Courses

E-learning self-placed courses available on the Virtual Campus

EU Missions: Financial Support to Third Parties

Financial Support to Third Parties (FSTP), also known as cascade funding, is a mechanism that enables Horizon Europe consortia to redistribute part of their grant to external entities (third parties).

The course is composed of three modules and describes the rules and conditions of FSTP and the experiences of projects that successfully implemented it:

What is Financial Support to Third Parties?
How to use FSTP?
Why use FSTP in a project?

EU Missions in HE

Climate change, Cancer, Ocean and waters, Smart cities, Soil

Target: National contact points, Participants

Themes: Missions in HE, Pillar 2, Legal and financial issues, Key processes for proposals in Horizon Europe, Cross cutting elements within Horizon Europe, NCP skills

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This training will cover from a theoretical and practical approach the main elements of writing proposals under Horizon Europe, taking into account its main novelties and requirement. A MUST training for the start of the programme.

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This 45-minute video provides an overview of the tools and services offered by the MSCA-NET project. It shows how the MSCA-NET can help MSCA NCPs in EU partner countries to support researchers and research institutions in their respective countries.

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This 60-minutes webinar aims to provide information to NCPs about the Horizon Results Platform and who can benefit from it, with special emphasis on the role of NCPs at present and in the future.

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