Since the beginning of the 2000s, research and innovation have progressively moved from funding coming in every year from ministries or other state institutions to funding from different grant-giving bodies..

In this context, new funding agencies have been set-up or have increased their activities, such as the European Commission at the European level (for example, with H2020 or more recently Horizon Europe), or the French National Research Agency, at a national level.

In order to perform their research or innovation activities, researchers today have to work in a project-based framework, and apply for specific grants to get the necessary funds.

In such a complex and competitive environment, it is crucial for academia, SMEs and industry to be able to:

• Identify the relevant funding opportunities amongst the existing ones numbering in the thousands.
• Set-up excellent proposals, to effectively manage high competition and low success rates
• Manage their projects carefully to fulfil their objectives and deliverables, in the strict respect of funding agency rules, to avoid any undesirable financial consequencess

To do so, it is imperative that you are surrounded with project-based research experts, either to set-up your proposal, to manage your project or to improve your skills through training. Zebra Science offers you dedicated support to target these needs. These support mechanisms are based on a set of key skills, as listed below.