EU FUNDING STRATEGY & PROPOSAL ENGINEERING
Compress the process.
Expand the thinking.
The consortium should spend their best time strengthening the project not managing proposal complexity.
AGMS turns dense call documents, fragmented partner inputs and demanding deadlines into one coherent, evidence-grounded and evaluator-ready proposal. We accelerate funding intelligence, project architecture, partner integration and quality control, so your consortium can focus on the science, innovation and impact that create real competitive advantage.
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Working days
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Live online triage and revision meetings
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Criterion-based evaluator review
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High-risk section diagnosis
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Coherence and impact audit
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Red-team questions
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Revision priority matrix
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Selected section re-engineering, where feasible
Proposal Deadline Rescue
A focused five-working-day intervention for Horizon Europe and other European funding teams with an advanced proposal already in development.
AGMS rapidly identifies the weaknesses most likely to affect evaluation, protects the strongest material and directs the remaining time towards high-value revisions. Focused online triage and revision meetings help the core team close decisions quickly, repair critical logic and move the proposal towards a more coherent, submission-ready state.
Accepted selectively after a rapid maturity review and subject to deadline and senior capacity. Scope is agreed before the five-working-day intervention begins. Live call deadlines should always be confirmed in the Funding & Tenders Portal.
FUNDING BRIEFINGS
Start with the right opportunity.
Focused online sessions translate current and upcoming EU calls into clear decisions: where your organisation fits, which role to pursue, what must be ready and what to do next.
01 · OPEN
Sector Funding Briefing
A concise online session for a defined sector, covering relevant calls, applicant profiles, consortium roles and preparation timelines.
02 · PRIVATE
Executive Funding Briefing
A confidential session focused on one organisation’s capabilities, strategic priorities and most credible funding routes.
MULTI-PARTNER CONSORTIA
Built for the part
most proposal teams
struggle with:
the consortium.
Large proposals lose quality when strong but fragmented expertise is not converted into a shared project logic. AGMS creates the working structure that connects partner knowledge, decisions, work packages, resources and impact in one consortium-owned proposal.
BUILT INSIDE THE EU COLLABORATION CULTURE
Many experts.
One project logic.
Proposal quality depends on how decisions, evidence, roles, work and resources connect across the consortium.
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One shared project architecture
Objectives, methodology, impact, work plan and budget move as one system.
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Clear decisions, inputs and working sessions
Partners know what is needed, when decisions must be made and where live alignment is required.
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Fast integration without flattening expertise
AGMS integrates the proposal while scientific and technical authority remains with the relevant experts.
SERVICES
Choose the support that matches your situation.
Each service produces a defined decision, architecture or submission-ready output. Start with one focused need, combine several services or appoint AGMS for the complete proposal journey.
We need the right opportunity.
01. Funding Strategy & Call Intelligence
We need a competitive project concept.
04. Concept Sprint
One high-risk section is limiting the proposal.
07. Targeted Proposal Engineering
We need a continuous funding pipeline.
10. AGMS Funding Office
We have a call and idea, but need a go/no-go.
02. Proposal Readiness Diagnostic
We need to form or align the consortium.
05. Consortium Formation & Proposal Architecture
We have a near-complete draft.
08. Evaluator Challenge
Our submission deadline is close.
Proposal Deadline Rescue
We were invited as a partner.
03. Partner Positioning Pack
We need the complete application.
06. Full Proposal Engineering
Our proposal was not funded.
09. Proposal Recovery & Resubmission
Interactive by design. Every service includes focused online working sessions with the people who hold the decisions, evidence and specialist knowledge. We test options, close open points and validate the integrated proposal with your team.
DECIDE
Choose where to invest time, evidence and consortium effort.
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Funding Strategy & Call Intelligence
Know where to compete - and where not to.
Best for organisations comparing opportunities
One-off analysis or executive workshop
CLIENT OUTCOME
A clear, evidence-based decision on where, when and how to compete.
A strong proposal begins with a disciplined funding decision. AGMS analyses the active funding environment, the organisation’s capabilities and the strategic logic of the call before proposal development begins.
Discuss the service →
Typical outputs
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Organisation and capability assessment
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Funding landscape and opportunity shortlist
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Source and version register
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Call requirement matrix
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Eligibility and admissibility assessment
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Coordinator, partner and end-user role options
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Evaluator evidence blueprint
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Go/no-go recommendation
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Deadline and action plan
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Executive online decision workshop
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Proposal Readiness Diagnostic
Know whether the proposal is ready to build - before the deadline starts costing you.
