eCourse on developing successful grant applications in MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships  with free evaluation of your final draft and live Q&A follow-up sessions

Learning Objectives and structure 

Our training on MSCA PF goes beyond on what is currently available on public guides or is provided via the other trainings and includes key topics based on examples, previously submitted proposals and step-by-step guidance. This course is based on live recordings accompanied with a live Q&A session for clarifying anything else you need. The structure is as follows:

Module 1: Essentials on MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship (PF) grant applications 

• Get Familiar with MSCA PF essential info (key purpose of MSCA PF grants, different types of MSCA PF grants, eligibility, statistics, important documents to consider)
• Understand the winning profile of MSCA PF projects, evaluation process, feedback from evaluators
• What are the research ideas in MSCA PF that have stronger weight?
  

Module 2: Master the full-proposal development process - I.C.R.E.A.T.E.S. formula  

• Get familiar on all the steps from how to formulate a strong idea for MSCA PF up to the successful submission of your full proposal based on the I.C.R.E.A.T.E.S. formula.

Module 3: How to develop an impressive MSCA PF Grant Application (Step-by-Step) 

Excellence Section

• How to formulate innovative objectives with clear evidence beyond the state of the art
• How to describe the best methodology that is novel but at the same time the most appropriate for reaching your research objectives and your vision as researcher
• How to show the best supervision for your MSCA grant (including access to essential resources and support measures from the host institution)
  
• How to suggest top-notch training and supervision support for excelling in your MSCA PD grant
• How to present your CV in relation to the research project; what should not be forgotten, what is essential in the CV section, how to present it.

Impact Section

• What type of expected outcomes (short-term benefits) and impacts (long-term benefits) to suggest and how to build a convincing DEC strategy for achieving them
• How to identify credible and measurable societal, economic and scientific wider impacts and suggest a proper strategy for achieving them

Implementation

• How to build the most appropriate workpackage structure and how to plan adequate resources for achieving the targeted objectives
• How to deal with risks successfully (Research and administrative ones)

Unique Bonus 1: As soon as you register  and pay for the course, you can have your MSCA PF proposal evaluated by one of our experts for free. We will need one day for that, therefore, you should provide it to us by end of August. 

Unique Bonus 2: Purchase this eCourse and participate for free in our monthly live follow-up Q&A sessions

Unique Bonus 3: Unlimited Access to our previous  training on MSCA PF

About the instructors: Dr. Nikolaos FLORATOS

Nikolaos Floratos has a multidisciplinary education with a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering from City University London, a Bachelor of Humanities in Greek Civilisation from Open Hellenic University, a master of science in Telecommunications and Signal Processing from Imperial College, London and he is recently awarded his  PhD in Humanities on student engagement in massive open online courses from Open University of Catalonia. After his undergraduate and postgraduate studies with distinction as engineer in London (Imperial College, City University), UK, has been working for a number of consultancy and Information Technology companies as consultant and project manager across Europe. He has also an MBA (Master in Business Administration from National Technical University of Athens and Athens University of Economics and Business) and the last 24 years he is involved in planning, managing and evaluating large and small projects in the area of research, education, ICT (Information Communication Technologies), social inclusion, entrepreneurship, standardization and consumer issues.  As a funding expert, personal trainer and coach, he has supported thousands of researchers/individuals and research organisations mainly from Europe but also from all over the world on managing public funding including support from MSCA different grant schemas and receive support for fulfilling their mission and vision in research.  He is an expert on behalf of the European Commission on evaluating and reviewing projects and proposals since 2003 and  recently, he has received his PhD on how you can increase students' engagement and motivation in eLearning courses. He is the creator of the Funding Expert Transfomation Process™ system that can transform anyone to a great proposal writer and project manager of european funded projects. He has received more than 2000 recommendations and endorsements at his linkedin profile (www.linkedin.com/in/floratos) as a funding expert, coach and trainer. He is also listed in the top first three search results by google as "Funding expert”. He recently created the Open Cosmos platform that scales up in auto-pilot the success of an organization in Horizon Europe via an unlimited number of external evaluations, unlimited access to all our top-notch trainings and live interactions with other experts and think alike researchers.