Our Team
Our dedicated multidisciplinary team, comprising legal, finance, science and engineering professionals, have extensive experience in supporting enterprises of every size and scale, and in all industry sectors.
We can assist you with drafting the technical aspects of the application documents, ensuring they are appropriately presented while delivering a high degree of flexibility.
During this process, we screen your business case and challenge your ambitious plans and goals where appropriate, to enhance your chances for success. In doing so, we share the same goal as our clients: making sure the innovation at hand will substantiate and strengthen the business case.
The Process
Typically, we start with a up four hours free workshop to learn about your investment and R&D goals, determine the most important topics, such as your ambitious investment and R&D projects, the business goals, your team and finances. Based on this workshop, we will present you an report listing a series of funding opportunities opportunities and incentives for your investment and R&D projects and, develop a tailor-made grant roadmap and calender to gether with action plan centered around your needs.
The next step will be starting to work with you as a part of our Funding Scan & Advice Service Package. As part of this package five in-depth worksops will be realizied. As part of these workshops, we gather the necessary information to elaborate on determining which grant program are more suitable to apply and a successful grant application, and more importantly, we draft a business and innovation plan that will deliver on your company’s ambitions.
The second step will be Funding Aplication Writing & Submission Package. Our experts willbe working with you on decided grant proposal preparation and aplication work together with your team. We will be working with your team to apply all targeted grant program on time.
Why us?
Our tried and tested methodology is designed to help future-proof applications for incentives. We have an established track record in;
- Finding international consortia members and project partners,
- Assist your technical teams to determine how to use grant programs to finance machine, equipment and R&D investments and adopting new manufacturing, processing and business management technlogies,
- Liaising with authorities to facilitate a successful approach in the preparation of applications, and in helping to mitigate risks upfront.
We tailor our working arrangements to your needs, which can include a fully outsourced solution where we complete the entire application preparation on your behalf, or a co-sourced solution where we work closely with you on your application preparation. Once the application is successful, we can advise you on all relevant aspects of the received funding to gain efficiency and save you precious time and costs.
If you don’t have any concrete plans yet but are curious about potential opportunities for incentives for your business, we are also happy to set up an orientation call with you to help you get started.
Please find below our various services which can be given separately or as a full-package according to your needs:
- service package
- Funding application writing & submission servive package,
- Funding portfolio management service package,
- Funding compliance support service package,
Which funding opportunities are available to you? Which funding suit your technology investments, R&D and innovation projects? And how can you tailor your project to be more suited for investment and R&D funding? Our grant scans and optimisation service offers you a thorough exploration of your funding options, at the European, national and regional level. With our years of experience in grants and funding application and our many warm contacts with stakeholders in EU institutions, we can help you identify and make use of the full range of your funding possibilities.
Interested? Feel free to contact us.
Funding scans
In a grant scan, we investigate grant options for activities or investments your company is undertaking. We start by analysing the activities within your organisation, and informing you about current regulations and funds that match your activities. Intermediately, we report on new opportunities that arise, for instance when your business develops new activities or new European, national or regional grant schemes are launched. To effectively match grants to your plans, activities, projects and investments, we stay in regular contact, so that we can inform you quickly of new opportunities.
Funding advice
Once you have identified a grant, we can help you optimise your project or concept. We do that through a viability analysis, which looks at – among others – the novelty of your idea, the quality of your consortium, the impact of your innovation, and how well it matches with the grant you had in mind. Based on this analysis, you will be able to make a firm go/no-go decision to start a grant application. Have you already started writing your application? We can help you optimise the structure, argumentation and build-up of your application, and tailor it specifically to the demands of the grant body you are applying to.
Interested in a funding scan and advice?
With over 350 grant call proposal and scans performed annually, and over 20 years of experience, you can be assured that we will find the perfect grant scheme for your innovation project. Our experts would be happy to make time for a talk.
For innovative projects, a lot of national and European funding is available. We offer support by identifying the proper funding for your project, and helping you in the application process. We can write your funding application and help you manage the entire administration of your project. Or we can support and optimise parts of the funding application process. By using our service, you can focus on what you do best: innovation development.
