Louise Mothersole, UK National Contact Point for Cluster 5: Climate, Energy and Mobility, shares some tips on finding consortium partners.
In her own words, “being in the right consortium is almost as important as writing a good proposal. Your challenge is to find people who have a strong track record of past success and demonstrate to them that they need you in their team if they are going to continue to be successful.”
These steps can help applicants find the right partners:
- Treat joining a consortium as a project in its own right: make a plan of activities and tasks and allocate time and resources.
- Networking is by far the most useful way to find consortium partners: interact with others in your sector in such a way that they can see the value of your work and how it might help them with their work.
- Find potential partners that have a strong track record of previously successful proposals: they know how to write a winning proposal.
- Make the most of partner search websites: search the profiles of potential partners and upload your own too.
Read the full article on Louise’s LinkedIn blog.