Serena Cogoni

The power of focus: unlocking Horizon Europe success with one exceptional health research idea

By investing time and energy into developing a single health research idea to its full potential, you can maximize your chances of success and ultimately secure the Horizon Europe funding you need.

Top tips to build a winning consortium in Horizon Europe

Building the right consortium can significantly enhance the prospects of your research proposal. In this blog post, we will delve into the crucial factors to consider when selecting the right consortium partners, to increase the chances of securing funding and successfully completing your project.

Horizon Europe funds: simply too important to ignore for health researchers

Despite the challenges and intense competition, applying to Horizon Europe funds can bring a plethora of benefits, which make them impossible to ignore for health researchers.

Understanding the truth about health research grants

Health research grants can be valuable resources when approached with realistic expectations and a strategic mindset. Are you sure you know all the truth about grants?

You only have three pages to capture your Horizon Europe evaluators' attention: what are you going to do with them?

In this blog post, we will explore the strategies required to captivate the evaluators of your Horizon Europe application, ensuring they continue reading your health research project with a positive perception that may influence their evaluation.

Maximise the chances of success of your health research Horizon Europe project: understanding the award criteria

Should Horizon Europe evaluation criteria be seen just as the sword of Damocles ready to strike health researchers' heads after the delivery of their health research grant, or can they be considered as allies?

Surviving the Horizon Europe deadline pressure

Tight deadlines are inevitable when it comes to Horizon Europe projects. Or are they? In this blog post discover my favoured strategies to manage the anxiety that comes with working under pressure and what to do to avoid it all together.

The chicken and egg dilemma in Horizon Europe

Are you approaching Horizon Europe as a newcomer, but the dobts related to your professional profile are holding you back? Let's see together how to get out of this dead end.

Stories of health researchers who do not give up after a grant rejection

You received a negative evaluation to your health research funding application. What now? A grant rejection does not necessarily indicate that your health research idea is not worthy. It may simply indicate that you fell into the wrong hands or at the wrong time (or both).

Why stepping out of your comfort zone is key to winning EU health research funding

When my client pushed back—‘But I’m just a doctor!’—I knew the real work began. Multidisciplinary EU grants demand more. Here’s how we adapted (and succeeded).