What can I do for you?

My services include revising and editing your proposal. While each call requires a different approach, the key tasks involved in this process generally include:

Timeline planning: establishing a realistic working calendar and identifying the most appropriate approach to reach your audience
Scientific question analysis: clarifying and sharpening the core research question and objectives at the heart of your proposal
Groundbreaking nature: identifying what makes your approach truly novel and ensuring that originality comes through
Impact and timeliness: assessing the broader significance of your research and articulating why now is the right moment for this work
Methodology and work plan: evaluating the clarity, feasibility and presentation of your research design and timeline
Structural review: ensuring the proposal flows logically and reads cohesively, and meets the formatting and content requirements for the call
Specific to ERC: helping with the CV section by reviewing and strengthening the narrative of your academic and professional achievements, ensuring your profile is presented in the most compelling and relevant way for the ERC evaluation criteria + Panel selection, which is crucial! we will work on this from the first day.

ERC funding

The ERC, established by the European Union in 2007, is Europe's leading funding organisation dedicated to supporting outstanding frontier research. Its mission is to promote the highest-quality research in Europe by providing competitive funding opportunities to creative researchers of all nationalities and career stages.

As part of the Horizon Europe programme, the ERC has been allocated a budget of over €16 billion for the period 2021–2027, enabling it to support pioneering projects that expand our knowledge and drive innovation.

The ERC offers four core funding schemes, each tailored to a different stage of a researcher's career:

Starting Grants — for early-career researchers
Consolidator Grants — for researchers consolidating their independence
Advanced Grants — for established, leading researchers
Synergy Grants — for small groups of researchers tackling ambitious joint projects

New in 2026, the ERC has introduced ERC Plus, expanding its support for frontier research even further.

For further information, visit ERC

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Established as part of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) under Horizon Europe, Doctoral Networks are one of the flagship funding schemes supporting the training and career development of doctoral candidates across Europe and beyond. Their mission is to foster excellence in research training by bringing together universities, research institutions, and private sector partners in collaborative, international consortia.

As part of the broader MSCA budget of over €6.6 billion allocated for 2021–2027, Doctoral Networks fund ambitious, cross-sectoral training programmes that equip the next generation of researchers with both the scientific expertise and transferable skills needed to thrive in academia and industry alike.

Doctoral Networks offer three main formats, each designed to address different research training needs and partnership models:

Doctoral Networks (DN)
Industrial Doctorates (DN-ID)
Joint Doctorates (DN-JD)

Doctoral candidates funded through these networks benefit from a competitive salary, international mobility, and exposure to a rich network of academic and non-academic partners — making this one of the most sought-after funding schemes for early-stage researchers.

For further information, visit Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions

EIC Pathfinder

The EIC Pathfinder is one of the European Innovation Council's (EIC) flagship instruments, designed to support the earliest stages of scientific and technological research aimed at developing breakthrough technologies. Its core mission is to fund high-risk, high-reward research — exploratory work where the outcomes are uncertain, the questions may be unanswered and failure is an accepted part of the process.

Projects funded under the Pathfinder programme target low Technology Readiness Levels (TRL 1 to 4), and the expected outcome is proof of concept, which validates the scientific and technological basis of a future technology. Grants of up to €4 million per project are available, covering 100% of eligible costs.

The Pathfinder programme runs through two complementary tracks: EIC Pathfinder Open and EIC Pathfinder Challenges.

For further information, visit EIC Pathfinder

Horizon Europe

Since 2021, we have great opportunities with Horizon Europe (2021 - 2027): a budget of €95.5 billion, including €5.4 billion for green and digital recovery from COVID-19. This programme supports research and innovation through four pillars and 15 components. It covers scientific excellence, global challenges, industrial competitiveness, innovative Europe and strengthening the European Research Area.

Further information - Horizon Europe, budget

My services include proposal coordination and writing. There is a lot going on behind the scenes! Here is a list of some of the tasks involved in preparing a successful proposal:

- Meetings with the beneficiary(ies) to determine the concept behind the proposal.

- Analysis of the concept within the theme of the call (How does the concept fit into the call?

- Analysis of innovation - What stands out in the overall concept?

- Impact analysis - What are the implications of the potential outcomes of the proposed work? - Scientific, business, social and economic impact.

- Market analysis - if required by the call.

- Competitor analysis - an analysis of products already developed by competitors will be carried out if required by the call.

- Team analysis - highlighting aspects of the participants in the proposal.

- Budget preparation.

General coordination tasks: partnering, preparation of supporting material to be shared with partners, organisation of periodic meetings, preparation of a calendar of action points, etc.

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