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Horizon Europe success rates illustrated as a mountain path from topic selection to stronger impact

23 Sep 26

Horizon Europe Success Rates: Realistic Odds and What Actually Improves Them

Anna Lackner

Munich, 23 September 2026 · Nexuswelt Group The honest headline is that roughly one proposal in seven is funded. The more useful answer is that the average is close to meaningless, because the range behind it runs from around 3% to around 25% depending on which topic you choose –…

18 Sep 26

FP10: What the Next EU Framework Programme Means for Your Long-Term Strategy

Anna Lackner

Munich, 18 September 2026 · Nexuswelt Group The next Framework Programme starts on 1 January 2028. That sounds distant until you work backwards: consortia for the first calls will form during 2027, positioning for those consortia happens in 2026, and the strategic decisions that determine whether you are in the…

Coordinator running a multi-partner EU project consortium meeting

16 Sep 26

Managing a Multi-Partner Consortium: What Coordinators Get Wrong in Year One

Anna Lackner

Munich, 16 September 2026 · Nexuswelt Group Almost every problem that surfaces at a mid-term review was created in the first twelve months. Not by anything dramatic – by a cadence that never got established, a partner who went quiet in month four, a consortium agreement nobody read after signing,…

14 Sep 26

Technology Readiness Levels Explained: TRL 1–9 with Real Examples

Anna Lackner

Munich, 14 September 2026 · Nexuswelt Group TRL is the coordinate the whole European funding system runs on. It determines which instruments are open to you, how a call topic is scoped, and what an evaluator expects to see as evidence. Get it right and the shortlist of relevant instruments…

Horizon Europe for South Korean companies and European consortium partnerships

04 Sep 26

Horizon Europe for South Korean Companies: Closing the Consortium Trust Gap

Anna Lackner

Munich, 4 September 2026 · Nexuswelt Group Horizon Europe for South Korean companies is now a practical participation opportunity, not simply an eligibility question. Korea’s access to Horizon Europe has been settled for more than a year. The support structures exist, the national agencies are running information sessions, and the…

Coordinator drafting the dissemination and exploitation section of a Horizon Europe proposal

19 Aug 26

How to Write a Communication and Dissemination Plan That Passes Evaluation

Anna Lackner

Three to five independent experts will read your proposal. Each spends a few hours on it before the consensus meeting. In that time they are trying to answer one question about this part of the document: will these results leave the lab? A vague paragraph answers that question badly, and…

31 Jul 26

Which EU Programme Should Your Company Enter First? A Practical Entry Roadmap

Anna Lackner

A practical entry roadmap for companies choosing between Horizon Europe, Digital Europe, Chips JU and the European Defence Fund. Compare realistic consortium roles, technology readiness expectations, common mistakes and the preparation needed before approaching partners.

22 Jul 26

Munich’s Startup Ecosystem Doesn’t Have to Choose Between Equity and Grants — Here’s the Roadmap

Anna Lackner

The Munich Startup Festival 2026 took place today at Backstage Munich — now in its fourth year and firmly established as the city’s central meeting point for founders, investors, and the wider startup ecosystem. What made today’s edition notable The program moved well beyond networking. Six panels on the main…

22 Jul 26

Germany’s AI Gigafactories Are Coming — and Munich Is One of Three Sites

Anna Lackner

What the EU’s InvestAI rollout means for consortia, SMEs, and research organisations positioning now — before the formal EuroHPC call opens. A €20 Billion Bet on European AI Infrastructure The Council of the European Union has approved the creation of AI Gigafactories across the continent — large-scale, publicly co-financed compute…

16 Jul 26

The Future of the European Innovation Council: What Deep-Tech Companies, RTOs and Innovation Partners Should Prepare For

Anna Lackner

Introduction The European Innovation Council is becoming one of the most important instruments in Europe’s deep-tech innovation landscape. Its role is no longer limited to supporting individual start-ups or research-based companies. It is increasingly connected to Europe’s competitiveness, technology sovereignty, investment capacity and ability to transform scientific excellence into globally…