Breaking down the reasons for non-competitive ERC applications
More than 10 years of ongoing work with ERC applicants have made it soundly clear that the proposal preparation period is a very gruelling and long process. Applicant after another has solidified for us the need to be wholly devoted to the ERC application and dedicate a considerable period of time and resources to meet an ERC deadline with a highly competitive proposal. Unfortunately, it happens quite often that applicants fail to fully realize beforehand the challenge in preparing such a highly competitive ERC proposal. As a result – they reac