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

  1. What is Financial Support to Third Parties?
  2. How to use FSTP?
  3. Why use FSTP in a project? 

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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