Training Programme for Horizon Europe
 

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Overview of the Programme

Horizon Europe is the name of the European Union's Research and Innovation Programme (2021-2027). These workshops are designed to help researchers prepare a plan for participating in Horizon Europe. The workshops are recorded so researchers can take the workshops at their own pace.

Target Audience: Researchers in Universities and Research Centres.

Course Presenters: Dr. Seán McCarthy and   Sylvia McCarthy (EU Policy Analyst)

Duration: Workshops recorded - the researcher works at their own pace.

Contact: If you are interested in any of the eLearning courses email sean.mccarthy@hyperion.ie

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Workshops for Newcomers to Horizon Europe

 These online recorded workshops have been designed to help newcomers s to Prepare a Plan  for Horizon Europe.

Workshop 1.1: Identifying Opportunities in Horizon Europe

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Horizon Europe Funding Landscape

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Opportunities in Pillar I (Excellent Science)

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Opportunities in Pillar II (Global Challenges and Industrial Leadership)

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Opportunities in Pillar III (Innovative Europe)

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Opportunities in Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area

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Third Party Funding Opportunities

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Funding Plan for Early Stage Researchers

 

Workshop 1.2 Strategic Networking at a European Level

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Partners in Horizon Europe Proposals

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How Coordinators select Partners (The Critical 5 Seconds)

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Strategic Networking for Marie S. Curie Proposals

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Strategic Networking for Pillar II Proposals

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Sources of Ideas for Horizon Europe Proposals

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Research Support Services for Horizon Europe

 

Workshop 1.3 How Horizon Europe Proposals are Evaluated

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How to Analyse a Proposal Evaluation System

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How ERC Proposals are Evaluated (Pillar I)

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How Marie Curie Proposals are Evaluated (Pillar I)

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How Pillar II Proposals are Evaluated

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How EIC Pathfinder Proposals are Evaluated (Pillar III)

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How EIC Accelerator Proposals are Evaluated (Pillar III)

 

Workshop 1.4 Who Wrote the Topics in Pillar II?

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From EU Policies to Pillar II Work Programmes

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How to Analyse a Pillar II Work Programme

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EU Societal Challenges Expert Groups

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EU Technology Expert Groups

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Examples of Proposal Intelligence for Pillar II Topics

Target Audience: Researchers who are new to Horizon Europe

Workshop Presenters: Dr. Seán McCarthy and Sylvia McCarthy (EU Policy Analyst)

Duration: Modules taken at researchers own pace. Approximately 4* 30 minute workshops                  

Method of Delivery: Recorded Online (eLearning)

Booking Details: Contact mary.mccarthy@hyperion.ie

 

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How to Write a Competitive Proposal for Pillar II (Horizon Europe)

(Workshop for Coordinators of Pillar II Proposals)

 

This course is designed for researchers who are planning to Coordinate a Pillar II Proposal. The course is also useful to researchers who are planning to participate as a partner in Pillar II proposals.  (The workshop does not cover Financial Rules, Legal Rules, Ethics, Data Management etc.)

 

Target Audience: Researchers planning to coordinate a Pillar II Proposal

The course is NOT suited to newcomers to Horizon Europe. Newcomers should firsts take the eLearning Workshops Newcomers to Horizon Europe 

Course Presenters: Dr. Seán McCarthy  and Sylvia McCarthy (EU Policy Analyst)

Duration: Course is recorded so researchers take the course at their own pace. Estimated duration 2 hours 

Contents of Course

Module 2.1 Profile of Researchers with High Success Rates

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Profile of Successful Researchers

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How Evaluators Read Proposals

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How Successful Researchers Prepare Proposals

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Addressing the EU Policy Language of Pillar II

Module 2.2 From EU Policies to Pillar II Work Programmes

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Structure and Terminology of Pillar II Work Programmes

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Pillar II in the Horizon Europe Funding Landscape

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How Pillar II Work Programmes are Prepared

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Diagrams to Explain the Relevance of the Idea to EU Policies

Module 2.3 How Pillar II Proposals are Evaluated

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The Evaluation Process for Pillar II Proposals

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The Role of the Remote Evaluators

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The Role of the Evaluation Committee

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Strategy of Researchers with High Success Rates

Module 2.4 How to Screen Pillar II Proposals (Proposal Clinics)

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Strategy for Preparing Pillar II Proposals

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The Proposal Clinic and the One Page Proposal

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Selecting Strategic Partners

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Template for the Pillar II Proposal Abstract

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Template for the Pillar II Consensus Report

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Steps from the Call to the Deadline

Module 2.5 Selecting Partners for Horizon Europe Proposals

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Different Roles in a Consortium

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Profile of Consortia in Competitive Proposals

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The Multi-Actor approach

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The Skills Matrix

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The Impact Partner

Module 2.6 Proposal Intelligence (Background to Pillar II Topics)

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Information needed to prepare a Pillar II Proposal

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How to Analyse a Pillar II Work Programme

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Expert Groups consulted on Pillar II Topics

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Examples of Proposal Intelligence Reports for Pillar II Topics

Module 2.7 How to Write the Impact of a Pillar II Proposal

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Concepts needed to Explain Impact in Pillar II Proposals

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Impact on EU Societal Challenges (Global Challenges)

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Impact on EU Industrial Policies (Technology Projects)

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Exploitation, Dissemination and Communication of Results

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Programme Designers and Presenters

Dr. Seán McCarthy

In 2021 the European Commission published a list of the top 100 universities and research organisations participating in Horizon 2020. Dr. McCarthy has delivered training courses in 78 of these top 100 universities and research organisations in Horizon 2020.Seán has been active in the Framework programmes since 1980. He has been involved in over 150 research proposals to the Framework programmes and has participated in over 60 Framework projects. In 16 of these projects Seán was the coordinator.  Today, he does not participate in the Framework programmes but concentrates on designing and delivering training courses. Since 1995 over 80,000 participants have attended his courses in 29 countries. He has presented training courses on the Framework programmes in over 290 research centres throughout Europe (www.hyperion.ie/clients.htm).

 

Sylvia McCarthy

Sylvia is an EU Policy Analyst. Based in Brussels since 2008, Sylvia has worked in the European Parliament and various EU consultancies and representations.
Sylvia has a Bachelor’s degree in European Studies (University College Cork,Ireland) and a Master’s degree in International Politics and Europe (University of Warwick, UK).

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