Interested? Feel free to contact us.
Funding application writing: our service
Are you starting a project, or do you have an innovative idea that you would like to develop? We can chart all funding options available to you. This begins with looking at your ambitions and what you are trying to accomplish. We cater the funding opportunities to your needs. Whatever your sector or country, there is always funding available. Once you have chosen which funding to apply for, we can help you write a convincing application. We do that by connecting your goals to that of the funding provider. That will increase the odds of your project being funded, without damaging the integrity of your project. We then submit your application within the deadline and answer any questions the funding provider might have.
Funding submission: our service
Has your funding been arranged? We offer support in the entire process from setting up your project to executing it. We inform you of all financial, administrative and reporting obligations you have during your funded project. This starts with a kick-off meeting for your employees, drawing up a project handbook, and training your project employees. We also help you audit your processes, administration and reports to see if they comply with funding requirements. This includes reviewing of your project administration, reviewing final reports, and preparing for an audit by funding providers. We also help you set up a reliable project administration that complies with the demands of your funding provider, and is integrated into your exiting IT systems. These services are available separately or in full. The latter means we handle your entire financial project management on your behalf.
Interested in funding application writing and submission?
Are you looking for a successful funding application process and worry-free administrative process? Our experts have over 20 years of experience and an above-average success rate. We would be happy to help you.
Are you using the full funding potential for your cross-border business? Do know that you can take advantage of EU grants when you are entering other European contries as well as other contries covered by EU Crossborder and/or Neigborghood Grant Programs? More often than not, multinationals and large corporate enterprises leave their funding applications up to individuals as part of their business related tasks, without being backed by a centralised approach from the organisation. That leads to loss of funding opportunities and results. Centralising your funding portfolio management will increase your chances of success, introduce management control and ensure proper risk management. We can help you develop your funding management process.
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What is National and Multinational funding portfolio management?
Proper funding management is a centralised process that engages key stakeholders within the organisation, from the identification of opportunities through to compliance with funding requirements and regulations. It ensures that annual goals are set based on budgets and pre-identified projects with high probability for funding awards. A centralised organisation will provide risk control and efficiency as well as sharing of best practices. We do this by installing a centralised funding management process in combination with local hands-on support for your business.
National and Multinational portfolio management: our approach
We help you identify how your business is currently organised: are you organised centrally, or do you plan centrally but decide locally? Answering this question gives direction to how, where and when you should organise the identification and analysis of grant opportunities. It also determines who within your business should be involved in preparing successful proposals and applications. To ensure successful implementation of your funding management, we also help you identify stakeholders within your organisation with access to crucial information on projects and their planning. And we help you collaborate locally with business and project owners and internal or external grant experts. Especially if you are organised cross-border and through multi-business segments, this approach very much determines your funding success and revenues.
National and International Funding is portfolio management: your results
Typically, introducing a structured funding portfolio management approach leads to an increased number of funding applications with higher chances for success. Moreover, the financial run-rate and payments of approved funding projects will be improved, resulting in higher cash-in results for your organisation. Finally, a centralised approach will result in more management control in terms of increased compliance towards the often complex financial and legal funding requirements.
Interested in national and international funding portfolio management?
Our funding management approach has been successfully applied to multiple leading businesses in Europe. Our experts would be happy to make the time to discuss how it can help you increase your chances of funding success.
Once you have been granted funding, you are obligated to meet a number of financial, administrative and reporting requirements. This requires specific expertise and resources. You can choose to organise this yourself, or choose to use our funding compliance support. We provide different levels of service: from informing you, to reviewing your work and organisation, to organising and executing your entire project management and compliance process.
Interested? Feel free to contact us.
Why you need to organise your funding management and compliance
All funding schemes, especially European schemes, include extensive financial and administrative obligations. Most of the time, it is a tough task determining what obligations you need to fulfil. Also, carrying out those obligations usually puts a strain on your organisation, usually due to lack of personnel or lack of knowledge on funding demands. Moreover, funding payments are only done after proper financial reporting; not complying with formats and rules will lead to lower payments or even risks of having to pay back previously received funding.
