Purpose
The purpose of the support measure is to provide applicants from the Widening countries an opportunity to have a free-of-charge pre-check of the proposal carried out by the experts. Expert will give recommendations on how to improve the quality of the proposal and increase the chances of receiving the funding.
Conditions
- The expert should have a high level of expertise in the field that corresponds to Pillar II, Pillar III or Widening participation and strengthening the European Research Area of the Horizon Europe programme (full list below).
- The expert should have an excellent command of English.
- The expert can be from any country.
Pillar II: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
- Health
- Culture, Creativity and Inclusive Society
- Civil Security for Society
- Digital, Industry and Space
- Climate, Energy and Mobility
- Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment
Institutionalised European Partnerships
- European Partnership for Global Health (EDCTP 3)
- Innovative Health Initiative Joint Undertaking
- European Partnership for Key Digital Technologies
- European Partnership for Smart Networks and Services
- European Partnership for High Performance Computing
- European Partnership on Metrology
- European Partnership on Clean Hydrogen
- European Partnership for Clean Aviation
- SESAR 3 Joint Undertaking
- European Partnership for transforming Europe’s rail system
- Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking
Pillar III: European Innovation Council
- EIC Pathfinder Open
- EIC Pathfinder Challenges
Widening participation and strengthening the European Research Area
- Widening participation and spreading excellence
- Reforming and enhancing the European Research and Innovation system
Pre-screening service
The expert should register in the free-of-charge wideraexperts.eu portal and enter preferences for the pre-check service (Horizon Europe expertise area and keywords). NCP (contact person) will compile a ranking of experts, taking into account: expert’s rating, number of matching keywords and pre-screenings performed. The applicant will select the most suitable expert among them. NCP (contact person) signs a contract with an expert who has agreed to perform the pre-screening. The contract includes, inter alia, confidentiality clauses.
The expert must contact the applicant and agree the details of how the pre-check service will be provided. The applicant and the expert should meet online at least once with the NCP included. After delivering the service, the expert uploads the service report and the recommendation of the proposal. The NCP must approve or reject both. In case of rejecting it, the NCP will contact the expert and determine what steps should be taken to approve the entire service.
Remuneration
Expert’s role is paid (EUR 600 gross).
User Guide for the wideraexperts.eu portal is available here
The action is funded by the Horizon Europe project NCP_WIDERA.NET.
