Testimonials
what our clients say
Our clients are individual researchers, mostly group leaders and senior postdocs, preparing applications for the ERC (Starting, Consolidator, Advanced, and Synergy Grants), as well as other major schemes such as La Caixa Health Research and national programmes. Across years of client surveys, we’ve maintained an average satisfaction score of 4.8 out of 5, and many clients tell us they have recommend us to a colleague. What comes up repeatedly in their feedback is the value of an outside perspective: help identifying the «big question» behind a project, structuring a proposal so it reads with a clear internal logic, and pressure-testing the scientific reasoning itself, not just polishing the prose. The testimonials below are a sample of that feedback, shared with us at the end of the process.
Grant Consultancy
Working with Malte I felt that he really cared about my proposal. He provided both general and detailed feedback at different stages of proposal development, we had clear intermediate deadlines and interacted in written and in online meetings. This was fundamental in the writing process, also in the context of other commitments we have, and allowed me to develop a totally new concept, refine it with multiple iterations integrating his feedback as well as feedback from colleagues. I am very thankful and can strongly recommend Sciencepoint and Malte as a consultant for ERC grant writing.
I am fully satisfied with your work. You have done an excellent job and to be honest, I have been learning a lot. This experience will certainly serve me for other future grants and applications: many thanks again!
I will definitely keep you updated about the outcome of my proposal.
Thank you so much. I have gone through your changes […], and they are spot on.
– I’m definitely going to send the best application that I can and I thank you very much for that. You helped me to organize my ideas and to face difficult issues, and eventually to feel proud of my life-long professional purpose […] So here is a very happy customer.
Thanks a million for this fabulous service! I am extremely grateful for the speedy and constructive review. I already feel that it will have a huge impact on my proposal and help me improve it.
– I perceived a very high level of professionalism in the constructive review that helped me improve my proposal.
ERC SEMINARS AND GRANT WRITING WORKSHOPS
ERC Interview training and coaching
I received excellent feedbacks on the presentation, and a good sense of how the Q&A session would take place. Clearly, in order to prepare for scientific questions, it is important to present with experts closer to the field of the project, yet the coaching session was helpful to learn how to structure the responses in an effective way.
I really appreciated Stewe’s and Malte’s support in preparing for the interview stage, as their comments really helped make my application more incisive. I will for sure contact them for my next grant application!
I can highly recommend the service of Stewe and Malte. They really get to the detail of the points to improve while never imposing a structure that doesn’t fit your own style. Working with them feels very natural and really allows you to focus on the key weaknesses of the presentation.