Our services: providing you will full funding compliance and control
We inform you about the financial, administrative and reporting requirements during the realisation of your funded project. Based on this information you are able to set-up your internal project organisation and procedures. We support in checking your processes, administration and reporting, in order for you to be sure that these are compliant with all relevant funding requirements. We advise in setting up your financial project management, administration and reporting procedures. We provide tools and train your staff. And we are fully responsible for the execution of the financial project management; we implement the project administration and prepare and submit the interim and final reports for the funding authorities. We can help you with our full package, but we also offer these services separately; whatever suits you best.
How do our services work?
In informing you about your funding requirements, we:
- Arrange kick off meetings
- Deliver a manual for your project
- Offer support through a helpdesk
- Train your staff involved
During the review of the process and project, we:
- Audit the design and function of the administrative organisation and internal control
- Review the mandatory interim and final reports
- Check amendments and communicate with funding bodies
- Perform quality control on audit preparation
In setting up your project management, we:
- Define the administrative organisation and internal control (AO/IC)
- Provide tooling for financial project management and control
- Perform financial project management
- Prepare for and coordinate during external audits
Experience & results
We hava supported organisations within over 100 national and European funding programmes and fiscal regulations. With our funding compliance support, you get:
- A financial administration which is compliant with requirements set by the funding authority
- Financial interim and end reports
- Audit-ready administration
- Timely and maximised funding payments
We apply our advisor fee quotes for each service packages as follows:
- Funding Scan & Advice Service Packages: Firstly, a free information session of max. 3 hours will be given by us. If you decide to work with us after the free information session, an upfront fee of 5.000 EUR will be paid after signing our service contract. The fee includes a kick-off meeting of 3 hours, 2 workshops of 3 hours and a final presentation of the roadmap with a report.
- Funding application writing & submission Service Packages: An upfront fee of 7.500 EUR after signing our service contract and a final fee of 7.500 EUR after we have submitted the grant proposal. A success fee of 2% will also be charged on the total amount of the grant proposal when the grant proposal has been accepted.
- National and Multinational Funding Portfolio Management Service Package: An upfront fee of 6.000 EUR per month will be charged. This includes 2 meeting of max. 4 hours with your project team (first meeting will be held on the first week of the month and the second meeting will be held on the third week of the month), 2 detailed project monitoring and evaluation report and a risk analysis report. A 6-months fixed term contract will be done (this can be longer than 6 months if requested).
- Funding Compliance Support Service Package: Depending on the complexity of your grant project, this can be decided together with the client.
Interested? Feel free to contact us.
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Please find below a short list of different EU Programmes (non-exhaustive list)
Horizon Europe is the EU’s key funding programme for new and additional investments in research and innovation to improve production that runs until 2027 with rolling ‘calls for proposals’.
It tackles climate change and supports the creation and better diffusion of excellent knowledge and technologies. It creates jobs, fully engages the EU’s talent pool, boosts economic growth, promotes industrial competitiveness and optimises investment impact within a strengthened European Research Area. Legal entities from the EU and associated countries can participate.
The COVID Recovery and Resilience Facility aims to mitigate the economic and social impact of the coronavirus pandemic and make European companies and communities more sustainable, resilient and better prepared for the challenges and opportunities of the green and digital transitions.
The InvestEU Programme will boost innovation and job creation in Europe that runs until 2027.
The programme will be structured around four 4 policy windows:
- Sustainable infrastructure
- Research, innovation and digitisation
- SMEs
- Social investment and skills
Strategic investments focusing on building stronger European value chains as well as supporting activities in critical infrastructure and technologies will be possible under all four windows.
The Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) is a key EU funding instrument to promote growth, jobs and competitiveness through targeted infrastructure investment at European level that runs until 2027. It supports the development of high performing, sustainable and efficiently interconnected trans-European networks in the fields of transport, energy and digital services. CEF investments fill the missing links in Europe’s energy, transport and digital backbone.
