligations is a key requirement to secure your next payment and successfully close your project.

This free 45-minute webinar will introduce you to the essentials of Horizon Europe Periodic Reporting, covering both the technical and financial aspects, with a special focus on best practices and common pitfalls. Based on real-life reporting experiences, this session will give you practical insights to improve the quality, consistency, and credibility of your reports. 

Whether you are a newcomer or an experienced manager looking to refresh your knowledge, this session will help you navigate the EU Funding & Tenders Portal, understand the interdependencies between the technical narrative and the financial statements, and avoid typical reporting mistakes.

You’ll also get hands-on tips for explaining deviations, ensuring alignment between continuous updates and periodic submissions, and maximising your project's impact on paper. 

 

What you will learn: 

• Overview of the Horizon Europe Periodic Reporting process and its structure. 

• Key responsibilities of project partners and the coordinator. 

• How to connect the Technical and Financial reports for consistency and credibility. 

• The role of Continuous Reporting in feeding the Periodic Report. 

• Practical tips for justifying technical and financial deviations effectively. 

 

Don’t miss this opportunity to strengthen your reporting skills and boost your project management confidence! 

Register now for this free webinar designed for project managers, grant managers, and coordinators of Horizon Europe projects who want to learn the essentials or refresh their knowledge!

 

Why Europa Media?   

Europa Media is Europe’s leading provider of practical training courses on EU’s research and innovation programmes. We have 25 years of experience in developing and implementing projects under the Framework Programmes. Under Horizon 2020, we have been involved successfully in over 30 projects, coordinating six of them. Under the first work programmes of Horizon Europe, we are currently involved in 11 collaborative projects, coordinating one of them. Europa Media’s trainers are actual project managers, coordinators, and financial administrators of these projects, sharing their stories and providing you with hands-on tips based on their everyday experience. For the past 20 years, they have been supporting all the major institutions as well as several of the NCPs in the Member States and countries associated to the Framework Programmes. This event, as always, has been designed based on our direct hands-on experience with EU research and innovation proposals and is, therefore, 100% practice driven. Our practical approach has attracted over 10,000 participants from all over the world in the past 15 years. Read more about our projects here.   

The proposal Submission Service from Abstract to Ethics 

 

Are you coordinating a Horizon Europe proposal or involved in a proposal as partner?

The proposal preparation and submission process comes with several items to tick in a systematic way. This includes properly handing the proposal Submission Service from appropriately registering a proposal to adding partners and filling in all the forms: from Abstract to Ethics, from Partner admin forms to Budget. 

This webinar will provide you a checklist of issues to pay attention to before and during the submission of your proposal and to clarify doubts on some aspects of the administrative forms in Part A. It will also help ensure that you do not fail on the admissibility and eligibility criteria.   

Topics covered: 

• What does a perfect Abstract look like? 

• Partner profiles: Who to include in the “Researchers” table, how to select “Publications” and “Projects” 

• Who should have a GEP? 

• How to ensure consistency between the detailed lump sum budget and the budget under the A-3 form 

• How detailed should the Ethics section be? 

• When should the Security section be filled in? 

• What are the links and overlaps between Part A and Part B of the proposal? 

Join us and get ready to smoothly submit your proposal! 

 

Why Europa Media?    

Europa Media is Europe’s leading provider of practical training courses on EU’s research and innovation programmes. We have 25 years of experience in developing and implementing projects under the Framework Programmes. Under Horizon 2020, we have been involved successfully in over 30 projects, coordinating six of them. Under the first work programmes of Horizon Europe, we are currently involved in 11 collaborative projects, coordinating one of them. Europa Media’s trainers are actual project managers, coordinators, and financial administrators of these projects, sharing their stories and providing you with hands-on tips based on their everyday experience. For the past 20 years, they have been supporting all the major institutions as well as several of the NCPs in the Member States and countries associated to the Framework Programmes. This event, as always, has been designed based on our direct hands-on experience with EU research and innovation proposals and is, therefore, 100% practice driven. Our practical approach has attracted over 10,000 participants from all over the world in the past 15 years. Read more about our projects here.   

59 R&I partnerships - get to know them - what they fund, how they fund it 

 

 

The European Commission has supported already 49 European Partnerships under Horizon Europe. There will be 10 more launched within the 2025-2027 period.

Do you know what the EC funds in the partnerships?

Do you know that there are three main types of partnerships that come with different collaborative systems that means special application and management procedures?

The partnerships may also come up with special rules. There may be also different funding rates applicable to the different partnership projects. On a positive note, 95% of all financial rules will be the same as in a standard collaborative project funded under the Clusters.  

 "The aim of European Partnerships with EU and associated countries, the private sector, foundations and other stakeholders is to deliver on global challenges and modernise industry." To achieve this aim, different kind of consortia shall implement specific innovation focused projects. 

The webinar will introduce all types of partnerships and give examples of forthcoming topics of the draft 2025 Work Programmes and projects funded under them. You will get an understanding of the main differences in proposal writing, management procedures, scopes of the project, consortia that should apply, etc. 

 

Why Europa Media?    

Europa Media is Europe’s leading provider of practical training courses on EU’s research and innovation programmes. We have 25 years of experience in developing and implementing projects under the Framework Programmes. Under Horizon 2020, we have been involved successfully in over 30 projects, coordinating six of them. Under the first work programmes of Horizon Europe, we are currently involved in 11 collaborative projects, coordinating one of them. Europa Media’s trainers are actual project managers, coordinators, and financial administrators of these projects, sharing their stories and providing you with hands-on tips based on their everyday experience. For the past 20 years, they have been supporting all the major institutions as well as several of the NCPs in the Member States and countries associated to the Framework Programmes. This event, as always, has been designed based on our direct hands-on experience with EU research and innovation proposals and is, therefore, 100% practice driven. Our practical approach has attracted over 10,000 participants from all over the world in the past 15 years. Read more about our projects here.