Actual cost grant budgeting

Although the European Commission is continuously increasing the share of lump sum topics in the Work Programmes, most topics with a high EC contribution will remain unchanged and the actual costs will have to be estimated in the proposal and reported during implementation.

That is why it is important to be familiar with the "traditional" budgeting process, to practice it and to learn about the different practices, which can be useful if you want to coordinate or even want to plan your budget carefully as a partner.

There are several approaches. Some people plan in broad lines and then reallocate between cost categories if necessary, others think through and plan every cost item carefully. Which is the right approach? Which will be more useful in the implementation?

This webinar will provide useful practical budgeting tips and practices that you can apply in your next Horizon Europe proposal. We will also present the actual cost grant budgeting process from the coordinator's and the partner's perspective.

Topics covered:

 

• EC budgeting requirements, what should be included in the application form?
• How Part A and Part B are related from a budgeting point of view?
• Budgeting methods and examples based on our previous proposals
• What does the coordinator need to plan the budget and what information should be given to the partners?
• As a partner, how do I estimate my own budget?
• Budget negotiation between the coordinator and the partners

 

Join us and master the budget of your next 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.