ADDSEN assists excellent scientific teams and promising businesses in Central Europe to discover and fully realize their potential by using the power of EC funding and partnerships in Horizon Europe.
Our 18 years of hands-on experience, extensive knowledge base and a network of proven partners across the EU can become also YOUR ADDitional SENse for innovation.
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At ADDSEN, every project begins with a blank page and thought-provoking questions. We craft your plan by first understanding your goals and exploring all possible alternatives. Because our clients deserve undivided attention, we limit the number of grant application we take on, ensuring that quality always takes precedence over quantity. 15 points is the goal!
The ADDSEN blend of expertise for Horizon Europe pre-award and post-award support is truly unique. At ADDSEN, our team consists of in-house professionals and specialized contractual experts. This flexible structure enables us to tailor project teams with precision, aligning them perfectly with the specific goals and requirements of each assignment.
We pride ourselves on being a collective of passionate, open-minded individuals who approach every project with the same dedication as if it were our own business.
Miroslav Konecny is the head of the ADDSEN team. He has been managing funding of research and innovation since 2006. Miroslav has become one of the most successful project managers and framework project coordinators in the CEE region. He is also an expert of the Platinn network at JIC Brno (CZ).
Lucia Davidova is a project and innovation consultant.
Lucia has a vast track record in regional innovation strategies, empowerment of women and support of startups to explore the unknown for the benefit of our clients for Horizon Europe projects.
Peter Beno is a senior process consultant.
As a former national expert for the EC Model Grant Agreement Peter knows all GA implications and can advise on HE project administration setup and its quality assurance.
Zuzana Reptova is a policy analyst and project consultant.
Zuzana has been guiding researchers as NCP for ERC and MSC in their funding process. Also she has been working as a researcher in governance and democracy. She is your contact if you consider to develop your academic career with new projects.
Daniela Macakova is a senior process and project manager.
Daniela is a former auditor and finance professional, precise at resource management and in-time delivery in the best possible quality.
Lucia Husenicova is a community manager.
Lucia is responsible for network collaboration and project dissemination. She has over nine years of experience in communications, programme management, and building strategic partnerships across international projects and organisations.
The main objective of ST(R)E(A)M IT is to initiate change in persisting gender inequalities in STEM education, research, and innovation in order to contribute to the ‘The European Manifesto for gender-inclusive STE(A)M education and careers.’
The project consortium is composed of 21 partners across Europe. The ADDSEN role is to connect Slovakia to the project activities, create specific tools for up-skilling participants in innovation management / business thinking and to create partnerships.
Implementation period: 1/2024 – 12/2026
Project funding: € 1,856 mil.
For more information please contact Lucia Davidova:
HER FUND ambition was to foster knowledge-sharing and synergies between innovation actors, and initiatives/ projects to support the next generation of startups, with focus on women-led companies and gender-conscious investors.
The project consists of 10 members from both advanced ecosystems and less advanced innovation ecosystems in Europe. The ADDSEN role is to disseminate identified best practice in Slovakia, enhance capabilities of potential women-led startups and contribute to up-scaling these activities in CEE.
Implementation period: 3/2024 – 2/2026
Project funding: € 1 mil.
For more information please contact Lucia Davidova:
The BridgeTTe project addresses key gaps in the European innovation landscape, especially the disconnect between academia and industry. These gaps limit collaboration and prevent the full use of each sector’s potential.
BridgeTTe combines talent scouting powered by advanced AI tools, university-based prototyping, market validation, and capacity-building. It promotes collaboration through joint activities with business experts, industry clusters, and top innovation hubs.
A core focus is on empowering sciencepreneurs, especially women, to turn academic research into deep-tech start-ups and spin-offs. Through strategic academia-business networks, BridgeTTe nurtures the next generation of innovation leaders.
Its ecosystem-building methodology will be shared across the EU, serving as a model for emerging innovation regions, particularly in Central and Eastern Europe.
Implementation period: 6/2025 – 11/2027
Project funding: € 0,5 mil.
For more information please contact Lucia Davidova:
SCALE’HER provides support services for women-led startups / scaleups with product-market fit. Through innovative cross-border activities like blind audition competitions, and an individually tailored acceleration programme, it fosters connections between startups and ecosystems including matchmaking with investors and business opportunities.
The project also includes initiatives such as “”Mission innovation”” to strenghten the connection within and between the stakeholders and ecosystems in Europe, or the “”Women Entrepreneur Roadshow”” to showcase startups to investors, expanding their presence in key areas like AI and cybersecurity.
Ultimately, SCALE’HER will foster the growth of women-led scale-ups, promote diversity, and advance strategic digital technologies across Europe while creating solid bridges between European innovation ecosystems in Europe.”
Implementation period: 7/2025 – 12/2027
Project funding: € 2 mil.
For more information please contact Lucia Davidova:
FreeTwinEV project creates a robust partnership among Slovak University of Technology (SK) and three more advanced institutions: including the University of Twente (NL), Linz Centre of Mechatronics (AT), and ADDSEN (SK). Together, they aim to foster international collaboration and knowledge exchange that will bolster STU’s capabilities and establish it as a nucleus for battery research
Implementation period: 5/2024 – 4/2027
Project funding: € 1,467 mil.
For more information please contact Peter Beno
RRP Call code: 09I01-03-V04, RRP Component: 9. Efektívnejšie riadenie a posilnenie financovania výskumu, vývoja a inovácií, Investment 1. Podpora medzinárodnej spolupráce a zapájania sa do projektov Horizont Európa a Európsky inovačný a technologický inštitút (EIT)
Project code: 09I01-03-V04-00106
Implementation period: 4/2025 – 6/2026
Project funding: € 0,125 mil.
For more information please contact Daniela Macakova
The management of scientific activities and research faces key challenges, particularly insufficient international outreach and inefficient use of research data. TwinMatch addresses these gaps by promoting best practices, global collaboration, and innovative data-driven solutions by:
1 . Enhancing the professionalization of management and fostering the internationalization of research
2 . Integrating AI tools to fully capitalize on the outcomes of the FreeTwinEV project.
ADDSEN has created a signpost website on a recognizable address www.h2020.sk for any institution interested in financing their development via EC programme Horizon 2020.
Its purpose was to explain benefits and rules from various perspectives of SME, research, enterprise, non-governmental sector and include the motivating stories of successful ones. (in Slovak)
The ADDSEN company Plan for gender equality and diversity 2023-2027 (GEP) is a set of our commitments and concrete actions that aim to promote gender equality in the company. Currently we implement several projects to make the EU more equal for all.
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ADDSEN, s.r.o., Kukučínova 43, 901 01 Malacky, Slovakia IČO: 46 896 511, DIČ: 2023636197, VAT: SK2023636197
The company is registered in Slovakia in the Register of Companies of the Municipal Court Bratislava III, Section: Sro, Insert No. 85479/B. email: konecny(at)addsen.eu