Avoiding the typical mistakes when formulating project objectives

Regardless of which funding scheme you choose to apply to under the Horizon Europe framework program, your project should be objective-oriented. This means that your proposal should present clear objectives and outline logical steps and actions towards achieving them. The objectives are undoubtedly among the most important components of the project, as they embody its essence and reflect aspects such as its ambitiousness and novelty. In turn, they serve as a main pillar of the evaluation process, reflecting on the competitiveness of your proposal. As such, it is of the utmost importance to properly formulate and present the research objectives to the reviewers, yet, it is not an easy and intuitive task. For this reason, we gathered in this article some of the typical mistakes that applicants make when formulating the objectives and offer routes to avoid them.