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Winning EU Funding
Ten articles on developing competitive EU funding proposals, for bid agencies, research offices, proposal managers and consortium coordinators.
By Brian Baptista, CEO, Copenhagen Performance
- 01 · 3 min read
What an EU Evaluator Notices First—and Why Your Proposal May Already Be Losing Them
Evaluators score against criteria, not first impressions. But your opening pages decide how hard they must work to find the strengths you are counting on.
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7 Checks You MUST Make Before Submitting an EU Proposal
A polished proposal can still be ineligible, inconsistent or uncompetitive. These checks tell you which.
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NEVER Add a Consortium Partner You Cannot Justify to an Evaluator
A famous name, a friendly contact or an available organisation is no reason to join a consortium. A defensible role is.
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AI Can Help Write Your EU Proposal. It Cannot Make Your Consortium Credible.
The most dangerous sentence in your proposal may be the best-written one.
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3 Tools That Strengthen Your EU Bid: A Strong Network, Strong Writing and Independent Evaluation
No single capability wins a competitive call. The three that matter most only work when they work together.
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Could Unchallenged Weaknesses Cost Your EU Proposal 3 Points?
Small weaknesses rarely sink a proposal alone. Together, they can decide whether it gets funded.
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The Final-Days Rewrite: Why You Need to Say No to Last-Minute Proposal Changes
In the last week, a proposal is most vulnerable to the people trying hardest to improve it.
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Your Partners Can Make or Break Your EU Bid. Here Is How to Get the Best Out of Them.
Good coordination means setting standards and holding partners to them, long before the deadline.
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Why You May Be the Only Person Who Thinks Your EU Proposal Deserves 15/15
The people who know a project best are often the worst judges of how well the proposal demonstrates it.
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No One Funds Your EU Proposal Just Because You Have the Best Idea
A brilliant idea is where a competitive proposal starts. The evaluation goes much further.
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