On June 3-4, the information event dedicated to the Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area (WIDERA) component of the Horizon Europe Programme is taking place. The event is organised by the National Contact Point for the relevant area at the Western Ukrainian National University (Ternopil). Representatives of Horizon Europe Office in Ukraine, NRFU, joined the information day. (more…)

On May 29, experts of Horizon Europe Office in Ukraine, NRFU, held a consultation with Volodymyr Ivchenko, Director General of the Ukrainian Research Institute for Agricultural Productivity (Ukragropromproductivnist) of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine. The Institute is a state budgetary research institution specialising in the development of systems of economic work and time standards, as well as productivity management methodologies for agricultural enterprises. The research institute is a part of the network of agricultural research institutions, which are one of the key Horizon Europe’s target groups. (more…)

On May 28, Nataliia Didenko, Deputy Head of Horizon Europe Office in Ukraine, NRFU, took part in a training: Grantwriting School: Preparation and Submission of Project Proposals for Participation in Horizon Europe Calls. The training was organised by the National Contact Point of the Programme in the area of “Climate, Energy and Mobility”, which operates on the basis of the Ukrainian State University of Science and Technologies (Dnipro).

Vladyslav Danishevskyi, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Director of the Educational and Research Institute “Prydniprovska State Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture”, Head of the NCP “Climate, Energy and Mobility”, addressed to the participants of the event. He welcomed the audience and noted that the event would focus on the practical aspects of participation in the Horizon Europe Programme, as well as new work programme and calls for 2025.

Nataliia Didenko, PhD in Agriculture, Senior Researcher, Deputy Head of Horizon Europe Office in Ukraine, gave the participants an overview of the EU Funding & Tenders Portal, which is the key tool for finding opportunities under the EU Framework Programme Horizon Europe.

Other issues covered during the event included:

• overview of the calls under the Cluster 5: Climate, Energy and Mobility in 2025 in the context of the new work programme (Vladyslav Danishevskyi, Head of the NCP)
• key aspects of preparation for submitting a grant application (Oleksandr Zhadanos, PhD in Technical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Electrometallurgy after Academician M.I. Gasyk)
• creation of a consortium, development and evaluation of applications under the Programme (Nataliia Chernova, PhD in Economics, Associate Professor, Head of the International Relations Department).

Representatives of the Office are regularly involved in information and training events organised by Ukrainian National Contact Points. In particular, this is the third training of the Grantwriting School on the preparation and writing of project proposals, which is organised by the NCP “Climate, Energy and Mobility”. The first training event took place on November 28, 2024, with the participation of Maksym Kolisnyk, the second one – on December 6, 2024, with Yuliia Reminska.

The staff of Horizon Europe Office in Ukraine of the NRFU continues to provide consultations to potential applicants of the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Horizon Europe on its opportunities. On May 27, the HEOinUA specialists held a regular online consultation for representatives of a private company LLC SPC “KOSH”. (more…)