Katrien Bollen

Katrien Bollen, PhD, is an EU research and policy advisor at KU Leuven (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) in Belgium. She helps researchers to identify the right funding opportunities in Horizon Europe, hosts workshops, and offers extensive proposal writing support for Horizon Europe Pillar 2 (Cluster 1 - Health and Cluster 4 - Digital, Industry, Space). Katrien also represents KU Leuven in several university networks and alliances to strengthen interuniversity collaboration and pave the way for Horizon Europe successor ‘FP10’. With a background in EU studies and a PhD in American literature, Katrien spent eight years working as a media liaison and science communicator. In her current role, she combines her insights into EU policy-making and scicomm experience to help researchers navigate the complexities of Horizon Europe and turn their project ideas into convincing proposals. Katrien is proud to contribute to KU Leuven's outstanding performance in Horizon Europe and believes that, like