Mistakes to avoid when applying for EU funding

If you are applying for EU funding, learn from the most common mistakes made by previous applicants. These insights can help strengthen your proposal.

Dos:

☑️ Get familiar with the EU policy objectives to put your proposal into perspective.

☑️ Explain how the proposed idea will have a long-term impact on the market, on industry, technology, environment or society in general.

☑️ Explain how you will comply with legal obligations, such as open access, communication, dissemination & exploitation.

☑️ Make use of the multiple submission option to avoid missing the application deadline.

Don’ts:

✖️ Don’t oversell your idea with too many or overly ambitious objectives.

✖️ Don’t paraphrase the Work Programme – translate it into your proposal.

✖️ Don’t confuse the terms ‘results’, ‘research output’,’ outcomes’ and ‘impact’.

✖️ Don’t exceed the page limit.

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