Since 2013 · Barcelona
Grant writing, assessment, training and management of research and innovation projects — for universities, research centres and companies working with European funding.
What we do
Managing large international scientific collaborations end to end — consortium coordination, reporting, deliverables and the administrative load that keeps a funded project compliant.
Project Strategy Builder · Previous experience
Project Management →Manuscripts, proposals, reports and technical documentation for research centres and companies — written, edited and translated to the standard a reviewer expects.
Grant writing and project management, taught to research teams.
Grant Writing Book · The EU Grant Writer’s AI Playbook
Training →Dissemination and communication plans for EU-funded projects: strategy, deliverables, indicators and reporting.
Desk space in Barcelona for researchers, consultants and small teams — run separately from the consulting work.
Office Coworking Space →The company
SNM’s expertise is on European Commission funding (Horizon 2020, Horizon Europe), but we can provide support for all national and international funding bodies.
Scientific Network Management S.L. (SNM) is a privately owned company created in 2013 by Dr. Pascal Kahlem, which focuses on Grant Writing, Assessment, Training and Management of scientific research and innovation projects in Europe.
Our area of expertise is life sciences, systems biology, bioinformatics. We can also provide technical support in other domains.
Since 2013, SNM has worked with more than 400 clients in 28 countries worldwide.
As managing partner within a consortium, SNM provides a fully reliable management service with a very competitive budget compared to hiring a specific manager by the coordinator. We provide expertise, flexible personnel and can save costs by adjusting our contribution to the exact need of the project.
Contact usI started my scientific management career in 2006 at the European Bioinformatics Institute (UK) with the pan-European systems biology project ENFIN, and realised very quickly that I was able to move scientific projects by helping scientists with what represented a burden to them: the paperwork, the project organisation and funding procurement. In 2013, Scientific Network Management S.L. was born.
Dr. Pascal Kahlem, founder and CEO
711
organisations in 38 countries
Since 2013, Scientific Network Management has worked with 711 organisations across 38 countries — as direct clients, and as partners in the consortia SNM has managed. Client identities are not published: many research organisations prefer not to disclose their use of external services.
In their words
Dr. Kahlem was the Project manager of the ENFIN network of excellence, in which I do participate. Pascal's performance on managing the scientific and logistics aspects of such a big scale project is remarkably efficient and fruitful. Therefore I strongly recommend Pascal to any scientific managing endeavour as his skills have proven to be invaluable for the ongoing success of the project.
I contracted SNM in 2014 to support the writing of an ERASysAPP grant and an H2020 proposal. Pascal and his team provided expert knowledge over EC grant management. Their work and support has been highly reliable during all the writing process, including the consortium building, partners’ data collection, budget development, proposal writing and review, and timely submission. I will certainly contract his company again at the next opportunity.
I worked together with Pascal during the ProteomeXchange project. I can only highlight his good work, his high motivation to get things done properly and in time and his deep knowledge of all EU grants related stuff. He is definitely the “perfect” project manager of EU Consortia.
I worked with Pascal as part of the ENFIN project. He was an outstanding project manager, not only supporting the group but making sure that progress was constantly being made (difficult in a 5-year project) and making significant contributions to the scientific development of the project as well. I would recommend him highly to anyone looking for a scientific project manager.
SNM proved to be highly professional and created a team-friendly atmosphere on top of it.
Who we are
SNM capitalizes on the experience of its coworkers who are scientists, professional grant writers, editors, project managers, business developers, communication professionals as well as web- and graphics designers.
In 2015, two of our senior managers have been designated by the Framework Programme «ACCIO» of the Catalan Government as consultants accredited for the area of expertise Horizon 2020 and the sector RIS3CAT «Industries of health and life sciences». Scientific Network Management
Founder & CEO · PhD in human genetics
Key Expert and Team Leader on two EU technical assistance contracts for the establishment of biotechnology research centres in Türkiye.
Key Expert profile →Internal consultant
Grant writing and strategy design for SMEs, organisations and academic centres.
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Whether you are preparing a proposal, coordinating a consortium or looking for a project manager, write to us and we will come back to you.