Tsaks Consulting has strong experience helping our clients submit bids, tenders and funding applications in the EU. We assist clients across the EU and globally to participate in EU tenders, public procurements processes under EU tender thresholds and also EU funding schemes.
Our team of bid and tender writers are native English speakers and based in Athens – Greece. We implement best practice bid and tender writing techniques in helping you write bids and tenders including:
- Active voice and persuasive writing techniques
- Structured responses with broad question interpretation
- Integrating win-themes and key selling points throughout the bid
- Infographics and graphics where applicable
- Ensuring compliance with requirements and mandatory criteria
When you engage us to help you win your next EU tender or bid we will:
- Review your tender requirements
- Conduct a bid / no bid process
- Storyboard your response and develop your win themes
- Write the first draft, second draft and finalise the proposal with your consultation throughout
- Submit the proposal
Throughout the process we will work with you to gather evidence, develop a quality response and ensure your bid is well written and insightful. We will meet with you to co-ordinate the bid response and assist throughout the entire tender process.
Our team can work on an as needed basis. I.e. we can assist with the entire tender writing process or simply conduct a tender review of your EU tender draft submission to provide you with feedback and constructive feedback on what to improve. Our tender audit service compliments our bid writing service and is designed to help our clients win tenders and boost their in-house writing capabilities.
EU Funding Applications and Grant Writing
Our team of bid, tender and grant writers in Athens are native English speakers. Our Director, Jason Cooney, was brought up in Australia where he worked as a grant writer until the age of 37. He is highly experienced in writing grant applications in English and helping clients identify grant and funding opportunities.
With the EU funding process being highly competitive, standing out from the crowd is critical. The challenge is that it needs to be two-fold. From one perspective, your project needs to be innovative and stand out of the crowd.
However, in addition, you need to write a compelling and persuasive grant, funding application or tender that clearly showcases your capabilities and expertise. Our team have the capability to assist you in submitting applications for EU funding programs including Horizon Europe, Erasmus+, Creative Europe, Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), Cohesion Fund, Life Programme and the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF).
About our specialist EU Grant and Tender Writers
Our team of EU grant and tender writers have:
- Extensive EU funding application writing experience
- Experience as evaluators for EU funding programs
- A tack record over fourteen years of writing successful EU funding applications for all types of organisations
- Strong written communication skills
- A thorough understanding of the relevant EU funding programs.
The EU funding programs our tender and bid writers can assist with
Horizon Europe Grant Writing
This is one of the most popular programs for EU funding and we our writers have helped many organisations make funding applications for it over the years. It is the largest EU research innovation program, with the EIC Accelerator a significant funding mechanism that supports business growth. There are two phases, both of which our bid writers have helped clients submit for. These include:
- Phase 1: This is the feasibility study stage. IT is where a small to medium enterprise receives up to 50,000
- Phase 2: Applications for global expansion occur with funds ranging between 500,000 and 2,500,000.
Creative Europe Grant Writing
The creative Europe fund is a fund created for the media, arts and cultural sector. The application process is complex, extensive and exhaustive with a broad range of information and documentation required to make an application.
It is a great opportunity business in the creative arts and media, based in the EU of course, who are looking for funding for a venture.
Eurostars
The Eureka Eurostars program is designed to help companies with an R&D focus develop their initiatives and progress to the commercialisation stage. It has a focus on developing and working in consortiums. The budget is variable from the 1.4 million euro mark.
There is a two year limit on the time to verified innovation on the market. This funding program offers strong opportunities to innovative companies who have developed prototypes and ideas, and who need the funding to progress their innovations. It is critical for the commercialisation of products and idea and a great funding mechanism for European businesses or consortiums to expand and commercialise their projects.
Our tender and grant writers in Europe have strong experience helping businesses apply for the Eureka Eurostars grant.
Erasmus +
This is a critical EU funding program for the youth. It is developed to support education, training and youth in sports and recreation and is very popular amongst tertiary and higher education institutions.
Our grant and funding writers have strong experience in the Erasmus + program and there is great scope for programs that promote collaboration and networking amongst professionals and institutions in the education and youth support and programs industries.
Other EU Funding Programs we have experience in include Fast Track to Innovation, EU Innovation Fund, Future & Emerging Technologies, Europe Aid, ENPI, Business Finland Funding, EU Cohesion Fund, Ten-E, INTERREG, LIFE+, EUROPEAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND, URBACT, COSME, EIT KICs, INSTRUMENT OF PRE-ACCESSION ASSISTANCE, EIC ACCELERATOR / SME INSTRUMENT, EUROPE FOR CITIZENS, SBIR / STTR SEED FUND and EU4HEALTH PROGRAMME.
Our scope of services
EU public grants and tender monitoring
EU funding applications are very thorough and comprehensive with a lot of focus on administrative and completing various forms. First of all, from a compliance perspective, you need to ensure you comply with all the requirements and meet all of the criteria. In addition, you need to showcase your expertise and demonstrate how your proposal or solution will deliver on the programs objectives.
Our consultants will help you decide on whether or not to apply for a program, write your application and also project manage the application process. Our EU funding writers will guide you through the entire process from start to finish.
Our writers have our finger on the pulse for opportunities for funding in the EU that may arise for our clients. We can analyse your organisation and recommend funding options that may be applicable and worthy of consideration. We are also able to review mandatory criteria and advise on if you can apply.
Our service extends to a review service. This is where, our expert funding writers, led by our Director Jason Cooney, take the time to review your bid and provide feedback on what need improvement. We will look at your application from the perspective of the evaluator and tell you where you need to improve your response, what areas you have not correctly addressed the question (if any) and other points of feedback.
Tips and strategies to write winning EU tenders and bids
Over the years, our expert EU tender writers have gained valuable insight and experience into what works and what doesn’t. Key initiatives and strategies we adopt to help our clients win include:
- Develop win themes for your bid or application. Ensure that these are interwoven throughout your tender or application to ensure there is clear, consistent messaging. Take the time to look at your own strengths, analyse your competitors’ strengths, and also look at and assess their needs and expectations of the tenderer. Once you have established all three, you can develop win themes that are tailored to the opportunity and compelling.
- Structure your response and ensure that you answer each question in a structured way with headings, sub-heading and possibly bullet points. When reading a question, interpret it broadly and focus on keywords such as demonstrate and detail. Ensure you write in clear, positive language and adopt the active voice.
- Provide evidence and incorporate facts and figures where possible. This is also equally important. You need to ensure that any statements you make in your application or tender are backed up with evidence or facts and figures. This gives your application credibility and ensures the reader takes you seriously. It also helps you mark better from an evaluators perspective. Providing the appropriate level of detail is also critical.
Contact our team for bid and tender writing help in the EU
Our team of bid and tender writers are based in Athens, Greece. We are all from native, English speaking countries and specialise in bids and tenders in the EU. Our team has helped businesses from across the EU write European funding applications. Contact us today to talk about how we can assist with your next funding application or EU tender.