Jos van Maasacker

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About Jos van Maasacker

How to perform valuable research while maintaining a solid financial base?(most recent edit: March, 2025) A question on the minds of many academic researchers and RTD professionals in industry. The continuity of academic institutions is no longer as secure as it once was. The ability to perform research with scientific and societal impact is directly determined by the extent to which these institutions can obtain additional financial resources. The size of these funds decreases while the demand, and thus the competition, significantly increases. A strong project is no longer a guarantee of adequate contributions from grant providers. The project must excel not only scientifically, but across multiple facets 2. The value of the research must be well considered and defended 3. Cooperation with other public and private parties should facilitate synergy 4. Implementation of the project must be unique and provide assurances that the plan, while ambitious, will be fully realized. Today in 2025, times have significantly changed. In the Netherlands and also in various European countries. The "small nine"​ is no longer enough; it comes to the "ten", close to perfection. Our company, Hezelburcht, offers European universities, international research institutions and RTD driven companies professional support in this field, in the context of: Horizon Europe, ERC (Starting, Consolidator, Advanced, POC and Synergy), EIC (Pathfinder, Transition and Accelerator) Marie Curie, STW, NWO and ZonMw requests. We exist not only to get to the applications themselves. Hezelburcht is advising various organisations: 1. In terms of long term strategy 2. regarding the positioning of the focal points 3. focused on the acquisition of strategic resources: 4. with an eye out for your portfolio management. All this to increase success factors in applying for research funds and thus ensure the continuity of scientific research in times of scarcity.