I have reached to the writing phase in The Timeline Series and will now dig into the Impact section. The Impact section has two distinct sections: one on results and impact (2.1) and one on how to share results and spread them (2.2). I have therefore decided to record two episodes covering 2.1 Project’s pathways towards impact and two episodes covering 2.2 Measures to maximize impact.

I have written a handful of Impact sections myself, but to get critical mass on the guidance I have invited Team Lead of Research Support at the IT University in Copenhagen Melanie Büscher and Danish NCP and Chief Consultant in The Danish Agency for Higher Education and Science Barbara Spano – both Advisory Board members of The Grant. They both have more than a decade of experience in facilitating roles as NCPs and university project support offices which means they have evaluated countless proposals. They helped me digging into Impact section 2.1.

This is the first part of the double episode on Impact section 2.1 Project’s pathways towards impact. Here we go through how the background of the Impact section guidance as provided by the EU Commission in the Horizon Europe proposal template. Further, we go through main sections in the template and fold out how to interpret the text.This episode contains solid advice and background information needed before putting pen to paper writing this section. Anyone who is writing or is about to write an Impact section is recommended to listen to this episode.Get the grant!

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00:00:00 Introduction and thoughts on the Impact section

00:12:35 Background of template design

00:25:45 Contribution of results

00:42:20 Scale and significance

00:49:40 Barriers