Kwintessence was set up in 2007 by Mrs. Alie Kwint, and provides consultancy services in the area of European Framework Programmes for Research and Development, and in particular of the Marie Curie programme.

 

The Marie Curie programmes have been a popular part of the European Framework Programmes for many years. Their orientation has changed from a pure mobility fellowship programme to a programme dedicated to stimulating researchers' career development. The overall strategic objective (from a European Commission point of view) of the People programme is to make Europe more attractive for the best researchers. The Marie Curie proposals should therefor respond to the needs of Europe’s scientific community in terms of training, mobility and career development.

 

Marie Curie projects are partly about science, but even more so about training, mobility and career development of researchers. A successful Marie Curie proposal has a strong scientific part, but also responds to Europe’s needs in terms of training, transfer of knowledge, management and impact on Europe and on researchers’ careers.

 

Alie Kwint has over ten years of hands on experience with all types of Marie Curie projects, and an in-depth knowledge of the political and strategic background of the People programme. Kwintessence can assist you with strategic advice, proposal writing and proposal follow-up and project management. Together with Yellow Research (the Netherlands), Kwintessence offers workshops about writing successful Marie Curie proposals and managing Marie Curie projects. With EU Relations (Switzerland), Kwintessence offers support in proposal writing and training in complementary skills in running (Marie Curie) projects.