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Time & Venue: Monday, 16th December, from 10.00 to 12.00 online

This course explains why some researchers (and research organisations) have high success rates in Pillar II Proposals in Horizon Europe. This can provide researchers with a plan on how to improve their success rates by learning how to screen proposal ideas, screen partners and prepare the proposal in an efficient way. The course is based on the designers experience in over 150 research proposals, evaluating over 200 European research proposals and coordinating 16 European research projects.

Module 1: Profile of Researchers with High Success Rates

• Skills of Researchers with High Success Rates             
• Converting Excellent ideas into Competitive Proposals             
• Research Support in Organisations with High Success Rates

 

Module 2: How Pillar II Proposals are Evaluated             

• The Evaluation Process for Pillar II
• The Role of the Remote Evaluators             
• The Role of the Evaluation Committee

Module 3: How to Analyse a Pillar II Work Programme

• From EU Policies to  Pillar II Work Programmes
• From Specific EU Policies to Pillar II Topics
• Outputs, Outcomes and Impact Pathways

Module 4: The Impact of Research on EU Policies

• The EU Policy Making Process
• How Research is used at the different phases of EU Policy Making
• Who writes the 'Impact on EU Policies'?

Module 5: Guideline for Writing Pillar II Proposals

• How to Screen Proposal Ideas 
• Selecting the Consortium 
• Compiling the Proposal

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 130,000 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).