This category focuses on building the knowledge and practical skills required to design, develop, and successfully fund competitive research and innovation projects within the European and international funding landscape.

The programmes address the full project lifecycle—from understanding funding frameworks and strategic priorities, through proposal design and consortium building, to work package structuring, budgeting, impact planning, and project implementation. Participants gain insight into how proposals are evaluated, how excellence, impact, and implementation criteria are assessed, and how successful projects align scientific ambition with societal needs and policy objectives.

Special attention is given to major European funding instruments such as Horizon Europe, MSCA, COST, and Erasmus+, as well as to interdisciplinary and cross-sector collaboration involving universities, research institutes, public authorities, and industry partners. The trainings combine strategic guidance with practical tools, templates, and real-world examples, enabling participants to translate research ideas into fundable and sustainable projects.

This category is essential for researchers, project leaders, and research support staff seeking to increase funding success rates, strengthen institutional project portfolios, and contribute to impactful, well-managed research initiatives at European and international level.

Certified Training Programme in European Research Funding, Proposal Writing & Project Development

This training programme focuses on the design and development of competitive research proposals within the European and international funding landscape.

Participants gain a structured understanding of major funding frameworks such as Horizon Europe, MSCA, COST, and Erasmus+, with emphasis on proposal logic, excellence–impact–implementation criteria, consortium building, work package design, budgeting, and risk management. The programme explains how proposals are evaluated and how successful applications align scientific ambition with policy priorities and societal needs.

Through practical exercises and a simulated evaluation process, participants develop the skills required to translate research ideas into coherent, fundable projects and to strengthen institutional funding success rates. The training is suitable for researchers, project managers, and research support staff involved in the preparation and coordination of research proposals.