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Applying For and Managing European Funding

Idox Information Solutions runs a number of courses designed for people who are applying for funding or managing European projects:

Effective FP7 Proposal Writing
Introduction to FP7 Project Management
Effective Project Impact
Preparing for Horizon 2020
Writing Winning Applications for the Lifelong Learning Programme

These bespoke courses can be run at your premises and tailored to the needs of your organisation, whether you are an SME, college, university or other organisation in the public or voluntary and charitable sector.

Effective FP7 Proposal Writing

Our Effective Proposal Writing course is designed to give academics detailed advice on how to write a high-quality EU grant proposal and find the right partners. The course can be tailored to your institution or department's area of FP7 interest.

Introduction to FP7 Project Management

Suitable for all university administrators and research managers responsible for implementing a financed project, this course will cover the contractual obligations of managing an EU project as well as the reporting rules and procedures and the EC's expectations on project delivery and evaluation. The course will also provide an introduction to financial management.

Effective Project Impact

With appeal to staff who are developing projects and seeking to write effective impact statements, this course will demonstrate how to plan and deliver on impact. It will cover topics such as capturing empirical data to validate the framework (surveys, case studies, etc); as well as how to plan effective exploitation and dissemination strategies.

Preparing for Horizon 2020

This course concentrates on the areas likely to be covered by the EC's new programme for research and innovation 2014-2020. It will explain how to identify relevant policy drivers, as well as how to identify partners and understand the principles of a good work plan.

Writing Winning Applications for the Lifelong Learning Programme

The Lifelong Learning Programme is the European Commission's flagship funding programme in the areas of education and training. This course is designed to give you detailed advice on how to write a highly competitive proposal. The course is ideal for anyone who is considering applying for any strand of the Lifelong Learning Programme - including Comenius (Schools), Erasmus (Higher education), Leonardo (vocational education), and training) and Grundtvig (adult education), and who wants to learn how to improve their bid and understand the criteria to succeed.

Training investment:

Open Courses:

£225 + VAT per person

Bespoke courses at client premises:

» One-day course: £2,450 + VAT
» Package of 2 one-day courses: £4,450 + VAT
» Package of 3 one-day courses: £5,950 + VAT
» Package of 4 one-day courses: £6,950 + VAT

Attendees at a course are limited to a maximum of 12.

(Courses as part of a package must take place within a 6-month period and must be paid in full after delivery of the first course.)

Further information and booking

Contact us on tel: 0844 874 0739 for more information or Click here to access our on-line contact form.

Click here to download a training brochure

About the trainer

Courses are led by Ritchie Head. Ritchie was previously Director of a Regional Contact Point for FP6/7 where he built a team of 5 consultants, in the first 3 years of FP7 they supported over 120 proposals. Prior to this he worked as a Research Manager at TNO in the Netherlands where he was highly successful at winning European grant funding. He has also worked as a researcher for a Biotech SME in Iceland, and as a Research Assistant at two UK Universities on European Commission Framework Programme projects.

Testimonials from previous European courses

"I found a lot of the information useful for ongoing applications. What I enjoyed most about the course was our participation was sought and we were able to relate the exercises to our own projects. Excellent."
- Katie Nial, Funding and Investment Officer, Northampton Borough Council

"Informal and interactive and a potentially 'dry' subject was made interesting."
- Ian Ayres, Business Development Director, Groundwork