Horizon Europe (Post Doctoral Training Course)

How to Prepare a Strategy for Horizon Europe

Workshop Presenters: Dr. Sean McCarthy Hyperion Ltd, Ireland

Method of Delivery: Mixture of On-site, Online (ZOOM) and eLearning

Overview of the Workshop

Horizon Europe is the name of the European Union's Research and Innovation Programme. Horizon Europe will started in 2021 and the last Calls will be in 2027. This workshop has been designed to help Post Doctoral Fellows and Early Stage Researchers to plan strategically for Horizon Europe.

Target Audience: Post Doctoral Fellows and Early Career Researchers in Universities and Research Centres

The course is NOT open to Private Consultants or National Contact Points.

Workshop Presenter: Dr. Seán McCarthy www.hyperion.ie/seanmccarthy.htm

Booking Details: Contact mary.mccarthy@hyperion.ie

Contents of Workshop

Session 1: How to Prepare a Plan for Horizon Europe (3* 45 minutes)

Module 1: The Horizon Europe Funding Landscape

Structure and Terminlogy of Horizon Europe

Evolution from Horizon 2020 to Horizon Europe

Funding Landscape for Horizon Europe

How to Present a European Research Strategy

Session 2: Identifying Opportunities in Horizon Europe (45 minutes)

Module 2: Pillar I (ERC and MSCA)

ERC (European Research Council)

MSCA (Marie Curie Actions)

Access to European Research Infrastructures

Module 3 :Pillar II (Clusters, Missions and European Partnerships)

How to Read a Pillar II Work Programme

Pillar II Clusters

Pillar II Missions

Pillar III European Partnerships

Module 4: Pillar III - EIC (European Innovation Council)

Background to the EIC

EIC Pathfinder,

EIC Transition

EIC Accelerator

Session 3 How Horizon Europe Proposals are Evaluated (45-minutes)

How to Study a Proposal Evaluation System

How ERC Proposals are Evaluated (Pillar I)

How Marie Curie Proposals are Evaluated (Pillar I)

How Pillar II Proposals are Evaluated

How EIC Pathfinder Proposals are Evaluated (Pillar III)

How EIC Accelerator Proposals are Evaluated (Pillar III)

Workshops for Pillar II (Horizon Europe)

Getting Ready for Pillar II Proposals (2 * 45 minutes)

(Workshop for Newcomers to Pillar II)

Sources of Information for Pillar II

Identifying Opportunities in Pillar II

Expert Groups consulted for Pillar II Topics

How Partners are Selected for Pillar II Proposals

Sources of Ideas for Pillar II Proposals

How to Write a Competitive Proposal for Pillar II (2*45 minutes)

(Workshop for Coordinators of Pillar II Proposals)

Sources of Information for Pillar II Proposals

Profile of Researchers with High Success Rates in Pillar II

How to Analyse a Pillar II Work Programme

Proposal Intelligence for Pillar II Topics

Pillar II Evaluation Criteria

How Pillar II Proposals are Evaluated

Guideline for Writing Pillar II Proposals

Programme Designers and Presenters

Dr. Seán McCarthy

The programme will be presented by Dr. Sean McCarthy of Hyperion Ltd (www.hyperion.ie). In 2017 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 74 of these top 100 universities and research organisations.

Since 1995 over 140,000 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).

Sean 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 he was the coordinator. Four of Hyperion contracts has been audited by the European Commission. Today he does not participate in the Framework programmes but concentrates on designing and delivering training courses for organizations who participate in the programmes. More details can be found on www.hyperion.ie/seanmccarthy.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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