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EU project impact measurement showing outputs, outcomes and impacts across the Horizon Europe impact pathway, with KPIs and evidence for final review

14 Okt. 26

Impact Pathways and KPIs: How to Prove Your EU Project Delivered

Anna Lackner

Munich, 14 October 2026 · Nexuswelt Group Every EU project has a structural measurement problem: it ends before its impact happens. Outputs exist during the project, outcomes emerge shortly after it, and impact arrives years later – usually after the consortium has dissolved and the final report has been approved.…

12 Okt. 26

Two-Stage Calls and Blind Evaluation in Horizon Europe 2026: What Changes for Applicants

Anna Lackner

Munich, 12 October 2026 · Nexuswelt Group Forty-one topics in the current work programme use a two-stage process. For a first-time applicant this is the cheapest way into the system that has ever existed – a short concept note instead of a full proposal, and in many cases an evaluation…

10 Okt. 26

The New EU Standardisation Regulation: What It Means for Research Projects and Consortia

Anna Lackner

Nexuswelt Insights · Oct 8, 2026 · @Nexuswelt On 6 October 2026, the European Commission adopted its proposal for a new Regulation on European standardisation, COM(2026) 780, which would repeal Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012. Most coverage focuses on compliance costs for businesses. For coordinators and partners in Horizon Europe, Chips…

09 Okt. 26

European Coordinators Looking for Ukrainian Partners: How to Find and Assess Them

Anna Lackner

Munich, 9 October 2026 · Nexuswelt Group Most writing on Ukraine and EU funding addresses Ukrainian organisations. This one addresses the other side of the table: the coordinator in Munich, Barcelona or Helsinki assembling a consortium, who would consider a Ukrainian partner and does not know how to find one…

Horizon Europe budget planning banner showing cost categories, funding rates, co-financing and the 25% indirect cost structure

07 Okt. 26

Building a Horizon Europe Budget: Cost Categories, Rates and Common Mistakes

Anna Lackner

Munich, 7 October 2026 · Nexuswelt Group The budget is the part of a proposal most consortia treat as arithmetic and evaluators read as evidence. An implausible budget undermines the implementation section, and a budget that does not match the work plan is one of the easiest criticisms for a…

EU AI funding for startups compared across Horizon Europe, Digital Europe and Chips JU, including research, deployment and semiconductor routes

05 Okt. 26

EU AI Funding for Startups: Horizon Europe, Digital Europe and Chips JU Compared

Anna Lackner

Munich, 5 October 2026 · Nexuswelt Group Three European programmes fund work described as artificial intelligence, and they fund almost entirely different things. A startup that applies to the wrong one does not get a lower score – it gets rejected for being out of scope, which is the most…

Brussels skyline during the Annual I3 Instrument Forum week

04 Okt. 26

EU Funding 2028-2034: How Europe’s Priorities and Innovation Pathways Are Changing

Anna Lackner

Europe’s next funding cycle is starting to take shape The most useful message from the Annual I3 Instrument Forum 2026 in Brussels was not about one new call. It was about the direction of Europe’s funding architecture. Research, innovation, regional capacity, strategic value chains and scale-up are being connected more…

02 Okt. 26

European Technology Sovereignty: What It Means for Deep-Tech Companies Seeking EU Funding

Anna Lackner

Munich, 2 October 2026 · Nexuswelt Group Technology sovereignty spent several years as a phrase in speeches. During 2026 it became something more consequential for anyone seeking European funding: a set of legislative proposals, a defined list of priority technologies, and a logic that increasingly shapes which topics are funded…

30 Sep. 26

How to Choose the Right Dissemination Partner for Your Consortium

Anna Lackner

Munich, 30 September 2026 · Nexuswelt Group The communication, dissemination and exploitation work package is usually the last one assigned and the first one questioned at review. That sequence is not an accident: it is assigned last because nobody in a technical consortium wants it, and questioned first because it…

28 Sep. 26

EU Project Deliverables and Reporting: What You Actually Have to Produce

Anna Lackner

Munich, 28 September 2026 · Nexuswelt Group Almost everything written about EU funding stops at the moment of award. What happens afterwards – what you have to produce, when, in what system, and who submits it – is learned by most partners in the week before the first deadline. It…

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