Grants and Research Funding

Main areas of interest and priorities of the Focus Group

1. Synergies between Horizon 2020 and European Structural and Investment Funds  

2. Positioning towards FP9 in Health, Demographic Change and Wellbeing, and Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation

3. Benchmarking

4. Promotion of excellence:

  • Experience with WIDESPREAD programme; and 
  • Best practice in support for excellence grants (ERC, MSCA-IF).

5. Models of organization of grant support both pre-award and post-award


Focus Group Members 

Focus Group Chair: 

Petr Rychtecký

Focus Group Co-chair:  

Ladislav Čoček

Members of the Focus Group: 

Alice Valterová
Petr Rychtecký
Tatiana Šipošová
Aneta Andrzejczyk
Paulina Hejduk
Lozika Mašić 
Ivana Šiprak
Siret Rutiku 
Martin Daniel Hayford
Anzelma Ūselienė
Elina Priede 
Klemen Dolinar
Judit Jánosi
Valentina Petkova
Dinu-Pirvu Cristina
Popa Lacramioara
Prisada Razvan
Craiu Dana
Cristina Petcu