Project management

Manage your EU funded project efficiently.

The management of your grant requires specific skills and practical experience. Our mutidsciplinary team have all the skills – ranging from organisational and communication to management skills – following the Open PM² management methodology used by the European Commission.

We also have many years of project management experience from many Framework Programme and Horizon 2020 projects where we assume responsibility for a wide range of project management related activities – from submitting deliverables on the EU portal to preparing reports.

We can support you in all project management related tasks, either as a project partner or a service provider. We have been involved in numerous collaborative projects, including Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Actions (RIA), Innovation Actions (IA) and Coordination and Support Actions (CSA), as well as in Innovative Training Networks (ITN).

Your benefits

Reduce your administrative workload – We take care of the administration.
Focus on the scientific coordination, your research and business – We do everything else.
Achieve your project objectives – We have monitoring and tracking tools for your project.
Ensure a professional project management – We are PM² trained and manage EU projects efficiently.

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We speak your language and translate complex matters in a clear and simple way.

Johannes Ripperger

Organisation and administration

Administration of general project documents and mailing lists.
Organisation and maintenance of contact lists and arrangement of consortium meetings.
Provision of project specific templates including meeting programmes and minutes.
Setup and maintenance of cloud-based document management system for collaboration and information sharing.
Provision of project management tools such as a deliverables tracking.

Finances and reporting

Guidance on all financial and reporting related matters of all project partners.
Monitoring of the appropriate use of resources and financial controlling.
Request of costs claims and preparation of the financial reports.
Maintenance of the continuous reporting towards the funding agency.
Preparation and submission of periodic and final reports.
Organisation and preparation of review meetings with the EC Project Officer.

Quality and risk management

Provision of a project handbook with useful tips on all project implementation related aspects.
Development of project specific guidelines for quality assurance and communications.
Support in risk management with a specific risk management tool and risk register.
Development of a continuous contingency plan to monitor mitigation measures.

Legal compliance and IP management

Monitor legal compliance of project partners with the rules of the EC Grant Agreement and other contracts.
Set up and maintenance of project contracts such as NDAs and the Consortium Agreement.
Execute contract amendments with the funding agency, like the Grant Agreement with the EC.
Facilitate the timely submission of deliverables through an established process.
Support consortia in IP management and thereby the exploitation of results.

Additional support for Innovative Training Networks

We offer additional services in the framework of MSCA Innovative Training Networks (ITNs)

Support in organisation of network-wide events.
Provision of ITN specific templates such as Personal Development Plans.
Support in the ESR recruitment process, documentation and statistics.
Setup and maintenance of ESR related monitoring tools including training monitoring and secondment tracking.
Guidance on ITN specific activities like the progress report and the mid-term review meeting.

grant finance support

Our grant finance support (gfs) helps you in setting up your project finances, managing your resources and reporting your cost claims according to the Horizon 2020 rules and in line with the specific funding instrument.

You can choose between three following modules. These offer support during different phases of your funded project, such as at the project start, when preparing the reporting report and at the project end, or throughout your project implementation with our tailor-made consulting.

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Communication, Dissemination, Exploitation

Your EU project and your research results are expected to have an impact on current societal challenges, Europe`s innovation capacity and competitiveness. Communication, dissemination and exploitation activities are essential in achieving these objectives. Many of these activities require specific skills such as graphic design, communication strategy development and science communication writing. We have this skill-set.

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