Strategic mentorship and project development for Horizon Europe, international partnerships and innovation-oriented investment ecosystems — since 2008.
Agranas is a strategic mentorship and project development structure focused on Horizon Europe, international partnerships and innovation-oriented investment ecosystems.
Our focus is not only project writing. We go deeper — from consortium architecture and strategic positioning to international communication and funding alignment.
We work with
R&D companies
Universities
Municipalities
Innovation ecosystems
Agri-food businesses
We support
Consortium architecture
Strategic positioning
Partnership development
International communication
Funding alignment
Our Services
Five capabilities, one outcome: funded collaboration.
We work with R&D companies, universities, municipalities and agri-food businesses across Europe.
Horizon Europe Consortium Building
We design and assemble competitive consortia for Horizon Europe calls — from consortium architecture to signed partnership agreements.
Partner scouting & outreach
Consortium architecture
Letters of Intent & agreements
We go beyond partner search. Our approach focuses on consortium architecture — matching the right partner profile to the call requirements, balancing geographic spread, ensuring each partner carries a critical task, and structuring governance to maximise evaluation scores. We have supported over 40 funded consortia across 22 countries.
Strategic Project Structuring
We translate your innovation idea into a structured, fundable project — with the right scope, budget logic, and work plan architecture.
Project scope & work plan design
Budget structuring
Evaluation criteria alignment
Most good ideas fail at the structuring stage. We work with your team to define the project boundaries, break it into fundable work packages, align every objective to evaluation criteria, and build a budget that passes eligibility checks. The result is a project that is coherent, credible, and competitive.
International Communication & Meeting Management
We manage cross-border communication within consortia — coordination meetings, partner relations, and Horizon programme contacts.
Consortium coordination meetings
Partner communication
Programme officer liaison
International consortia fail without structured communication. We facilitate kick-off meetings, progress reviews, and partner alignment sessions across time zones and languages. We also manage the interface with programme officers at the European Commission, ensuring your consortium speaks with one coherent voice.
Executive Workshops & Closed Sessions
Tailored workshops for leadership teams — strategy alignment, funding landscape briefings, and innovation ecosystem positioning.
Funding strategy workshops
Leadership team briefings
Innovation ecosystem sessions
We design and deliver closed-door workshops for executive and R&D leadership teams. Sessions cover the current Horizon Europe landscape, how to position your organisation competitively, what evaluators look for, and how to build a multi-year funding pipeline. Delivered in Turkish or English.
Investment & Funding Strategy
We map your growth ambition to the right funding instruments — EU grants, blended finance, national co-funding and private investment.
Multi-year funding roadmap
Instrument & call matching
Investor introductions
EU funding is one piece of the puzzle. We build multi-year funding strategies that sequence Horizon Europe grants, EIC Accelerator blended finance, InvestEU, EUREKA and national instruments for maximum impact. For agri-food and deep-tech companies, we also facilitate introductions to aligned private investors.
The European Commission has released its €95.5 billion third work programme. Significant budget increases in Clusters 5 and 6 stand out.
The third Work Programme introduces a stronger focus on green and digital twin transitions, with Cluster 5 (Climate) and Cluster 6 (Food & Bioeconomy) receiving the largest proportional increases. Key deadlines for 2025 calls have been confirmed, with several RIA and IA topics opening in Q2. Agranas is tracking all relevant calls and will publish a full analysis in the coming days.
The grant ceiling in the blended finance component rises to €2.5M, while new valuation criteria for the equity component come into effect.
The European Innovation Council has revised its blended finance terms for the EIC Accelerator. The grant portion ceiling rises from €2.0M to €2.5M, while the equity component now follows updated valuation methodology introduced after consultation with the EIC Fund.
Project22 March 2026
Consortium Coordinated by Agranas Signs Grant Agreement
An 11-partner consortium across 8 countries has been awarded €4.2M under a Cluster 4 call coordinated by Agranas.
The COHESION project, a 36-month Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Action under Cluster 4, has officially signed its Grant Agreement with the European Commission. The 11-partner consortium spans 8 EU and associated countries, covering universities, research institutes, and deep-tech SMEs.
References
The Agranas team went far beyond finding our partners — they built a structure from scratch that allowed 11 institutions to work together. Without them, we could not have submitted.