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TWIN2EXPAND – Research Management Training – Impact in EU funded projects
May 27 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Date: 27 May 2025
Time: 10am-1pm EEST
Trainer: Valentina Romano, Head of Collaborative and Multidisciplinary Research Division, Polytechnic University of Turin
Venue: SURF Lab, Department of Architecture, Kallipoleos 75, Nicosia
The training will focus on the importance of impact in EU-funded projects, with a particular emphasis on how impact is defined, assessed, and measured at both the programme and project levels within the EU funding landscape. Participants will gain insights into the European Commission’s approach to impact assessment, particularly in the context of Horizon Europe.
The session will feature a hands-on, practical component, during which participants will analyze a real Horizon Europe call for proposals to understand how impact is embedded and evaluated in the call text. The training will also provide detailed guidance on how to prepare a collaborative project proposal, with a specific focus on the structure and content of the Horizon Europe proposal template—including Excellence, Impact, and Implementation sections.
About the trainer: Valentina Romano has 20 years’ experience as a research manager at the Politecnico di Torino, Italy. She is currently head of Collaborative and Multidisciplinary Research Division and she leads a team of experts in pre-award activities. From 2018 to 2022 she has been a member of the Professional Development and Recognition Committee and of the Awards Committee at the European Association of Research Manager. Since January 2020 she has been leading a network of Italian research managers (www.italianresearchmanagers.eu). She has experience as a trainer on research management in several courses at national and international level. Since 2023, she Is a member of the scientific board of the national training course titled “Promoting the Impact of EU Research: Activities and Competencies of the Impact Manager”, playing a key role in the content organization and coordination of the 3 courses’ editions. She is also a trainer on the impact of research-funded projects.