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LIVE Course on developing successful Horizon Europe proposals &
​Strategies
8-9 Dec 2022,
​Athens

Step-by-step strategies for developing successful grant applications in Horizon Europe  (HEU-Open) before anyone else!

A crash workshop on how to create winning Horizon Europe grant applications - FULLY ADOPTED TO THE NEEDS OF THE PARTICIPANTS
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Covid-19 protected environment

Currently Greece is well protected against Covid-19 with the self-tests and with a large portion of the Greek population already vaccinated.  In any case, all safety measures are applied during the training.

Stress-Free Purchase

In order to have a stress free experience with your purchase, in case you cannot attend  the session for any reason, you can always transfer your participation to another person or attend any other training that year or in the next one. ​
SPECIAL PRICE! REGISTER NOW BEFORE IT EXPIRES

Exclusive Workshop in Horizon Europe

We aim to offer you  a unique learning experience that stimulates brain as well as emotions and eventually to transform you into a much better person not only knowledge-wise in regards to Horizon Europe  but also feeling-wise.  We personally guarantee  that!! (check our 100% guarantee clause at the bottom).
We have combined a vibrant
 venue of unique beauty and energy, i.e. Athens in Greece, one of the best places in the whole world with its unique eyeopening sceneries,  rivieras, archaeological sites and sunsets,  along with one of the  best trainers in exploiting European research programmes, Mr. Nikolaos Floratos (see testimonials and profile below) with his unique coaching approach based on the latest scientific results from his Phd Research on student engagement, 
Furthermore in order this face-to-face course to create an eye-opening knowledge for all our participants irrelevant to their expertise and equip them with the energy, the confidence and the step-by-step strategy to apply the acquired skills, we are limiting the participation . Places 
will be allocated on a first registered, first served basis. 

Confirm your seat before it is taken!!

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Dates: 8-9 Dec 2022

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This face-to-face workshop  has a duration of two days, 8-9 Dec  2022.  The structure of the course has been optimized consistently in order to achieve the highest effect at the least possible duration and includes also hands on practice in order to ensure that everyone  will acquire the proper knowledge for mastering the development of winning Horizon Europe grant applications. The ultimate aim of this course is for participants not only to understand the full recipe with detailed steps on how to develop consistently successful proposals in Horizon Europe but also to build them with confidence, energy and joy for achieving breakthroughs in Horizon Europe  funding era. 
High Value of the Workshop: The workshop will take place based on the latest workprogrammes of Horizon Europe and the upcoming calls and it may be adapted according to the needs and the expectations of the participants.

Venue: Athens, Greece

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Athens doesn’t need any special references. Along with the great food and cheap cost of living, the quality of life in Athens is very high. Athens is a vibrant city that combines beaches, cosmopolitan life and amazing cultural discoveries. 

Personalised Training

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We expect to achieve the best ever learning experience fully adapted to the learning needs of each participant. Therefore, we keep the number of our course participants to the very minimum in order to facilitate direct interaction between the trainer and each one of the trainees and accommodate all their learning expectations without any compromise in sharing knowledge and networking with other peers. However, since places are limited to just 15, you should register now since there are a few places left.​
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Learning Objectives

  1. To think and act like a leader in Horizon Europe
  2. To recognize which proposals will fail and which ones will succeed in Horizon Europe
  3. To identify the most promising Horizon Europe call topic according to your resources, experience and determination
  4. To understand the full proposal development cycle
  5. To develop great ideas for your Horizon Europe proposal
  6. To connect with key actors in Horizon Europe
  7. To receive easily and quickly critical feedback on your Horizon Europe proposal
  8. To attract competent partners for your Horizon Europe project
  9. How to identify highly competent Horizon Europe proposal initiatives and get involved as partner
  10. To impress the evaluators with your grant application form
  11. ​Prepare a strategy with detailed actions for your organisation, group or clients for exploiting successfully Horizon Europe and
  12. Prepare for the key success criteria in Horizon Europe

Course Structure and Approach


Thursday  8 Dec 2022, 09:00-17:00
Module 1:
  • To think and act like a leader in Horizon Europe
  • To recognize which proposals will fail and which ones will succeed in Horizon Europe
  • To identify the most promising Horizon Europe call topic according to your resources, experience and determination
Module 2:
  • Step-by-step guidance on the full proposal development cycle
Module 3:
  • To develop great ideas for your Horizon Europe proposal
  • To connect with key actors in Horizon Europe
  • To receive easily and quickly critical feedback on your Horizon Europe proposal
  • To attract competent partners for your Horizon Europe project
  • How to identify highly competent Horizon Europe proposal initiatives and get involved as partner
  • How to impress the Horizon Europe evaluators with the C.R.I.T.E.R.I.A. formula 
 Friday 9 Dec 2022, 09:00-17:00 Workshop Building the Horizon Europe Proposal  section per section

