Access to european funding

Your starting point for European funding: A structured scan to find where you belong

Objective: Strategic support in positioning your organisation within European funding programmes, identifying the most relevant opportunities and guiding you towards the right operational pathway with EIT Manufacturing South.

1. 1. Initial consultation
      Collection and structured mapping of the organisation’s profile, core competencies, use cases, technology domains and strategic ambitions.
      
      
   2. Fit analysis
      Assessment of the organisation’s positioning and potential alignment within European programmes.
      
      
   3. Opportunity mapping
      Identification and shortlisting of relevant European funding opportunities, including calls, programmes and strategic pathways.
      
      
   4. Recommendation
      Definition of the most suitable engagement pathway, with tailored guidance on EIT Manufacturing South programmes (Access, Build or Sprint).
      
      
   5. Opportunity alert
      Targeted monitoring and notification of relevant calls or opportunities over 12 months.
      

From pipeline to positioning, we open the right doors within the EIT Manufacturing South network

Objective: Inclusion in the EIT Manufacturing South European pipeline, benefiting from a structured matching and positioning process focused on high-potential opportunities, without the complexity of building a consortium from scratch.

1. Profiling
   Translation of the client’s profile into potential project roles within European innovation initiatives.
   
   
2. Pipeline matching
   Assessment and identification of relevant opportunities within the EIT Manufacturing South network.
   
   
3. Positioning
   Strategic introduction of the client to coordinators and proposal leaders for targeted consortium engagement.
   
   
4. Light integration
   Initial support in defining the client’s role within the consortium, subject to acceptance.
   
   
5. 12-Month Continuity
   Ongoing inclusion of the client within the pipeline, ensuring sustained engagement over a 12-month period.

From use case to consortium, we design and activate bespoke project opportunities around your priorities

Objective: We build tailored project opportunities from the ground up, drawing on your use cases, technological trajectories and industrial priorities to activate partners, consortia and preliminary project concepts from the earliest stages.

1. Use case validation
   Assessment of the client's use cases against European programme priorities and funding frameworks.
   
   
2. Call alignment
   Identification of calls or programmes best aligned with the client's strategic and technological priorities.
   
   
3. Partner search
   Targeted search for coordinators, technical partners and end users relevant to the project scope.
   
   
4. Preliminary concept
   Development of a lightweight project concept to frame the opportunity and attract consortium partners.
   
   
5. Consortium Activation
   Support in building or joining a consortium, including partnership outreach and initial alignment.

From call to submission: intensive, flexible support to engineer a winning proposal

Objective: We accelerate concrete opportunities. From call to proposal to consortium, Proposal Sprint is structured into two operative scopes, Light and Full, each activatable by a single actor or shared across consortium partners.

Proposal Sprint Light | Targeted support on specific sections of the proposal

• Call analysis and proposal fit assessment
• Concept and project logic review
• Targeted search for missing partners (where in scope)
• Writing or revision of specific sections
• Support on impact, exploitation, dissemination, risk and management

Proposal Sprint Full | End-to-end proposal engineering

• Concept architecture and work package structure
• Consortium building or finalisation
• Operative proposal management
• Partner onboarding and integration
• Budget logic, quality review and submission support