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Introduction

Section: Introduction | Introduction to EU Reserach Funding by ENCARE | HOOU

  • Introduction

    • About this online course - what to expect

      This module provides an introduction to the topic of EU research funding and is essentially aimed at beginners. It introduces the overall topic of EU funding, shows the possibilities offered by the EU Funding & Tenders portal and presents various EU funding programmes. One focus is on the EU’s Research Framework Programme. It also explains how to become a partner or coordinator of an EU project.

      In this module, you will:

      • Explore the EU funding landscape
      • Navigate the EU Funding; Tenders Portal
      • Discover Horizon Europe
      • Explore other EU funding opportunities
      • Develop your participation strategy
      • Become an active project partner
      • Consider gender and diversity in research proposals

      We provide a video where you can take notes for every chapter and a short knowledge test together with the presentation. 

      After session 3 you will have a reflection task about sources of funding, after session 5 there will be a reflection and activity exercise about your participation strategy and role and after the last session you will find a task to reflect your project idea with regard to gender and diversity. 

    • About ENCARE

      ENCARE aims to strengthen and expand the competences of researchers and science support staff at European UASs for the successful development, application and implementation of EU-funded projects. The project partners jointly want to develop and implement a cross-university capacity building programme for UAS staff in order to counter the external pressure to acquire third-party funding for research with skills development.

      Impact

      ENCARE will lead to increased capacity in grant writing at UASs in Europe. In particular, it increases researchers’ and lecturers’ capacities regarding development of successful RDI projects. These capacities will help to foster international collaboration and to increase the number of RDI projects at partner universities in the long term. As a result, research at universities of applied sciences is becoming more visible and the overall significance of research at this type of university is increasing.

      Financing

      The project (Nr. 2023-1-DE01-KA220-HED-000153936) is funded by the European Union and carried out in framework of the Erasmus+ Programme Key Action 2 Cooperation Partnerships, steered and monitored by the DAAD National Agency.

      Funding amount: 400.000 €

      Project consortium

      Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (Coordinator; Germany), Turku University of Applied Sciences (Finland), HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht (The Netherlands), Universitat Politècnica de València (Spain), Politécnico do Porto (Portugal), University of the West of Scotland (United Kingdom).