Europa Media has 20 years of experience in writing proposals and implementing projects under the EU’s Research and Innovation Framework Programmes. Under Horizon 2020, we have been involved – both as partners and coordinators – in dozens of proposals and have gathered a critical mass of best practices building on successful as well as unsuccessful proposals. During this course we will share with you real examples to help you improve your proposal and avoid mistakes.

• Understand the common features of successful Horizon 2020 proposals

• Learn about the typical shortcomings leading to lower scores in evaluation

• Design your proposal to be easily comprehendible and digestible by the evaluators

• Learn how to compose text when you run out of ideas

• Get an insight to the evaluation process: how the evaluators think and how to satisfy the expectations of different types of evaluators

Jelena is a Project Manager at Europa Media with experience in call analysis and proposal writing with a focus on developing Dissemination and Communication plans and activities for Horizon 2020 projects. She is responsible for proposal development, project management, dissemination and IT task supervision under Horizon 2020 programmes. Currently, Jelena is leading dissemination activities for the SPEAR project, which aims to support the implementation of gender equality plans in academia. She is passionate about EU affairs and active advocate of EU enlargement, with a strong belief that the soundest way to foster EU integration, strengthen existing contacts, and stimulate a smart growth is through collaborative projects tackling societal challenges – such as Horizon 2020. Learn from her and Gabriella in this course.