Eastern Arc European Funding Training Series
As part of its forthcoming ‘Reciprocal’ training series, Eastern Arc is hosting a discrete programme of European funding events.
Hosted by the European Funding Group (see below), the events are intended to support EARC academics in understanding, engaging with and applying for European funding.
Understanding Horizon Europe
If you are new to Horizon Europe (HEU), take a look at our simple primer as a starting point. It provides an easy overview of the programme, explaining each of the ‘pillars’ within it, the schemes within them, and what they are intended to achieve. The guide is free, and can be downloaded here.
Eastern Arc European Funding Group
If you want to discuss your plans and projects, contact the relevant member of the Eastern Arc European Funding Group as follows:
- UEA: Ian Beggs
- Essex: Giovanna Bono
- Kent: Sarah Tetley
- Sussex: Desiree Villahermosa Caballero and Gisela Hafezparast
Resources from the events
Where available, recordings and slides from previous events are below, as well as details of upcoming sessions.
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This event was designed to give you insight into perhaps the least well understood part of Horizon Europe – Pillar III : Innovative Europe.We were joined by Claire Griffin, UK National Contact Point (NCP) for European Innovation Council (EIC) and European Innovation Ecosystems (EIE) in Horizon Europe and Global Innovation Lead at Innovate UK. Claire has an extensive knowledge of the European Innovation landscape and of European Funding in general and has generously given her day to engaging with Eastern arc colleagues on this topic.
Programme
10.00 Welcome and Aims of the Event (ST)10.05 An exploration of EIC – Europe’s flagship innovation programme (CG)- EIC Pathfinder – taking forward breakthrough deeptech projects with a high degree of scientific and technological ambition & risk and potential to create new markets
- EIC Transition – validate technologies and develop business plans for specific applications.
- EIC Accelerator – open to single SMEs and start-ups to develop and scale innovations with the potential to create or disrupt markets.
10.45 Experiences of being a Pathfinder Award Holder- Sheng Qi, Professor of Pharmaceutical Material Science and Technology, University of East Anglia
- Professor Nigel Mason Professor of Molecular Physics, University of Kent
- Jeff Hartnell Professor of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sussex
11.15 Q&A11.30 BREAK12.00 Evaluation process for EIC Pathfinder & EIC Transition (CG)13.00 Q&AResources from the event
Slides from the event are available below:
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Being well connected is an essential requirement for anyone looking to successfully engage with international funding programmes, such as Horizon. But how can you best grow and maintain those networks ? What support is available ? Where should you start ?
This on-line event is designed to get you going with your network building activities. Led by University of East Anglia’s European and International Funding lead, Ian Beggs, Ian has over 10 years experience of engaging with EU funding and has a wealth of knowledge and expertise to share.
The session covered:
- Funding opportunities that can support building international contacts and networks;
- How to search for funding calls of interest;
- Interpreting funding calls and the key eligibility considerations;
- The importance of interdisciplinarity;
- Capturing your ‘Unique Selling Point’ (USP) (your potential research ‘contribution’ to a collaborative proposal); and,
- Finding and engaging potential partners/coordinators.
Slides from the event are available here.
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This event was developed to enable participants tohear – first hand – from academic colleagues who have been / and still are involved in collaborative research and innovation projects funded by the EU. Designed as a panel discussion, it was chaired by Eastern Arc Director, Phil Ward.
The panellists were :
- Andy Jordan, Professor of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia
- Silvio Caputo, Senior Lecturer in Architecture, University of Kent
- Haris Mouratidis, Professor in Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, University of Essex
- Heike Rabe, Professor in Paediatrics, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, University of Sussex
A recording of the event is available here.
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Eastern Arc teamed up with UKRO and COST to present an overview of Horizon Europe, and outline how academics and researchers can get involved.
Dr Antonino Puglisi, European Advisor with UKRO and Herbee Thomas, C.O.S.T UK National Coordinator, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology led the session. Antonino talked about UKRO’s role in supporting UK universities to engage with Horizon Europe, and provided an overview of the many different research and innovation funding opportunities available within Horizon Europe. Herbee provided an introduction to the COST programme.
Recording
A recording of the event is available here.
Slides
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In June and July 2021 we jointly hosted six sessions on European funding delivered by both the UK Research Office (UKRO) in Brussels and the UK’s National Contact Points (NCPs) for the EU’s new R&I funding programme, Horizon Europe.They were an invaluable opportunity to get an overview of the whole programme, as well as specific insights into different parts of it, such as the European Research Council, specific challenges or ‘clusters’, and the COST actions.
Slides and recordings from the events are all available via our dedicated page for the events.