ADVANCED TRAINING | Horizon Europe Proposal Writing | 28-29-30 August 2025

Training Overview

Brussels Academy in cooperation with Vocal Europe , – a Brussels based Think Tank, has been training professionals via structured trainings and mentorship programs to empower them with competences that would facilitate their access to the job market. In that respect, a series of professional trainings on how to access European Programmes is being offered in cooperation with Brussels Academy.

Participating in an EU call for proposals requires a good knowledge of the rules and procedures for setting up and submitting a successful proposal. However, reading the documentation an trying to put it in practice is not necessarily a straightforward exercise.

This advanced training programme aims at substantially increasing and enhancing, for those who already have a basic knowledge of the topics, the understanding of the EU Horizon Europe Program, the main EU Funding Instrument supporting Research and Innovation project, thus allowing the participants to increase the quality of their project proposals and to increase their chance for success in applying for and managing of EU projects.

At the end of the training, the Advanced Project Proposal Writers or Project Managers will be able to:

• Better understand how the EU Horizon Europe Programme function and to select the most appropriate calls for proposals
• Be familiar with the tips and tricks needed for successfully applying to Horizon Europe calls for proposals
• Be better prepared to work in the frame of funded projects of EU calls
• Implement and monitor project activities, budget, time schedules and work packages
• The training will aim at increasing the participants’ skills chances to successfully appling for the following positions:
• Project Officer
• Project Assistant
• Junior Project Manager
• Project administrator
• Project proposal writer

Target Audience

The training is designed for members of universities, research institutes, private companies, SMEs and startups, NGOs, students and individuals who already have some experience in applying for EU projects, and are interested in deepening their expertise on writing project proposals.

In fact a prerequisite for applying to this advanced training is to be familiar with such concepts as the Participant Portal, a list of workpackages, deliverables, milestones and budgetary issues to name just a few.

This training will be focused on the biggest EU programme for research and innovation (Horizon Europe), but the principles that will be presented can be useful for application for any other open calls for EU competitive grants and other tenders/funders.
Training programme:

When

The training will take place on 28-29-30 August 2025

Deadline

27 August 2025

Fee

650 Euros (+ 21% VAT)

Trainer

Raniero Chelli, Senior Trainer

Training Content

The training lasts for  12 consecutive hours. The agenda for this event is shown below:

Day I

The future of Horizon Europe and the main lessons learnt in proposal writing

Time slot	Topic
10:00 – 12:00	Introduction The Horizon Europe programme, current status and Future developments (preparation of FP10)
12:00 – 13:00	Lunch Break
13:00 – 15:00	Proposal writing: lessons learnt, mistakes to be avoided in Setting up the partnership Reading the  Application Forms Reading the call documentation
15:00	End of the 1st Day

Day II

Tips and tricks in proposal writing and dealing with “horizontal issues”

Time slot	Topic
10:00 – 12:00	Deep analysis of the application forms: tips and tricks.
12:00 – 13:00	Lunch Break
13:00 – 15:00	Horizontal issues: Project management Dissemination, Exploitation, Communication Sustainability Gender issues, Quality Plan, Data Management Plan, Ethical Issues, DNSH principles
15:00	End of the 2nd Day

Day III

IT and AI support for proposal writing, budget implementation: a practical approach

Time slot	Topic
10:00 – 12:00	IT and AI tools supporting proposal writing and budget elaboration
12:00 – 13:00	Lunch Break
13:00 – 15:00	Financial issues preparation and monitoring The Different models: Lump Sum, Full Budget Simulation of different types of budgetary implementations: standard mode, lump sum approach.
15:00	End of the 3rd Day

 

Certificate

Upon the completion of all parts the training, the participants will receive a certificate of attendance.

Venue

The training will take place via ZOOM, for which each participant will receive a link from Brussels Academy or Vocal Europe to have access to the platform.

 

PLEASE NOTE | The working language is English.