EU Proposal Writer, Funding Specialist
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EU Proposal Writer securing Horizon Europe, EDF and other funding for AI2CYBER’s cybersecurity, AI and quantum technology initiatives. Coordinating partners, budgets and compliant submissions.
Responsibilities:
- Identify and assess relevant funding opportunities across Horizon Europe, Digital Europe, EDF, Eurostars and cascade funding calls.
- Analyse call documents, expected outcomes and evaluation criteria, and recommend aligned opportunities.
- Develop project concepts and write complete proposals covering technical excellence, methodology, implementation, impact, exploitation and dissemination.
- Work with technical specialists to describe the state of the art, proposed innovation, use cases, validation activities and technology readiness levels.
- Structure work packages, tasks, deliverables, milestones, performance indicators and risk management plans.
- Identify potential partners, support consortium development and coordinate contributions from companies, research organisations and stakeholders.
- Prepare project budgets, effort allocations and supporting financial information with finance and technical teams.
- Support EDF proposal preparation, including call-specific requirements and eligibility, consortium and security-related checks.
- Manage submission schedules, supporting documents and application platforms; check completeness, consistency and compliance.
- Support clarification requests, grant preparation and handover of successful proposals to the project delivery team.
- Maintain proposal records and reusable material, analyse evaluation feedback and improve future submissions.
- Work directly with technical teams developing AI2CYBER’s cybersecurity technologies and delivering specialist security services.
Requirements:
- Demonstrable experience writing and submitting European funding proposals, with clear personal responsibility for substantive sections or complete applications.
- Excellent written English and the ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly and persuasively.
- Working knowledge of cybersecurity, including cyber threat intelligence, application security, vulnerability management, security operations and critical infrastructure protection.
- Understanding of AI and machine learning concepts, including generative AI, intelligent automation, trustworthy AI and the security of AI systems.
- Familiarity with quantum technologies and their security implications, particularly quantum computing, post-quantum cryptography and quantum-safe communications.
- Knowledge of the European Defence Fund, including its research and development focus, call documentation, proposal requirements, evaluation approach and consortium considerations.
- Ability to connect technical objectives with measurable outcomes, implementation plans, budgets and exploitation opportunities.
- Strong research, organisational and stakeholder coordination skills, with the ability to manage parallel deadlines and maintain document quality.
- Confidence working independently while actively seeking input and validation from technical and business colleagues.
- A substantive contribution to proposals selected for funding, particularly in cybersecurity, AI, quantum technologies or defence.
- Direct involvement in EDF proposal writing or consortium development.
- Experience with defence research, dual-use technologies or collaboration with industrial partners and research institutions.
- Familiarity with the EU Funding & Tenders Portal and other funding submission platforms.
- Experience developing exploitation strategies, business cases, intellectual property approaches and commercialisation plans.
- Experience supporting grant preparation, project reporting or technical deliverables after a funding award.
Benefits:
- Competitive remuneration, with periodic reviews.
- Involvement in European research initiatives and challenging technology projects.
- Professional development alongside experienced cybersecurity, AI and engineering specialists.
- Access to learning materials and company resources.
- The equipment and software needed to perform your role effectively.
- An informal working environment without a prescribed dress code.
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