Best for one specific call and idea
3-5 working days
CLIENT OUTCOME
A clear go, no-go or repair-first decision - with a practical route to the next stage.
AGMS reviews the call, the project idea and the available consortium evidence to determine whether the opportunity should be pursued now, repaired first or declined before more time and budget are committed.
Request a diagnostic →
Typical outputs
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Call-idea fit assessment
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Eligibility and admissibility check
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Scope and expected-outcome coverage
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Competitive-position review
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Concept-maturity assessment
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Consortium capability gaps
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Evidence and data gaps
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Critical preparation risks
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Go / no-go / repair-first recommendation
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Recommended preparation plan
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Online diagnostic debrief and decision meeting
POSITION
Define the concept, the role and the consortium logic before drafting expands.
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Partner Positioning Pack
Turn an invitation into a strategic role.
Best for non-coordinators and invited partners
Focused partner package
Many organisations enter strong consortia without making their own value visible. AGMS translates your capabilities into a necessary, resource-aligned contribution that the coordinator can integrate directly into the project.
CLIENT OUTCOME
A partner role that is visible, necessary, appropriately resourced and easy to integrate.
Position your organisation →
Typical outputs
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Strategic role in the project
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Contribution to objectives and expected outcomes
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WP and task positioning
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Proposed tasks, outputs and deliverables
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Person-month and budget logic
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Partner profile text
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Impact and exploitation contribution
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Capability and evidence map
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Negotiation points for the coordinator
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Coordinator-ready partner input pack
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Online partner positioning session
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Concept Sprint & Competitive Positioning
Make the project necessary before making it detailed.
Best for a coordinator or core team with an early idea
7-10 working days
CLIENT OUTCOME
A selected concept with a clear reason to exist and a defensible competitive position.
AGMS develops and compares genuinely different project options rather than forcing the first idea into the call. The concept is tested against the need, policy environment, funded-project landscape, consortium strengths and evaluator expectations.
Discuss a Concept Sprint →
Typical outputs
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Need and bottleneck analysis
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Policy and evidence landscape
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Relevant funded-project and portfolio mapping
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Duplication and white-space analysis
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Three to five distinct project concepts
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Multi-criteria concept comparison
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Innovation and differentiation logic
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Selected 6-8-page concept note
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One-page Project North Star
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Initial impact thesis
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Consortium capability-gap report
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Online concept design and selection workshops
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Consortium Formation & Proposal Architecture
Build the consortium as a working system - not a list of logos.
Best for coordinators and complex multi-partner teams
Formation, architecture or both
AGMS can enter before the core consortium is complete or after partners are confirmed. We define the capabilities the project needs, mobilise the right contributors and translate the approved concept into an integrated project operating model.
CLIENT OUTCOME
A functionally complete consortium and project architecture in which every partner, activity, result and euro has a reason.
Build the consortium architecture →
Typical outputs
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Partner archetypes and selection logic
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Consortium capability-gap map
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Target partner identification and outreach pack
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Partner onboarding and input framework
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Consortium kick-off and working rules
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Theory of Change
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Objectives, results and KPI framework
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Methodology architecture
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Impact pathways
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Partner capability-role matrix
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Governance and decision-rights model
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Work packages and tasks
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Deliverables and milestones
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Person-month and budget architecture
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Risk, assumption and dependency register
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Sustainability and institutionalisation pathway
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Dissemination, exploitation and communication architecture
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Proposal production plan
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Online consortium architecture and partner alignment sessions
BUILD
Produce the integrated application or strengthen the component carrying the greatest risk.
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Full Proposal Engineering
From approved architecture to evaluator-ready application.
Best for a confirmed call, concept and core consortium
Selective, scope-based engagement
CLIENT OUTCOME
A complete, coherent, evidence-grounded and evaluator-ready proposal.
AGMS leads the production and integration process while scientific and technical ownership remains with the consortium. Earlier engagement protects more time for innovation, partner decisions and quality control.
Discuss Full Proposal Engineering →
Typical outputs
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Proposal preparation calendar
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Partner input templates and guidance
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Collaborative workspace and version structure
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Part B drafting and integration
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Figures, diagrams and evaluator-facing tables
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Work-package and budget integration
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Part A-Part B consistency
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Evidence and citation registry
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Assumption and decision log
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Change-impact control
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Page-budget management
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Language and readability optimisation
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Final production and submission-readiness file
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Online coordinator and section-owner working sessions
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Targeted Proposal Engineering
Strengthen the part that is limiting the whole proposal.
