Invitation - Realise your ambitions by applying for EU funds in food, nutrition and health - this is how you write a winning application!
05 maj 2026 09:00 – 12:00 Fakultetsklubben, Entréhuset Fakultetsklubben, Entréhuset
The Centre for Food and Health wants to support fellows with the ambition to apply for EU funds to finance research in food, nutrition and health. This lecture provides a deeper understanding of upcoming EU calls, tips on how to write a winning application and what it means to participate in, or be responsible for coordinating, an EU project.
Program
Seminar 09.00–12:00
Coffee and lunch included
🔎How Horizon Europe works and thinks - Lessons learned
Robert Brummer tries to show you the way through the EU labyrinth and makes a personal reflection and shares his own experiences and lessons learned from participating in, or running, EU projects.
Insights that can be very valuable in your work going forward!
Prof. Robert Brummer is director of the Centre for Food and Health and has extensive experience of EU cooperation through several different projects in all “pillars” as well as several assignments within the EU.
🌱 Upcoming calls within the EU linked to food and health
Presentation of FutureFoodS, the EU-Partnership Programme that finances research within food, nutrition and health and examples of funded projects.
Formas is responsible for the Swedish National Research Programme for Food (NFP Livs) and is one of several Swedish authorities that is the contact point for EU funding.
Alexandre Dubois is program coordinator for NFP Livs as well as Formas contact-person for FutureFoodS.
✍️ How to write a competitive EU application
Richard Forsgård has been involved in several competitive national and European funding applications (Horizon Europe, Erasmus+, Interreg, EIT) which have attracted over 4 M Euros in funding.
Here, Richard gives his best advice and tips on how to write a competitive funding application. Before starting in his current role as a Grant Writer at Häme University of Applied Sciences, Richard worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Örebro University.
🌏 Expericences and lessons learned as a coordinator
What does it mean to be a coordinator of an EU project?
Prof. Matej Oresic is the coordinator of INITITALISE, an EU project in which 12 different institutions from 9 countries participate. He is also co-cordinator in EDC-MASLD collaborative EU project and previously coordinated four other large EU projects. Here, Matej shares his experiences, tips and lessons learned for future applications.
Prof Matej Oresic is professor in medicine with a specialisation in systems medicine at Örebro University and professor of biochemistry (metabolomics) at the University of Turku, Finland.
🔜 Next Steps
Centrumet presenterar kommande aktiviteter som stärker forskningen vid Örebro universitet. Grants Office är på plats för frågor.
The Centre presents upcoming activities to support research at Örebro University. The Grants Office will also be present for questions.