Horizon 2020 introduced a new approach to funding - the SME Instrument.

◉ single company

◉ 70% funding

◉ €0.5M-2.5M - or more if you are in some technnical areas

◉ Close to market - this is the funding stream that helps you cross that chasm

Your expertise in your technology and its markets is vital to your growth. Do you really have time to learn how to write a proposal for the SME Instrument?

You could try a large consultancy, and pay their large prices, with their large overheads. They also wouldn’t mind if you just write them into the project, and use the suppliers they recommend.

Or you could work with people who are focussed on the SME Instrument, and know what it takes to succeed.

You could try companies who specialise in research funding, or who are used to FP7 and still have their heads in the days when excellent science was the key to success.

Or you could work with people who know that the SME Instrument is about commercialisation and not research.

You could work with an internal team of technical and marketing specialists, and develop a proposal that you think might be OK.

Or you could work with people who have a different specialisation. SME Instrument proposals.

Whether starting from scratch, or trying to understand where you went wrong, we have a service that will help you, with a realistic price structure.