Step-by-step guidance for developing successful grant applications for EU funds and grants (Beginner to Advanced) (EU Funds-101)

A crash course on how to create winning grant applications for EU funds and grants. (There is a way).
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Duration

The course duration is min 3 hours face-to-face including interactions. It does not include any break time as well as any presentations to be made by other speakers that should be added if applicable. The structure of the course has been optimized consistently in order to achieve the highest effect at the least possible duration and ensuring the largest participation, especially of individuals with a busy schedule.
The above structure doesn't include any hands on practice. Therefore, in addition, as extra optional module, we can add a  0.5, 1 or 1.5 day that involves practical assignments, group work and customised support on the specific needs that each participant has. The ultimate aim of this module is for participants not only to understand the full recipe with detailed steps on how to develop a successful proposal but also to build them with confidence, energy and joy for achieving breakthroughs in EU funding era. 

Number of participants

 There is no limitation on the number of participants. They can be from 6 to 600+ as long as they can listen to the instructor (Mr. Nikolaos Floratos) with a lavaliere microphone and can see his projections on screen wall and what he writes on the flipchart). ​
For the Hands on Module it is better to limit the participants up to 50. 

Learning Objectives

  1. To think and act like a leader in EU funding maze
  2. To recognize which proposals will fail and which ones will succeed in EU funding
  3. To identify the most promising EU funding call topic according to your resources, experience and determination
  4. To understand the full EU proposal development cycle
  5. To develop great ideas for your EU funding proposal
  6. To connect with key actors in EU funding
  7. To receive easily and quickly critical feedback on your EU proposal
  8. To attract competent partners and supporters for your EU grant application
  9. How to identify highly competent EU proposal initiatives and get involved as partner
  10. To impress the evaluators with your grant application form

Course Structure and Approach

Module 1:
  • Why you cannot afford to fail in EU funding area
  • How to think and act like a leader in EU funding
Module 2:
  • Step-by-step guidance on understanding the EU funding workprogrammes and identifying the most suitable call topics according to your expertise and resources
Module 3:
  • Step-by-step guidance on developing a successful grant application
Module 4:
  • ​How to impress the evaluators with your EU grant application
  • Resources for impressing the EU evaluators 
Module 5 (optional)
  • Hands on Practice to build participants with confidence, energy and joy for achieving breakthroughs in EU funding era. ​
  • Duration  of this module as an extra/optional one can be 0.5, 1 or 1.5 day

Specialisation Certificate

All participants after attending the whole course can receive a specialisation certificate on "Planning European Funded Projects"  issued by Institute of Leadership and Management,  part of City and Guilds group.

Important Note

The above structure is of high value for organisations and individuals irrespectively to their experience on EU funding area. More specifically
  • Beginners will master the essentials and how to identify and involve their group into potentially winning proposals, 
  • Intermediate and advanced experts will be able to improve significantly their approach in EU funding and increase their success rate. 
  • All participants will get the full recipe on how to develop step-by-step a successful EU proposal

Available Unique Resources

In addition, we will make available  to all participants the following powerful tools and templates that are based on best practices from more than two hundred successful applications in EU funding:
  1. The Full-Module Training Handbook™ with the training slides for each one of the modules above
  2. The EU funding Champion compass™ that is a two page* workbook template for making each participant to think and act like a leader in Horizon 2020
  3. The EU C.R.I.T.E.R.I.A. toolkit™ that is a∗ snapshot with key resources, templates and examples for impressing the EUevaluators

Training fee

We offer the best training experience at the most economical price. Please contact us at [email protected] to provide you more details on the training fee for delivering this distinct course at your premises. Please indicate to us 
  1. the exact course you are interested in,
  2. the provisional dates that are more convenient for you,
  3. the expected location,
  4. the estimated number of participants as well as 
  5. whether you are interested in your participants receiving the ILM/City & Guilds Specialisation Certificate.

​Training logistics

A lavaliere microphone, projector to be connected to trainer’s laptop or to a PC, a screen wall, a flipchart and markers, wifi.

100% Satisfaction Guarantee 

We are the only training organization in EU funding that our approach is based on results and not on effort. We are so confident of the high value of our training that we personally guarantee on its quality, effectiveness and distinct value. In case, you are not satisfied with our training, then we will not get paid anything. Even if some of the participants have already participated in another related training session, we are committed to deliver an eye-opening session for all participants from novices to senior experts in EU funding.

About the Trainer - Nikolaos Floratos

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​Nikolaos is ranked by Google and Linkedin in the top three positions as funding expert. His passion is education and training and his mission is to transform the life of individuals and make them better persons with his training. He is also a Phd researcher in student engagement and eLearning. He is a lifelong learner with B.Eng and M.Sc in Electrical Engineering and Communications from Imperial College, London, an MBA from National Technical University & Athens University of Economics and Business and recently completed his Bachelor of Arts in history of civilizations as a hobby. The last 10 years, he has transformed thousands of individuals from more than forty countries into successful grant application developers through outstanding training and coaching practices. He is the author also of the ebook "Who are the champions in Horizon 2020 and what you can learn from them" and he is also the host and organiser of the Horizon 2020 Virtual Summit (www.horizon2020summit.eu) the largest annual virtual training event with more than 35 top experts in Horizon 2020 as trainers and more than 2500 participants. He is an expert on behalf of the European Commission on evaluating and reviewing projects and proposals since 2003 and currently, through his research, he focuses on student engagement and he has proved that anyone can master even complicated subjects very fast by receiving training and support in an engaging way and with the proper instruction strategy. He delivers all his courses and seminars based on continuous interactions with his audience and based on “recipes” and practical steps that allow them to absorb easily what they should master and achieve extraordinary results very quickly. He has trained thousands of organisations, universities and research institutions from all over Europe on how to exploit successfully EU funds and has received more than 100  recommendations at his linkedin profile as a funding expert, coach and trainer. Recently, he has founded the Funding Expert Academy for transforming individuals into great grant application developers. A list of indicative universities and other european or international organisations that Nikolaos has supported  individuals on EU funding follow below:
  • Open University of Catalonia (Spain)
  • Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (Spain)
  • Sabanci University (Turkey), 
  • University of Bergen (Norway),
  • Seinajoki University (Finland)
  • Satakunta Univesity (Finland)
  • Cergy Pontoise University (France)
  • European Academy (Ireland)
  • Center for Research and Technology (Greece)
  • National Center for Scientific Research "DEMOKRITOS" (Greece)
  • Technical University of Cyprus (Cyprus)
  • University of Malta (Malta)
  • KU Leuven (Belgium)
  • Louvain University (Belgium)
  • University of Perugia (Italy)
  • Hogeschool van Amsterdam (Netherlands)
  • Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences (Netherlands)
  • European Academy for Education and Social Research (Ireland)
  • Olympic Committee of Serbia (Serbia)
  • European Regions Research and Innovation Network (European)
  • European Platform for Rehabilitation (European)
  • South Africa Research and Innovation Management Association (South Africa)
  • Western Africa Research and Innovation Management Association.