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Collaborative research, coordinated.

Built for Research and Innovation Actions (RIA) and Innovation Actions (IA) — the multi-partner, multi-country consortia that anchor Horizon Europe Pillar 2. Build the consortium, map the work packages, align the impact pathway, and submit on time.

Budget 2021–27
€53.5B
Pillar 2 — Global Challenges
Avg. grant size
€5–10M
3–5 year consortium projects
Typical partners
10–20
Academia + industry + RTOs
Clusters
6
Health · Culture · Security · Digital · Climate · Food
If you're new to the programme

RIA, IA, CSA. What they are. What's hard about them.

A one-paragraph refresher. If you've already submitted a few of these, skip ahead.

Horizon RIA

Research & Innovation Action

Multi-partner consortia (typically 3–15 organisations) tackling fundamental and applied research questions. Average grant €4–8M. Coordinator carries the writing load; partners contribute work-package descriptions.

The pain → 60–100 pages across Excellence / Impact / Implementation, dependencies on 8–15 partners' inputs, success rate around 12%.
Horizon IA

Innovation Action

Closer-to-market work — pilots, demonstrators, first-of-a-kind deployments. Same consortium structure as RIA, more emphasis on TRL, exploitation pathways and industry uptake.

The pain → Same template heft as RIA, plus a credible Impact narrative that gets through evaluators who've seen every variant of "first-of-a-kind".
Horizon CSA

Coordination & Support Action

Network-building, standardisation, policy coordination — not a research project per se. Smaller grants (€1–3M) but a high volume of programme management, governance and dissemination content to draft.

The pain → Looks "lighter" on the surface; in practice 4–6 weeks of policy-aware writing that doesn't reuse cleanly from research-oriented proposals.
What one credit gets you

Every feature, every credit. Same access, whether you buy 1 or 50.

One flat price unlocks everything. Whether it's a single solo proposal or an annual programme of fifty, every credit unlocks the full submission pipeline below — same depth, same toolkit, every time.

Concept Note Health Check

Score your topic fit, novelty, and call alignment in seconds — before you commit a month to drafting.

Research Note & Strategy Note

State of the art, gap analysis, novelty positioning, and a route-to-impact narrative — all aligned to the call.

Consortium Builder

CORDIS-ranked partner suggestions, role justifications, and contact details — coverage across academia, RTOs, and industry.

Full proposal narrative

Excellence, Impact, and Implementation drafted to template, with call-specific guardrails baked into every section.

Budget Composer

Personnel, subcontracting, equipment, travel, and indirect costs — composed to HE rules and ready for the EUSF/portal.

ESR-style evaluation

3-pane simulated review (Excellence / Impact / Implementation) with comments your evaluators are likely to write.

300+ criteria scorecard

Granular scoring across novelty, methodology, gender balance, ethics, dissemination plan, and dozens more — line-by-line.

Feedback redrafter

Address every reviewer comment automatically; track changes preserved so you can verify each rewrite.

Gantt & PERT visuals

Auto-generated work-package timelines, milestones, deliverables, and inter-dependencies — paste-ready in your submission.

Opportunities Radar

Live tracking of every relevant Horizon Europe call, ranked by topic fit and deadline urgency.

Same feature set, every credit. Buy one proposal or fifty — the price per proposal and the toolkit never change.
Pay-per-use credits

€1,000 per proposal. Nothing else.

Each credit unlocks one full RIA / IA / CSA proposal package — concept note, consortium, narrative, budget, ESR evaluation, scorecard. No subscription, no seats; credits never expire and roll over across calls.

Per proposal
€1,000/ credit · one full proposal
  • Full submission package — drafting, scoring, redrafting, visuals, submission file
  • Credits never expire; roll over across calls and cycles
  • No subscription, no per-seat fees, no annual minimum
  • Covers Horizon RIA, IA and CSA
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Running many proposals a year? AI Enablement is a fixed annual licence with uncapped use.

FAQ

Things to know before your next call.

What's in one RIA / IA / CSA credit? +

One credit covers a full submission cycle: concept note, consortium build, full narrative (Excellence / Impact / Implementation), budget composer, ESR-style evaluation, 300+ criteria scorecard, feedback redrafter, and auto-generated Gantt/PERT visuals.

Does it follow the Excellence / Impact / Implementation structure? +

Yes. The Drafter is wired to the official Horizon Europe RIA / IA template — section ordering, page limits, sub-headings, and the eligibility / award-criteria boundary all match what the call topic publishes. CSA proposals follow the lighter CSA template variant.

Which evaluation criteria does the scorecard cover? +

The 300+ criteria scorecard maps to the published ESR weighting: Excellence (novelty, methodology, ambition, interdisciplinarity), Impact (pathway, dissemination, exploitation, communication, KPIs), and Implementation (work plan, consortium quality, allocation of resources). Gender dimension, open science, ethics, and data management are scored line-by-line.

Can the coordinator share the draft with consortium partners? +

Yes. A draft can be shared with up to a small team on Self-service — enough for a coordinator, a co-PI, and a couple of partners reviewing. For larger consortia where every partner edits in parallel, the AI Enablement plan removes the cap.

Can a consortium split the bill? +

Yes — split-pay is supported. Email us with the partner list during onboarding and we'll set up a split-invoice arrangement so each partner pays their share at no extra cost. The coordinator's account holds the credits and accesses the platform.