You already have a project idea and know which Call or programme you are aiming for, but need expert support to turn it into a strong, evaluator-ready proposal? With over 20 years of experience across EU policy and grants, including as an evaluator myself, I offer different ways to work together depending on where you are in the process and how much support you need.
Structured expert review and guidance as you write your Part B – from first draft to final submission.
You have identified your Call topic, assembled your consortium, and perhaps already started drafting your proposal. But turning that draft into a clear, convincing and evaluator-ready application takes focused expertise and time you may not have. Whether you are coordinating a Horizon Europe proposal for the first time, resubmitting a previously unsuccessful proposal, or simply do not have the internal capacity to give the application the attention it requires, you need more than generic advice: you need strategic and hands-on support from someone who understands what evaluators need to see.
The package includes three components:
I review the early versions of the three main sections of your Part B proposal: Excellence, Impact, and Quality and Efficiency of the Implementation.
Feedback is provided directly in your document through revisions, tracked edits and comments. I identify weaknesses and gaps, strengthen the proposal logic and argumentation, and suggest concrete improvements to the text. Each section review is followed by a Zoom meeting to discuss the recommended changes and agree on the way forward.
Beyond the structured section reviews, additional working days of hands-on support are included during the drafting process, scoped to your package.
Depending on what your proposal needs, this can include calls and email exchanges, support with interpreting the Call and template requirements, strategic decisions on proposal structure and content, targeted rewriting or co-writing of sections, and drafting or completing missing passages based on information provided by you and your consortium partners.
This allows the level of support to adapt as the proposal develops, including at points where more direct writing or revision support is needed.
Once your proposal is close to final, I review the complete Part B again, focusing on its overall quality, consistency, clarity, completeness and competitiveness from an evaluator perspective.
You receive a further round of direct revisions, tracked edits and comments, followed by a final advisory Zoom meeting.
Where agreed within the scope of the package, I can also take a more hands-on role in the finalisation stage: resolving remaining gaps, refining or rewriting sections and helping bring your existing draft to a polished, submission-ready version that is ready for upload to the Funding & Tenders Portal.
By the end of the process, you will have a stronger, clearer and carefully fine-tuned proposal that has been reviewed and developed from an evaluator perspective. Depending on the level of support agreed, this may range from strategic review and revision to more intensive co-writing and finalisation of your existing draft.
You will also have the reassurance of expert input throughout the drafting process and a detailed final review before submission, helping you present your project and consortium as clearly and convincingly as possible.
This service is designed primarily for collaborative Horizon Europe Pillar 2 proposals, though I also provide support for LIFE, CERV and selected other EU funding programmes.
A standard package as described above involves around ten working days spread over one or two months. Depending on the complexity of your proposal, consortium and existing draft, this can be scaled down for a lighter package or extended for more intensive, longer-term support.
To discuss the options and determine the best support package for your specific proposal, book a free orientation call or send me a message here.
For select projects, I write the full proposal in close collaboration with you: tailored to the Call, evaluator-informed, and submission-ready. This is available on a limited basis, depending on timing, programme fit, and project scope.
Fee and scope depend on the maturity of your concept and the size and complexity of your consortium, confirmed after an initial conversation.
Contact me here to discuss your project and current availability.
A strategic assessment to identify gaps in your proposal’s foundations, before they become far harder and more time-consuming to fix once drafting is underway.
You first complete a short questionnaire on your Call topic, project concept, consortium status, progress and main challenges. You may also send a short concept note, draft objectives or consortium overview of around five pages, which I review beforehand from an evaluator perspective.
We then discuss, over 90 minutes together, your proposal’s alignment with the Call, the project logic, the consortium set-up, the emerging impact pathway and the priorities for the next stage of development. Afterwards, you receive a concise written summary of the main recommendations and suggested next steps.
This service does not include a detailed review or editing of Part B, nor technical or scientific validation of your project concept. It is designed for organisations with a specific Call topic and an initial project concept, primarily under Horizon Europe Pillar 2 thematic Clusters and related partnership Calls. It is not intended for EIC Accelerator, ERC or individual fellowship applications.
The Proposal Foundations Check is a comprehensive, evaluator-informed assessment of your specific project that goes beyond the free guidance available through public funding advisory channels.
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