Pre-award support
Services
The different pre-award stages of an EU project are listed below with examples of support offered by the EU team (please note this is a non-exhaustive list):
Funding identification
- Horizon scanning activities
- Identification of suitable calls
- Support service to find partners/build consortia
Proposal preparation
- Topic/guide for applicants/interpretation service (to help you understand what the EC is looking for)
- Support packages for applicants including information and guidance, annotated templates, successful examples, one-to-one meetings
- Partner coordination (e.g. information gathering activities)
- Advice on non-scientific content of bids (e.g. impact, implementation sections)
- Proposal writing for collaborative projects: non-technical section(s) such as impact and implementation sections
- Proposal read-through service
- Information and advice on eligibility of costs (please contact your Faculty office for budget/costing information and support)
Proposal submission
- Administrative support to submit your proposal on the Research Participant Online Portal
- Grant Agreement preparation
- Consortium Agreement preparation
