Research should move.
Technical depth is useful when it changes the next decision: a clearer experiment, a better prototype, a stronger proposal, a more credible development roadmap.
RESEARCH.NODE / ACTIVE
Scientific depth. Practical outcomes.
MP Consulting connects research, education and project design to turn complex ideas into clear development paths, strong proposals and usable technical outputs.
NODEMP-01
MODER&D / EDU / EU
STATUSNOMINAL
BASEITALY · EU
TRIESTESTOCKHOLMEUROPEONLINE
01VISIONMP / CORE BELIEF
CROSS-DISCIPLINARY / ONLINE
Where knowledge
becomes capability.
Education should transfer.
A course is valuable only if participants leave able to do something they could not do before. MP designs learning around practice, participation and reusable outputs.
Innovation should connect.
Materials, sensing, fluidics, electronics, product constraints and funding strategy rarely exist in isolation. The interesting work happens at their interfaces.
0connected capability areas
0core R&D domains
0integrated development logic
∞room for cross-pollination
02CAPABILITIESMP / OPERATING LAYERS
DELIVERY.ARCHITECTURE / 4 LAYERS
Four layers.
One operating system.
The service architecture mirrors the way real innovation work unfolds: understand the science, structure the project, transfer the knowledge, and engineer the next step.
SCIENCE / FEASIBILITY / DEVELOPMENT
Scientific consulting
Deep-tech scouting, feasibility analysis, experimental planning, technology roadmaps and technical documentation for R&D programmes.
LEARNING / PRACTICE / TRANSFER
Training & education
Professional courses, adult education and digital learning formats designed around participation, practice and outputs that learners can reuse.
CALL / CONSORTIUM / PROPOSAL
EU & innovation projects
Concept notes, call-fit analysis, partner positioning, work packages, proposal writing and technical project-management support.
REQUIREMENTS / TRL / VALIDATION
Innovation design
Requirements, TRL strategy, prototype planning, validation logic and technical storytelling that help move an idea toward a credible product path.
03MP ACADEMY · ERASMUS+ STAFF TRAININGMP / LEARNING SYSTEM
COURSE.NODE / MP01 / ENROLMENT OPEN
MP015-DAY INTERNATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMME
EU Project Design
& Innovation Lab
From idea to a fundable European project concept.
A learning-by-doing programme for educators, adult education and VET staff, NGOs and civil-society professionals, international officers and emerging EU project coordinators. Participants work on a real organisational challenge and progressively transform it into a structured European project concept.
MP.ACADEMY / VISUAL BRIEFLIVE
ERASMUS+INTERNATIONAL STAFF TRAINING
FORMATMonday–Friday
TIME09:00–13:30
GUIDED LEARNING20 h
COFFEE BREAK30 min
METHODLearning-by-doing
OUTPUTProject Starter Package
COURSE PROMISE / 01
Project design first. Programme-specific proposal writing comes later.
In 20 guided learning hours, participants learn to structure a strong project concept, test its logic, identify the right partnership, build an implementation architecture and prepare it for a later call-specific development process. The course does not claim to turn participants into experts in the detailed application rules of Erasmus+, Horizon Europe, CERV, Interreg or other programmes.
01NEEDTarget group
02EVIDENCEEU relevance
03OBJECTIVESPartnership
04ACTIVITIESResults
05IMPACTNext steps
UPCOMING.SESSIONS / 04
Upcoming course dates
International staff-training dates currently planned by MP Consulting. Locations include Trieste, Italy and Stockholm, Sweden.
PROGRAMME.SEQUENCE / 05 DAYS
Five days. One project built progressively.
Each day ends with a production gate: participants leave with concrete project evidence, not only notes.
MONDAY / 09:00–13:30
From Challenge to Evidence-Based Project Concept
Turn a real organisational need into a preliminary European project concept with evidence, target-group clarity, EU relevance, objectives and first partner logic.
PRODUCTION GATEConcept v1 + evidence note + partner map
TUESDAY / 09:00–13:30
From Concept to Project Architecture
Convert the Day 1 concept into a coherent intervention architecture linking objectives, activities, responsibilities, timeline, results, outcomes, impact and risk.
PRODUCTION GATEProject architecture + responsibility plan + preliminary timeline
WEDNESDAY / 09:00–13:30
Implementation, Resources and Smart Budgeting
Build work packages, quality arrangements and a preliminary budget that reflect project activities, partner responsibilities and value for money.
