Martin is the Founder and Chairman of Grantcraft (www.wrgeurope.com) specialising in writing and supporting European grant applications and tenders as well as providing administrative and management support services for ongoing projects.Over the last 25 years Grantcraft have worked extensively across Europe with a large number of universities, and research institutes as well as industrial firms, ranging from small SMEs to major international companies.In addition to running training workshops Grantcraft provides advice surgeries with academic staff members from all disciplines and works confidentially with each coordinator as projects are structured and prepared in order to optimise the applications from every aspect of the funding body’s perspective.Courses and workshops run by Grantcraft are an important and integral step in facilitating success but there is a world of difference between knowing what is required and actually having the skills and experience to successfully achieve it. Thus the direct support activities have been honed with experience to provide the optimum success rate.Such retained support includes availability in the evenings and at weekends (essential leading up to a major deadline), and direct one to one guidance, advice and support with the PI as well as specialised easy to use call information dissemination systems and call specific support packs containing all the necessary official documentation; plus Grantcraft’s own optimisation guidelines, advice and best practice notes as a starting point for the application.Individual bids can also be directly prepared by Grantcraft on a case by case basis and there are a number of ways such application support can be structured.Find out more at: www.wrgeurope.com; email us directly at: grantcraft@wrgeurope.co.uk; or follow us on Twitter @WRGEurope