Propellerhat ® Grant Writing Service for Universities
Empowering your research teams to secure competitive funding — with impact and efficiency.
Who is this for?
- Universities, research institutes, and tech transfer offices
- Principal Investigators (PIs), research groups, and administrative grant offices
- Multidisciplinary research consortia preparing national or EU-level proposals
Our Value Proposition
Propellerhat provides a full-service grant writing and strategy solution that helps universities to:
- Increase success rates in competitive national and EU funding (e.g. Business Finland, Academy of Finland, ERC, Horizon Europe)
- Save researchers’ time with professional writing, editing, and coordination
- Align proposals with institutional strategies, societal impact goals, and innovation pipelines
- Build longituninal reseach funding (from proof-of-concept studies to large-scale collaborative grants to build and sustain your research team)
Service Packages
Grant Writing Sprint (Single Proposal)
- Funding call analysis & eligibility check
- Co-creation of proposal narrative (impact, innovation, methodology)
- Full draft writing or review & polish
- Gantt charts, budget summaries, and work package structuring
- Final quality check against funder criteria
Typical use case: ERC, Horizon Europe, Business Finland, Research to Business, Academy of Finland.
Strategic Grant Writer (Annual Retainer)
- Annual funding strategy for the department/faculty/institute
- Identification of grant opportunities (national & EU)
- Coordinated preparation of research strategy and 2–5 proposals
- Templates, checklists, and internal training for researchers
- Monthly status calls with the university’s grant office
Typical use: Faculties or research institutes wanting a coordinated external grant partner to support research management.
Grant Booster (Proposal Evaluation / Review)
- Deep-dive review of an existing draft
- Gap analysis against evaluation criteria
- Concrete rewriting suggestions for key sections
- One-to-one coaching for PI before submission
Typical use: Last-mile improvement of proposals before deadline.
Why Propellerhat?
- 38M€+ funding track record (EU, national, private)
- 100+ client organizations supported across sectors
- Strong experience in Interdisciplinary research scientific-commercial hybrid grants (e.g. Horizon Europe, Cascade funding, Research to Business, ERC, PoC, EIC)
- Familiarity with university research management processes, ethics, IP frameworks, impact, and commercialization
Pricing (0% VAT)
- Sprint: Fixed fee per proposal (starting €5,000–€15,000 depending on complexity)
- Strategic Grant Writer: Monthly fee (starting €2,500/month, min. 6–12 months)
- Grant Booster: Fixed fee (starting at €1,000/proposal)
Custom quotes available for large consortia or multi-proposal frameworks.
Ready to add some spin to your funding success?
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