Arvacore Playbooks
Guides for European funding and project delivery
Original methods, explanations and practical checks for teams preparing and running European R&D projects.
Horizon Europe explained: how the programme is structured
A practical overview of Horizon Europe: the three pillars, work programmes, call types, and how to find the topic that actually fits your project.
ProposalsWriting an EU proposal that scores: 12 practical rules
Twelve concrete rules for writing Horizon Europe proposals — structure, evaluator psychology, impact pathways, work packages, and the mistakes that cost points.
Project managementDissemination and exploitation: what evaluators actually expect
How to build a credible dissemination, exploitation and communication plan for a Horizon Europe project — audiences, KERs, channels, indicators, and reporting duties.
Intellectual propertyIP management in EU projects: background, foreground and access rights
A plain-language guide to intellectual property in Horizon Europe consortia: background definitions, foreground ownership, access rights, and consortium agreement clauses that matter.
Project managementEU project management: a first-100-days checklist for coordinators
A practical checklist for coordinators starting a Horizon Europe project: governance, reporting, financial rules, risk tracking, and the habits that prevent audit problems.
EU fundingEIC Accelerator: a step-by-step guide to the proposal and the pitfalls that sink it
How the EIC Accelerator process works from short application to jury interview, what evaluators look for at each stage, and the mistakes that most often cause a rejection.
Proposal writingHorizon Europe evaluation criteria, with writing examples for each section
How Excellence, Impact and Implementation are scored in Horizon Europe, what evaluators penalise, and concrete before-and-after writing examples for each criterion.
ERCERC grants explained: Starting, Consolidator, Advanced, Synergy and Proof of Concept
Which ERC grant fits your career stage, what each scheme funds, how the eligibility windows work, and how the B1/B2 application and two-step evaluation are organised.
ERCWriting the ERC B1 extended synopsis
A structure for the ERC B1 extended synopsis, what panel members look for in the first page, how to frame ambition and risk, and how to write the track record section.
MSCAMSCA explained: Postdoctoral Fellowships, Doctoral Networks, COFUND and Staff Exchanges
What each Marie Sklodowska-Curie action funds, who applies, how proposals are evaluated, and what supervisors and host institutions need to prepare.
ProposalsBudgeting a Horizon Europe proposal: cost categories and the mistakes evaluators notice
How to build a Horizon Europe budget: personnel and person-months, subcontracting, purchase costs, indirect costs, funding rates, and the inconsistencies that cost points.
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