PRODUCTION GATEMini-budget + WP/resource plan + quality checks
THURSDAY / 09:00–13:30
Innovation Lab — From Activities to European Innovation
Use a transferable innovation methodology that works across participant profiles: define what is genuinely new in context, redesign an activity around a real barrier, prototype an intervention, test transferability and convert it into a European project component.
PRODUCTION GATEInnovation/pilot concept + transferability plan
FRIDAY / 09:00–13:30
Project Clinic, Quality Review and Next Steps
Integrate the week, apply a common quality rubric, strengthen project logic, communicate the concept and define a realistic pathway to a programme-specific application.
FINAL GATEEuropean Project Starter Package + 3-minute pitch + 30-Day Action Plan
INNOVATION / CONTEXT / PILOT / SCALE
Innovation is not decoration. It has to solve a defined problem.
Context first
Innovation may be a new method, combination, transfer, process, participation model or implementation approach — not only advanced technology.
Pilot before scale
European cooperation can be used to co-design, test, compare and refine an intervention across contexts before broader transfer.
Transferability
Define what is core, what can be adapted and which conditions another organisation or country needs in order to use the intervention.
LEARNING.OUTCOMES / 06 COMPETENCE AREAS
What participants will be able to do
Needs analysis
Define a challenge, target group, evidence and a clear need.
EU relevance & logic
Explain transnational added value and maintain a coherent intervention logic.
Objectives & design
Formulate objectives and design activities, outputs, results and outcomes.
Partnership
Identify complementary partners and assign roles by competence and capacity.
Implementation
Structure work packages, timeline, budget, risk response and quality checks.
Impact & communication
Define indicators, expected change, sustainability and communicate the concept clearly.
FINAL OUTPUT / 15 ASSETS
European Project Starter Package
Participants leave with a coherent working package that can support a partner discussion, a call-screening exercise or a later programme-specific application process.
- One-Page Project Concept
- Need, Target Group & Evidence Canvas
- European Relevance & Priority Map
- Partner Map & Competence Logic
- Objectives & Intervention Logic
- Activity Structure & Work Packages
- Responsibility Plan
- Preliminary Timeline
- Mini-Budget & Resource Allocation
- Risk & Quality Notes
- Innovation/Pilot & Transferability Canvas
- Results, Indicators, Impact & Sustainability
- Project Concept Quality Rubric
- Short European Project Pitch
- 30-Day Personal Action Plan
04RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENTMP / SCIENCE MAP
R&D.MAP / MULTI-DOMAIN
Disciplines that
inform each other.
The value is often in the connection: materials affect sensing, sensing affects fluidics, fluidics affects electronics, and product constraints reshape the experiment.
Microfluidics
Cartridges · sample handling · flow paths · dead-volume control
Biosensing
Electrochemistry · optical sensing · assay architecture
Nanotechnology
Nanostructures · plasmonics · SERS · surface engineering
Materials
Polymers · biopolymers · functional materials · processing
Prototyping
CAD logic · requirements · iterations · validation
Scientific AI
Decision support · data interpretation · R&D workflow tools
05METHODMP / CONTINUOUS LOOP
DEVELOPMENT.LOOP
Make the next
decision easier.
FRAME
Define the real problem.
Start with constraints, evidence and the outcome that actually matters.
DESIGN
Build the architecture.
Translate the problem into a technical, educational or project structure.
BUILD
Create something tangible.
Prototype, course, concept note, proposal, model or decision tool.
VALIDATE
Test the assumptions.
Use evidence to separate what works from what merely sounds plausible.
MOVE
Define the credible next step.
Leave with a concrete decision, not just a report.
06PROFILEMP / TECHNICAL LEAD
CMD.01 · TECHNICAL LEAD
PHYSICS · NANOTECH · R&D
FOUNDER.PROFILE / ACTIVE
Pietro Capaldo, PhD
Physics and nanotechnology background combined with hands-on experience in microfluidics, biosensors, materials, prototyping and European R&D projects. The common thread is translating scientific complexity into something that can be built, tested, explained or funded.
07OPEN CHANNELMP / CONTACT
CHANNEL.OPEN / READY
Bring the problem.
We can start there.
A course, an EU proposal, a technical concept, an R&D bottleneck or an early-stage idea — send the context and the objective.