Ideal-ist support services

The European R&I framework programme Horizon Europe offers a vast portfolio of funding opportunities for R&I stakeholders from EU member states and countries associated to the programme.

National Contact Points (NCPs) are support structures put in place by each participating country in order to help you navigate these funding opportunities and apply for the ones most suitable for your project idea and needs.

NCPs are funded by their national governments, so their services are free of charge for you as the (potential) proposers. Services differ somewhat from country to country, but generally include info events on current call topics and the application process as well as individual support during the different stages of your application process (checking your project idea against the call topics, helping you with partner search, answering your questions about the call, feedback on your proposal,…). NCPs from different countries also work together in so-called NCP network projects to provide joint services to you that a single NCP might struggle to provide on their own.

Want to see an example of such a joint effort? Then check out the Ideal-ist Topic Tree maintained by Horizon Europe Cluster 4 Digital NCPs as a source of information on past, present and future funding opportunities.

If you want to know more about the services offered by Ideal-ist, the network of national contact points responsible for Horizon Europe Cluster 4 Digital, get in touch or visit https://ideal-ist.eu.