The training was a three days event. The first two days outlined above were conducted mainly by the Proposal Development Expert on ERC, Dr. Lotte Jaspers. Expert delivered a detailed, hands-on training course to prepare promising and ambitious ERC calls for preselected Turkish researchers. During day 1, any question to help generate the understanding of what the reviewers are looking for was answered. During day 2, the specifics of the proposals were examined. At the end of the day, 2 self-analysis was performed, which was the ideal opportunity to discuss with each person specifics of the expert’s comments on their proposal. On the third day, some insights on ERC proposals were presented and real evaluation ESR of a winning ERC proposal. Participants had time to work on their proposal based on a specific handbook that was provided to participants.