Deep Talk - Master your skills in EU grant writing

In episode 3 of our podcast, we have an insightful conversation with Professor Tobias Ley about the benefits of failing when applying for funding from Horizon Europe's Pillar 2. Tobias shares his journey as a grant applicant and coordinator, providing useful advice and answering questions such as: 1. How can failing improve future proposal writing? 2. How can a rejected proposal be used in another way? 3. How can the experience of failing enhance the research team's resilience? 4. How can researchers benefit from failing?

In this episode we focus on the preparation of proposals applying for funding in Horizon Europe. Our guests, Dr. Anna-Maria Kaiser and Dr. Albert Kraler, will discuss these questions: 1. What is first: EU topic or project idea? 2. Coordinator or partner? 3. Coordination and Support Action or Research and Innovation Action? 4. Who contributes to proposal preparation/management? 5. A company for proposal management, yes or no? 6. How to approach a proposal?

In episode 1 we talk to Dr. Nikolaos Floratos, EU funding expert, on the second most important part of an EU funding application, the impact part. The following questions are addressed in more detail: 1) Why is impact important for the EU Commission? 2) How to structure the impact section? 3) What is the exact meaning of specific terms like "Scale, Significance, Potential Barriers"? 4) How should the impact part be addressed for the best possible evaluation?