Project Planning

We Upset the Status Quo in Planning European Projects by Doings Things Simpler! — During my training and coaching sessions, I am asked “Nikos, what is the most important thing that people miss to consider and they have their grant application failed?” . I always answer that I am not sure on the most important one but definitely I can tell one of the most significant […]

What is one of the most critical things that you ...

1 Dec, 2017 in Funding Expert / Horizon 2020 / innovation management / Project Planning / proposal writing by Nikolaos Floratos

We Upset the Status Quo in Planning European Projects by Doings Things Simpler! — Often people get overwhelmed by the different funding opportunities that exist and consequently they don’t focus on the ones that really matter for them and have the more chances for a winning grant application. Here is a technique based on the five fingers that can immediately allow us to identify […]

How to increase the success rate of your grant applications

13 Nov, 2017 in Funding Expert / Horizon 2020 / Project Planning / Uncategorized by Nikolaos Floratos

We Upset the Status Quo in Planning European Projects by Doings Things Simpler! — Welcome back (that is for me)! I have been silent in my blog for a while but this was for a great reason. I have been focusing on organising the most significant event on developing Horizon 2020 grant applications, that is the 1st Horizon 2020 Virtual Summit. More than 35 […]

Why One-Page Proposal Concept can fail your grant application

1 Nov, 2017 in Funding Expert / Horizon 2020 / Project Planning / proposal writing / Uncategorized by Nikolaos Floratos

We Upset the Status Quo in Planning European Projects by Doings Things Simpler! — Here are the 5 myths and 5 facts instead about Horizon 2020 that every researcher must know. They are an eye opener. For more details watch the video below. Myth 1: Involved in Horizon 2020 proposals as a partner or coordinator can always be beneficial for me, my research group […]

The 5 myths and the 5 facts instead about Horizon ...

18 May, 2017 in Horizon 2020 / innovation management / Project Planning / proposal writing / Uncategorized by Nikolaos Floratos

In this new training video, you are going to discover which roles you need to engage for your team that will develop the grant application and how you are going to identify the most suitable individuals for your team. By the end of this video, you will know how to […]

How to engage the best team for developing successful grant ...

3 Apr, 2017 in Funding Expert / Project Planning / proposal writing / Uncategorized by Nikolaos Floratos

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27 Mar, 2017 in Funding Expert / Horizon 2020 / Project Planning / proposal writing by Nikolaos Floratos

access the tri-factor formula — I always say to my students that “Common sense doesn’t always mean common practice”. The video below involves five simple actions that you can apply now for increasing immediately student engagement and transform yourself into a superb teacher that adds value to your students and audience and transforming also their […]

Five things that you can apply now for immediately engaging ...

20 Mar, 2017 in Funding Expert / Horizon 2020 / Project Planning / proposal writing by Nikolaos Floratos

Being Unique is Better than Perfect — I have recently returned from Gambia that I was there last week for training Western African universities on how to exploit successfully the Horizon 2020 programme in the context of WARIMA conference. This is my second visit to Africa, since I visited also South Africa last May for the SARIMA […]

Why small H2020 players like African universities can get more ...

22 Dec, 2016 in Funding Expert / Horizon 2020 / Project Planning / proposal writing / Uncategorized tagged finding partners / h2020 / Horizon 2020 by Nikolaos Floratos

Erasmus+ is one the largest european funding programmes (around €15 billion) that financially supports transeuropean activities in the area of education, training, youth and sport. However, its success rate is only 18% (check latest annual report of European Commission) which means that not more than one out of five proposals […]

Six simple steps on exploiting successfully Erasmus+ programme

11 Aug, 2016 in Erasmus+ / Project Planning / proposal writing tagged Erasmus+. Erasmusplus / european funding / european funds / project planning / proposal writing by Nikolaos Floratos

eu audit — Financial Management of european funded projects as your sweetest dream I consult a lot of organisations and individuals across Europe on how to deal successfully with the financial management and the EU external audit of their funded european project. I always start my engagement with one phrase ” An expertise […]

How financial management of european funded projects can become your ...

11 Jul, 2016 in Financial Management / Funding Expert / Horizon 2020 / Project Planning tagged EC funding / EC grants / EU funding / EU grants / european funding / european funds / european grants / financial management / Funding expert / Horizon 2020 / proposal writing / strategy / training by Nikolaos Floratos