Bavarian Research Alliance GmbH (BayFOR) supports international consortia in applying for European research and innovation funds focusing on the Horizon framework. BayFOR was founded in 2006 as an initiative of both shareholders of the Bavarian universities (University of Bavaria e.V., Bavarian Universities of Applied Sciences e.V.). BayFOR is funded by these shareholders and the federal state of Bavaria. BayFOR assists consortia that include Bavarian partners with the preparation of proposals. Ask us for more details! We provide:
Finding relevant funding schemes, Advisory services for call matching, Project partner search (in EU and Bavaria), Conceptual work on proposal, Budget calculation and administrative tasks, Negotiation, Project management and dissemination partnership
BayFOR is part of a large network: • at regional level in the Bavarian Research and Innovation Agency (www.bayfia.de), funded by the State of Bavaria, and • at EU level in the world’s largest advisory network for SMEs, the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) (een.ec.europa.eu).
We are continuously searching for competent partners in Europe in order to realize successful EU projects with Bavarian participation.
Dr. Panagiotou studied Chemistry at the University of Bayreuth and as research fellow at CNRS (Lyon) completing his studies with a diploma thesis in physical chemistry. He completed his doctoral degree at Technische Universität München as research fellow at DESY in Hamburg, at ESRF & at ILL in Grenoble on scanning force microscopy, neutron & synchrotron scattering.
Since 2007, Dr. Panagiotou is the Head of Unit of ICT | Engineering & Natural Sciences at the Bavarian state-funded support agency "Bavarian Research Alliance" (BayFOR) for supporting Bavarian stakeholders and their international consortium partners in obtaining information and advice in applying for EU funding to help shape the European Research Area.