Good practices for developing successful multi-actor project proposals: Focusing on predefined factors
Results of the PREMIERE project study show clear patterns in the factors that stakeholders regard as conducive to drafting robust multi-actor (MA) project proposals. The main outcomes underline that success depends not on creativity alone but also on carefully respecting what the funding call asks for. The cluster of so-called predefined factors encompasses those aspects of developing an MA proposal that cannot be changed without strong justification or substantial effort. Proposal developers can benefit if they ensure: (1) good understanding of the administrative, budgetary, reporting, and evaluation criteria of the call; (2) purposeful selection of partners focusing on their profiles; (3) deep understanding of the objectives, scope, and expected impacts of the call; (4) the skills represented by the consortium mirroring the skillset in the call; (5) time allocated for working out which are the right partners and the right focus for the proposal already in the early stages of proposal development; (6) internal formal consortium agreements being developed and signed already at the stage of proposal development. Overall, a solid understanding of the call’s requirements is needed by get into the nuts and bolts of the particular call topic text. It includes but is not limited to the project type, eligibility of and funding rates for different partner types, MA evaluation criteria, along with proper identification and strategic recruitment of the required stakeholders’ profiles, and addressing issues related to intellectual property and public access to results. These are the predefined factors that the consortium needs to recognise and react to if it aims to succesfully develop an MA project proposal. For more see 10.5281/zenodo.16778405
Preparing multi-actor projects in a co-creative way
Ongoing | 2023-2027
- Main funding source
- Horizon Europe (EU Research and Innovation Programme)
- Geographical location
- Germany, Estonia, France, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, Romania, Spain, Poland, Slovenia, EU member states