WIDERA Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area
WIDERA focuses on helping countries and institutions that are underrepresented in EU research funding to:
- strengthen their research and innovation capacity
- improve institutional excellence and governance
- increase participation in Horizon Europe
- build stronger international collaborations
Main funding instruments
Teaming for Excellence – builds or upgrades centres of excellence through partnerships with leading institutions
Twinning – strengthens research networks and capacity through knowledge transfer
ERA Chairs – attracts top researchers to institutions to improve research leadership
Hop-On Facility – allows institutions from widening countries to join existing Horizon Europe projects
EFMC supports proposals in all major WIDERA schemes. We help institutions build competitive consortia, develop excellence strategies, and design high-impact transformation projects aligned with Horizon Europe objectives.
Our support service
- Strategic concept development aligned with WIDERA objectives
- Consortium building and partner identification across Europe
- Proposal writing and editing
- Impact, implementation, and management design
- Internal review and quality assessment