Module 4
  • Techniques and practices for an impressive Excellence section
  • Techniques and practices for an impressive Impact section
  • Tehniques and practices for an impressive Implementation Section

Hands on practice
  • Work on an idea related to an open call topic in Horizon Europe of your selection
  • Work on identifying partners or proposal initiators to a specific call topic in Horizon Europe
  • Prepare a strategy with detailed actions for your organisation, group or clients for exploiting successfully Horizon Europe and
  • Work on your proposal summary or in sections of your proposal  for a specific call topic in Horizon Europe 

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Important Note

The above structure is of high value for researchers and individuals irrespectively to their experience on Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe programme. 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 Horizon Europe and increase their success rate. 
  • All participants will get the full recipe on how to develop step-by-step a successful Horizon Europe proposal
No matter how big or small is your organisation (from a small SME to a large institute), you have the choice to be a leader or a follower even in huge Research and Innovation programmes such as Horizon Europe. Now is the time to start intelligently your strategy for your organisation or on how to support other to exploit successfully the current programme Be proactive and not reactive and make a difference in your organisation with the 5Ps. Proper Preparation Prevents Poor Performance. 

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 one hundred successful applications in European Research  & Innovation programmes:
  1. The Full-Module Training Handbook™ with the training slides for each one of the modules above
  2. The Horizon Europe Champion compass™ that is a two page* workbook template for making each participant to think and act like a leader in Horizon Europe
  3. The Horizon Europe CR.I.T.E.R.I.A. toolkit™ that is a∗ snapshot with key resources, templates and examples for impressing the Horizon Europe evaluators
  4. The Horizon Europe Preparation Toolkit that contains key resources and a template for building a strategy for success in Horizon Europe. 

Also access to more than 200 editable illustrations in powerpoint for the Horizon Europe grant application templates

​Impress now the evaluators without effort and quickly with our specially designed illustrations for Horizon Europe grant applications. More than 200 illustrations, all easily editable in powerpoint. Even data charts in the illustrations are linked with excel for editing the figure numbers to your own ne
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Extra Unique Bonus

  1. Purchase of VIP pass from Horizon Europe Virtual Summit  for digging deep at your own pace to any Horizon Europe subprogramme withe the support of 35 top experts.
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Example of resources accessed via VIP Pass

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Special price! register now before it expires

Stress Free Purchase

In order to have a stress free experience with your purchase, in case you cannot attend  the session for any reason, you can always transfer your participation to another person or attend any other training that year or in the next one. ​

Course fee

The fee for participating in this course is at a special price with a significant discount  due to COVID-19.  This fee includes
  • 2 days training,
  • all education material in pdf format,
  • Attendance Certificate
  • VIP pass from Horizon Europe Virtual Summit  for digging deep at your own pace to any Horizon Europe subprogramme withe the support of 35 top experts.
  • more than 200 editable illustrations in powerpoint specially designed for Horizon Europe  grant applications 
  • Coffee breaks
  • Lunch on both training days in a place with home-made dishes with a choice of meat/fish or vegetarian main course (Non-applicable for OpenCosmos members)
  • Use of the Internet and secretary facilities (Printing, photocopying, etc)
It doesn't include accommodation and any meals outside the training, travel insurance and transportation costs that you should arrange them on your own but we can suggest some affordable options.  It DOES include  though a free guided walk to the known and unknown places around Athens center. 

100% Satisfaction Guarantee 

We are the only training organization 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, after our training, you  believe you haven't managed to experience the transformation we promise you, then we will return not only the course fee but also we will pay back all your other expenses (e.g. your accommodation, subsistence and travel costs)!! That confident we are on the quality of our training and the transformation experience we can create!
Who else can do that!!?
Even if some of the participants have already participated in a similar training session, we are committed to deliver an eye-opening session for all participants from novices to senior experts in the topic since we apply unique teaching approaches based on science. ​

Travel info

Travel by Plane
There are daily several flights to Athens all year long with many airlines including low cost ones  AegeanAirlines, Ryanair: ,  Easyjet, Volotea, Skyexpress . It is a 30-40 minutes trip. Prices depend on the period and they start from 15 euro. Check regularly for offers from the companies. I

Accommodation info

We have made proper arrangements for  affordable accommodation near the training venue for all needs and desires but always at the most economical prices. According to your needs, we can arrange your accommodation  from a basic room in a clean and safe old hotel up to a more modern hotel with pool and breakfast but still at a fraction of what you normally pay for accommodation.

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 also the creator of the Valuefy™ platform (www.valuefy.eu) an online tool to support applicants to write section-per-section a winning H2020 grant application. 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:
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  • 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)
  • Middle East Technical University (TR)
  • FORTISS  (DE)
  • INSIGHT Center (IR)
  • Reunion University (FR)
  • 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.
  • IDEAL-LIST H2020 NCPs
  • Turkish NCPs


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