Dear Visitor,
welcome to the platform for my consulting activities on research
funding and
proposal writing. This is, and will remain, a fairly simple-structured
site providing basic information: I have neither time nor interest to
develop a very elaborate version - especially as most of my
customers contact me because of word-of-mouth
recommendations.
I used to be a scientific coworker of the Max Planck Society - and as a sideline advised on research funding topics. I was pretty good at this, and thus continued this line after my official retirement. These days I lecture for all kind of organizations in Germany and abroad (e.g. Graduate Schools) and coach scientists to successfully apply for grants from German and European funding organizations - and especially the Marie Curie and ERC programs of the Horizon 2020 programs of the European Commission. Below you will find details of the two routes my consulting has taken:
SEMINARS:
1. A day-long seminar on the wide
variety of funding opportunities, starting at the DAAD and passing through foundations, H2020
and NATO to the international possibilities.
2. A variable-time, but very much
hands-on seminar on the points to consider when applying for a
Starting (StG), Consolidator (CoG) or Advanced Grant (AdG) from the European Research
Council (ERC).
3. A
variable-time, but very much
hands-on seminar on the points to consider when applying for any of the
offers in the Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions (MSCA), particularly the
Individual Fellowships (IF) and Innovative Training Networks
(ITN).
4. A seminar (2-8 hours) preparing scientists for the interview phase of ERC StG and CoG applications. in some parts similar to the seminars offered in Germany by KoWi
or the Max Planck Society.
PERSONAL ASSISTANCE:
I
accompany an individual
scientist as her/his personal "devils advocate" during the process of
improving an application to the ERC, the Marie Curie Program, the
German
"Wissenschaftsrat" or the Israel Science Foundation. For my
successful ERC StG and CoG customers from
abroad this usually includes coaching by Skype for the interview
phase in
Brussels - while the restraints with my AdG customers are quite
different. The topics of my customers research covers a wide range
- from the
natural sciences to clinical studies and political sciences. At a
time when success requires far more than 90 out of 100 points each
of
them appreciated the very critical personal pre-evaluation at a
reasonable financial investment.
SUCCESS:
No one can guarantee success, but I think the figures speak for themselves: 50 % of my AdG customers got the grant,
50 % of my CoG sustomers got to the interview phase, as well as more than 50 % of the StG customers.
You
will find some information about
myself and the support I offer for universities,
"Fachhochschulen", independent research institutions and
individual scientists in the attached flyer.
Please note that, in general, I tend not to consult for
scientists in industry or commerce. However, as I
graually expand my portfolio it is best to check the topics below - or contact
me at office@icck.eu.