Best for advanced proposals with one high-risk component
Focused sprint or audit
CLIENT OUTCOME
A repaired, evaluator-facing module that fits the logic of the full proposal.
Some consortia do not need full proposal support. They need senior engineering on a defined component where weak logic, uptake or resource coherence could limit the final score.
Discuss a focused module →
Available focused modules
Impact & Exploitation Sprint
For technically strong proposals that need a more credible route from results to uptake, outcomes and wider impact.
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Impact pathway and target groups
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Credibility of pathways to expected outcomes and impacts
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Barriers, external assumptions and mitigation
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Exploitation ownership and uptake routes
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Dissemination, exploitation and communication plan
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Policy, market or institutional feedback routes
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Outcome and impact KPIs
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Focused online impact and exploitation workshop
Lump-Sum Work Plan & Budget Audit
For consortia that need work-package completion logic, effort and budget to withstand technical and financial scrutiny.
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Work-package structure and completion logic
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Task, deliverable and milestone coherence
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Partner effort and person-month distribution
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Cost-category and partner-budget logic
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Subcontracting and equipment justification
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Over- or under-estimation risk
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Prioritised repair matrix
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Focused online work plan and budget workshop
CHALLENGE
Test the proposal as submitted
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Evaluator Challenge & Submission Readiness
Find the score-limiting weakness before the evaluator does.
Best for a complete or near-complete draft
Independent review or review plus selected re-engineering
CLIENT OUTCOME
A partner role that is visible, necessary, appropriately resourced and easy to integrate.
The proposal is reviewed against the applicable criteria, call requirements and its own internal logic. This service is available as an independent challenge, a challenge plus selected repairs, or a focused Deadline Rescue when the submission window is closing.
Request an evaluator challenge →
Typical outputs
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Excellence review
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Impact review
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Implementation review
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Independent evaluator-style assessment
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Red-team or “kill test”
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Requirement coverage audit
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Cross-consistency audit
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Factual and citation verification
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Budget and resource coherence review
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Page-limit and readability assessment
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Score-readiness dashboard
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Prioritised repair plan
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Selected section re-engineering, as agreed
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Final go / conditional go / no-go decision
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Online evaluator debrief and repair workshop
AFTER EVALUATION
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Proposal Recovery & Resubmission
Redesign the proposal
Best for rejected, reserve-list or above-threshold proposals
ESR-led redesign
AGMS analyses the Evaluation Summary Report, separates surface comments from structural weaknesses and determines whether the proposal requires stronger evidence, a different concept, a changed consortium, a revised work plan or a new impact route.
CLIENT OUTCOME
A resubmission strategy that addresses the real causes of the score.
Discuss a resubmission →
Typical outputs
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Evaluation feedback diagnosis
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Root-cause analysis
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Proposal strength and vulnerability map
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Concept and consortium redesign recommendations
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Section-level repair strategy
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New-call matching, where relevant
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Revised evaluation forecast
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Resubmission action plan
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Online evaluation diagnosis and redesign workshop
ONGOING FUNDING PARTNERSHIP
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Your external EU funding strategy and proposal function.
CLIENT OUTCOME
From occasional applications to an institutional funding strategy.
Designed for organisations that need continuous access to European funding intelligence and proposal capacity without building a full in-house funding department.
Funding should not depend on discovering a call too late and assembling a team under deadline pressure. AGMS gives your organisation a continuous funding pipeline, a structured decision process and access to senior proposal capacity when the right opportunity emerges.
Discuss an Ongoing Partnership →
Typical scope
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Rolling 12-24 month funding roadmap
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Monthly online pipeline review
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Monthly call and policy intelligence
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Quarterly executive funding briefings
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Bid/no-bid governance
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Coordinator and partner positioning
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Consortium opportunity tracking
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Reserved proposal-development capacity
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Proposal portfolio dashboard
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Evaluation and resubmission learning
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Management-level funding strategy advice
CONTACT AGMS
Bring the call, the idea or the draft.
Tell us what you are working on, your deadline and the support you need. We will confirm the strongest next step and agree the scope, outputs, timeline and fee before work begins.
AG MARINE SOLUTIONS LTD · AGMS
Based in Istanbul.
International by design.
OFFICE
Ataturk Mah., Ertugrul Gazi Sok. Metropol İstanbul, 34758
Atasehir/İstanbul, Turkiye
info[at]agmarinesolutions.com
TELEPHONE
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