Proposal drafting support adopts different modalities depending on your specific needs. The objective is to provide you with the tools and skills to draft proposals while addressing the specific needs and obligations of MSCA projects. All services are independent and you will be able to combine them to match your needs.
For those researchers who prefer to write at their own pace, innoScope provides a set of tools and resources to write highly competitive proposals in a guided but independent way. This service can be combined with the proposal Checkup for major impact.
The
proposal writing suite is made up of three main elements, each of which has the mission of covering a different and necessary aspect of the writing process: an
guidebook
with examples and writing tips, an
information package
with the main official documents and a portfolio of
funded proposals
and highly scored sections.
If you would like to check and optimise your proposal before submission at a highly competitive rate, you can take advantage of the opportunity to have it reviewed by a qualified expert evaluator.
This is an added-value service for those proposers that follow the Independent Writing Itinerary.
This service will provide you with a close picture of the feedback you may expect from the evaluation process while giving you the chance to work on the weak points detected. You will get a diagnostic report that assesses the degree of compliance with the evaluation criteria in a qualitative way and provides proposal's improvement recommendations.
The revision service is intended for those that are leading proposal writing and need specialised insight support to ensure the approach and contents do reply to call requirements. It can be carried out in one or two revision cycles, depending on the deadline available until the submission date and the status of your proposal's development.
This service provides extensive annotation of a proposal draft. Contribution with ideas, templates and examples to develop the proposal sections according to their specific needs. And/or, proof-reading of a consolidated draft, including layout adaptation (page limits, fonts, tables, etc.).
If
resubmitting, a value-added option is to have the
previous proposal and ESR analysed to provide you with the most efficient writing strategy for your new draft through detailed guidance and recommendations.
This option is especially useful for those proposals that reached a score around 80-85.
If you are still in the conceptualisation phase of your proposal and you would like to check if your idea matches the call requirements, request a screening service to assess its feasibility. It delivers an initial diagnose and a recommendations report for you to guide proposal drafting.
For MSCA-PF call, this service is available only to institutional clients who request a minimum number of revision and training services.
Please notice that advanced booking of at least two to three months before the call deadline is needed to guarantee availability.
If you are interested in requesting support for your application,
A variety of training options to choose from
innoScope offers a variety of training solutions, among which the most popular are the intensive proposal drafting workshops and the orientation sessions. There are also alternatives for beginners, including research managers, senior researchers and junior students. The training offer can be adjusted to the needs of each client both in terms of structure and length, starting from a minimum content.
Interactive Q&A sessions of one to three hours to solve the specific doubts that the staff drafting proposals and research managers have about the calls in progress, providing solutions through the vision offered by an expert.
They can be organised on demand to cover specific subjects such as Open Science, Gender dimension, Communication, etc.
Customised one or two days workshops addressing the approach, preparation and drafting of excellent Doctoral Networks or Postdoctoral Fellowships proposals.
They lay the foundations to approach the writing process, providing relevant insights, guidance and examples to face the template.
An intensive multi-session workshop designed to support coordinators along the proposal writing process through a step-by-step guided itinerary.
They receive specific drafting instructions, annotated templates and examples, timely hints and advice while openly discussing major issues in a mutual learning context.
A three-hour module addressed to Doctoral candidates to provide them with an overview of the European research landscape and funding options beyond their PhD.
Participants in
MSCA and Twinning projects
can benefit from this workshop as well as institutions where staff upskilling makes part of their programme.
A four-hour workshop designed to provide researchers with the basics to draft the essential components of MSCA proposals with solvency.
This workshop can be complemented in DN modality with the development of
face-to-face individual meetings with the participants to provide them with additional insights about their proposal status.
Part-time workshop especially designed for managers at European projects offices.
The objective is to provide research managers with ideas to elaborate relevant institutional materials and guidelines to be used by researchers. And suggestions to carry out the revision of their proposals.
Would you like to book a session?
Ideally suited for
host institutions that want to reinforce their candidates' application. It can be complemented with a screening session.
Aimed at
researchers, research managers and proposal writers
that
want to reinforce their knowledge basis to write competitive proposals.
There is a wide variety of circumstances that may lead to a successful MSCA project and opportunities that can be seized from it. Based on your previous expertise and interests, we can design a customised strategy and provide insights that will help you to reinforce your MSCA participation strategy and the sustainability of your projects.
If you are in any of the following cases, you may take advantage of your previous work, contacts and proposals to generate a successful MSCA proposal:
Cost Actions / Erasmus+ Doctorates
Twinning projects
Research and Innovation Actions
Sustainability of research teams relies on the design of a robust research strategy that goes beyond MSCA.
If you want to identify calls where your ideas fit, this service will guide you towards the best options tailored to your profile.
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