Grant Consulting

Need some help with your grant application?

We can help you make sure your project idea fits well with the aim of the call, and guide you in keeping your writing on track for submission.

Schedule a meeting with our team

During busy periods, it can be difficult to keep your grant writing process under control while writing a compelling project proposal that matches the call. We support you as you put your application together and help you improve your chances of getting funded.

Which call do you need help with?

We can help you with a range of national and international calls, including:

    • ERC Advanced Grant
    • ERC Consolidator Grant
    • ERC Starting Grant
    • ERC Synergy Grant
    • MSCA Doctoral Networks
    • MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships
    • Pillar II clusters and missions
    • EIC Pathfinder Open and Challenges

Click below to find out more about these calls. We also have a experience with several other calls, such as the COST Actions, and various national calls, including Severo Ochoa and María de Maeztu. If you want to talk about these or any other calls, just contact us.

Calls we can help with

How we can help you

We have built a modular workflow that you can customise depending on the level of maturity of your proposal. Tell us what stage you’re at, and we’ll build a custom workplan for you.

    • Pre-proposal: assemble the main ideas, check if they match the call
    • Structural Writing: build your argument efficiently, putting science before words
    • Initial Review: clarify the focus, and the main messages in each section
    • Extended Review: develop the full text, include all the main details
    • Pre-submission Review: check details, communication, and polish before submission
    • Interview Preparation: identify and practice the main messages to focus on

Click here for more about our support modules.

Choose the modules you need

Our Experience in Grant Writing

Our insights come from training active researchers and working on high-impact calls

Since 2018, we have supported researchers and project officers at research centres, universities, and businesses to secure funding for their institutions:
>90 grant applications
>€110 M applied for
>15 distinct national and international calls
>530 scientists trained in our grant writing workshops

Tell us what you need

Dr. Raquel Cumeras, Principal Investigator, Institut d'Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili (IISPV), Tarragona

"Great comments and ideas. Loved how you strengthened the project ideas.
Laura revision was a great complement to Marc's, as her deeper familiarity with the field allowed her to refine technical nuances and ensure scientific accuracy."

Dr. Victoria Neguembor, Principal Investigator, Molecular Biology Institute of Barcelona (IBMB), Barcelona

"You have been very mindful, encouraging me when I needed it the most. You helped me keep the pace to reach the goal. Amazing training sessions!"

Postdoctoral researcher, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar (ICM), Barcelona

"Professional and useful. They carried out a thorough revision of the narrative and provided clear guidance on the overall document structure. Their constructive feedback included practical solutions that significantly strengthened the proposal. The final revision also improved the typesetting, resulting in a polished and cohesive submission."

Postdoctoral Researcher, Centre for Astronomy of Heidelberg University, Germany

"Personalized, extensive and in-depth work-plan on how to convince a scientific interview panel, with professional yet friendly trainers."

Dr. Guillermo Martínez Corrales, Postdoctoral researcher, Institut de Biologia Molecular de Barcelona (IBMB-CSIC)

"Clear communication, well-defined deliverables, and a professional team that provided invaluable feedback made this a highly recommendable experience."

Prof. Sergio Rossi, Università del Salento, Italy

"Easy, well done and on time.

They provided clear guidance on structure, helped refine the main message, and highlighted the key improvements that significantly strengthened the final version of the proposal. "

Dr. Sanchar Sharma, Junior Group Leader at IFIMAC, UAM, Madrid

"Fantastic review which showed a lot of smartness and hardwork from the evaluator's side.

The comments on my proposal were very detailed and very helpful.

Marc was very good at explaining his views and was very receptive of my understandings as well. Having an enforced timeline allowed me to be well on schedule, even allowing me to take a week gap after which I could have a fresh look on the proposal. Having early comments via the sentence outline was a pretty important step too."

Principal Investigator, Institut de Química Computacional i Catàlisi (IQCC), Girona

"My experience working with TPM Science on this proposal was excellent; their support was extremely helpful, efficient, and reassuring throughout the entire process."

Dr. Ananya Ashok, Researcher at the Institute of Marine Sciences, Barcelona

"TPM identified areas of opportunity very well. Their feedback contributed to reducing disagreements within the proposal team and facilitated a more consensual approach to improving the proposal. Provided a well-written overview of the strengths and improvement potential of the application. Provided useful edits and comments allowing me to determine changes as deemed best. Provided a one-on-one session to discuss the feedback and clarify any questions. Overall, insightful, structured, objective and constructive review process."

Prof. Pedro Cermeño, Senior researcher at the Marine Sciences Institute, Barcelona

"The review was very competent and professional. The proposal was greatly improved by the advice from the TPM team. I highly appreciate the online exchanges, comments on the proposal, speed of the review and availability even after the agreed deadline."

Prof. Nicola Poccia, Group Leader at the Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research, Dresden

"The support I received from TPM was excellent. I appreciate the professional and friendly interaction during all the way. "

Group Leader at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center

"When developing a scientific proposal, it is very common to get lost in the scientific/technical details and neglect key aspects that are crucial for the evaluation. The feedback I received was very useful to identify and address these aspects. I also value very much the different exchanges I had with the grant support manager, to solve doubts and discuss the best ways to address the feedback."

Group Leader, Civil and Environmental Engineering at UPC, Barcelona

"I am very satisfied with the accompaniment during the project, the different focus of each module, the comments and review in the proposal’s documents to improve the proposal, the materials you provided me with and the language improvements you added."

Group Leader, Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Green Institute, Stockholm University

"The Application was read accurately, and I had the best comments and discussions. I felt that I received very good comments. The grammar was beautifully corrected, and the sentences were simpler and much easier to read. Overall, it was a heart-warming journey with TPM and I felt encouraged throughout the process of grant writing."

Group leader, Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research, Dresden

"Excellent overall guidance. Excellent service and timely delivery! I am very satisfied."