Innovation

Accelerate your innovation with funding from European programs

Bring your research projects to life and boost their visibility! European funding is designed to help businesses and public sector entities implement their strategic roadmap for innovation, research, and internationalization in a way that meets their specific needs.

European projects: a major source of financing

To meet the challenges environmental and social issues

Pillar structure

Projects submitted must be part of a collaborative European consortium - a partnership with partner organizations in different European countries, with a structured, innovative concept, bringing together scientific and industrial expertise.

European Regional Development Fund

Supporting the economic cohesion of regional areas, in line with the major objectives of the European Union.

European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development

Rural development under the Common Agricultural Policy - financing projects with a territorial dimension.

European programs and the implementation of competitive financing are the concrete expression of the European Union's commitment to stand out from the crowd in a context of intense international competition. Numerous funds have been allocated to enable greater visibility for cutting-edge research and innovation and bring projects to fruition to meet today's global challenges.

European funding aims to help companies and public-sector players implement their strategic roadmaps for innovation, research and internationalization according to their needs.

The diversity of European funding (Horizon Europe, LIFE, Interreg, Single Market Programme, etc.)

50% to 100%

European windows are highly diversified, with funding rates ranging from 50% to 100%.

European funds also finance projects that meet local needsThese projects are designed to meet the needs of local communities, while meeting the major objectives of the European Union. For example European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) or the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) aim to support the economic cohesion of territories and rural development as part of the Common Agricultural Policy.

the context

How to meet the requirements of European funding?

Our daily commitment

Identifying the right counter, building a winning application, requires expertise and time. Many organizations fail to do this because they are unfamiliar with European schemes, lack resources, or because of previous failures.

G.A.C. Group has built up a unique range of support services for private and public organizations aiming to structure and secure their applications for European funding. From comprehensive support to tailor-made services, our offer is tailored to your needs.

Helping you to finance and accelerate your projects so as to have a greater impact on society and the environment, support your growth, assist you in the green and digital transition while sharing risks with European funders in line with their strategy is a daily commitment for our experts.

To be eligible for European funding, your project must address the major global challenges and industrial competitiveness objectives set out in the Horizon Europe program pillars (2021-2027).

More specifically, the project must be :

Highly innovative to go beyond the state of the art

Technically ambitious to stand out

Balanced and demonstrate real collaboration between European partners

In step with the market, be replicable and have a significant impact

Our offer

To help you apply for European funding and maximize your chances of success

We support public and private players in the creation of innovation projects, fostering inter-regional and international collaboration in response to economic, societal and environmental challenges. We can intervene at several stages of your process and throughout the entire funding application cycle:

Structure

Monitoring calls for projects
  • Analyze the match between your project and financing options, thanks to a high-performance monitoring system and a network of partners.
  • Align your project with the expectations of the call for projects to attract other European partners

Argue

Setting up and managing the project and finding partners
  • Building arguments and leading the consortium
  • Identify qualified partners on a European and international scale

Coordinate

Project management
  • Structuring the contract with the European Commission and consortium agreements
  • Project management and coordination for monitoring key indicators as well as financial and administrative reporting

Communicate

Dissemination of results
  • Implement communication campaigns around your project (digital strategy, community building)
  • Maximize project impact and exploitation of results
A winning proposal is based on bringing together excellent partners from different backgrounds, combining their skills and bringing creativity to project management. This expertise makes all the difference when it comes to evaluation. Our experts are experienced in various co-creation approaches (Design Thinking, Lego® Serious Play®). and other techniques that we apply in all phases of our support.
Unique support

To structure and secure your applications for European funding

Our expertise and proximity to European Commission experts enable us to interpret the conditions of calls for projects to limit the risk of failure in obtaining funding. Our 20 years' experience has enabled us to build up a solid network of international partners across all sectors, including the digital economy (ICT, IoT, Big Data, 5G), health, energy, processing industries, space, and the green and circular economy.

In addition to setting up the project, we also provide support for political dialogue, acting as project coordinator, proposal coordinator or partner. G.A.C. Group has also signed framework agreements with a number of French regions (including Hauts-de-France, Pays de la Loire and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes), enabling us to co-finance the project set-up of the companies and public players concerned.

The results of our support are significantly higher than the average success rates reported by the European Commission.

+25

years of experience

+100

projects financed

37,5%

success rate on our Horizon Europe applications (vs. 16% average European success rate)
Your benefits

What you gain with our support

The acceleration of your innovative project thanks to a solid consortium aimed at deploying new technological building blocks and strategic components.

Evaluate new technological approaches to consolidate your know-how and raise your company's international profile.

Diversification of partnerships on a European scale to support growth in new markets and territories.

Access to a network of qualified inter-regional and international partners: clusters, incubators, gas pedals, research organizations, academics and policy-makers.

Scientific and technical expertise across all cross-industry value chains at your service.

Take action

Accelerate your innovation with European funding

Book a free audit and identify your European funding opportunities with our experts.

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