The Digital Europe Programme (DIGITAL) is an ambitious EU funding programme that supports and accelerate the digital transformation of the economy, business and community in the European Union (EU).
The Digital Europe Programme provides funding for projects in five crucial areas that runs until 2027:
- high-performance computing (‘supercomputing’)
- artificial intelligence
- cybersecurity and trust
- advanced digital skills
- deployment, best use of digital capacity and interoperability.
Participation in the Digital Europe Programme is open to legal entities established in an EU Member State or an associated country. International organisations with a European interest can also participate.
Grants from the programme can amount to as much as 100% of eligible costs. But beware: the bar is high – the programme seeks pioneering, ‘mature’ projects that contribute to strengthening the EU’s strategic autonomy. This could include, for example, setting up a high-quality centre of excellence.
ERDF, the European Regional Development Fund, promotes innovation and low-carbon economy projects that runs until 2027.
Themes
The fund will enable investments to make Europe and its regions:
- more competitive and smarter, through innovation and support to small and medium-sized businesses, as well as digitisation and digital connectivity
- greener, low-carbon and resilient
- more connected by enhancing mobility
- more social, supporting effective and inclusive employment, education, skills, social inclusion and equal access to healthcare, as well as enhancing the role of culture and sustainable tourism
- closer to citizens, supporting locally-led development and sustainable urban development across the EU.
The European agricultural fund for rural development (EAFRD) finances the EU’s contribution to rural development programmes (RDPs).
RDPs consist of measures and projects that contribute to the EU-wide objectives of:
- improving the competitiveness of agriculture
- encouraging sustainable management of natural resources and climate action
- achieving a balanced territorial development of rural economies and communities
Programmes are prepared on a national or regional basis, and must work towards specific targets relating to the EU’s rural development objectives.
The European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF) is the fund for the EU’s maritime and fisheries policies for 2021-2027.
The fund
- helps fishers transitioning to sustainable fishing
- supports coastal communities in diversifying their economies
- finances projects that create new jobs and improve quality of life along European coasts
- supports sustainable aquaculture developments
- supports the implementation of the maritime policy
The new EMFAF particularly supports small-scale coastal fisheries, young fishers and outermost regions, as well as the promotion of sustainable aquaculture. It also aims to make it easier for applicants to access financing while improving results.
The Innovation Fund (IF) for climate is an EU funding programme for the deployment of innovative net-zero and low-carbon technologies. During the period 2020-2030, the fund will invest over 38 billion euros in the EU’s climate neutral future, making it one of the world’s largest funding programmes in this field.
The Innovation Fund aims to help businesses invest in clean energy and bring technologies to market that can decarbonise European industry, while fostering its competitiveness.
The Modernisation Fund supports the modernisation of energy systems and the improvement of energy efficiency in 13 lower-income EU Member States.
Established in 2018 for the 2021-2030 period, it aims to help the beneficiary Member States achieve their climate targets and the objectives of the European Green Deal by supporting investments in:
- renewable energy,
- energy efficiency,
- energy storage and the modernisation of energy networks
- support for low-income households to address energy poverty,
- just transition in carbon-dependent regions.
The Fund will financially support consortia of companies from different member states undertaking cooperative defence research and development of defence products and technologies. The Fund also includes mechanisms to stimulate the opening of supply chains.
The financial support is offered primarily through grants up to 100% of eligible costs contingent on activities involved and a bonus system that considers SMEs, mid-caps, and connection to a PESCO project.
Am I eligible for funding?
Applying for funding requires the creation of a consortium consisting of at least three Member States or associated countries (currently only Norway). Calls for disruptive technologies allow smaller consortia (at least two entities from two Member States or associated countries).
Recipients and subcontractors must be EU-based, with their executive management structure in the EU.
They should not be controlled by a non-associated third country, with exceptions possible through approved guarantees. Entities from non-associated third countries can participate, but under conditions ensuring the EU security and defence interests, without receiving EDF funding.
