PNO Innovation

Their core work

PNO Innovation (formerly ARTTIC) is a Paris-based innovation management consultancy specializing in EU-funded research project management. They provide professional project coordination support, dissemination, exploitation planning, and administrative management to large European research consortia across virtually every sector. Their role is not to conduct research but to ensure complex multi-partner projects run smoothly, deliver results on time, and maximize the impact of their outputs. With 73 H2020 projects spanning health, transport, energy, security, and environment, they are one of the most experienced EU project management firms in Europe.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In the early period (2015-2017), PNO Innovation's portfolio was anchored in cardiovascular and elderly health research (SECURE, PRECIOUS), advanced materials (DIACAT diamond photocatalysis), and transport engineering (WRIST, NIPSE, ULTIMATE). From 2017 onward, their health portfolio shifted toward neurodevelopmental conditions — autism, intellectual disability, and pediatric neuropsychiatric disorders (STIPED) — alongside growing involvement in neurodegenerative disease (PHAGO, Alzheimer's) and nuclear decommissioning. The recent keywords also show emerging work in industrial biotechnology (CO2 reuse, microbial cell factories), signaling a broadening into bioeconomy and circular economy themes.

Moving toward neurodevelopmental health, nuclear decommissioning, and industrial biotechnology — sectors with growing Horizon Europe funding and strong consortium-building demand.

How they like to work

PNO Innovation is almost exclusively a consortium partner (71 of 73 projects), not a leader — they coordinated only 2 projects (including TARGET). This is by design: as a professional project management firm, they join consortia to handle management work packages rather than lead the scientific agenda. With 763 unique partners across 45 countries, they operate as a super-connector hub, rarely repeating the same consortium twice, which makes them exceptionally well-networked and valuable for introductions across European research communities.

One of the most broadly connected organizations in H2020, with 763 unique consortium partners spanning 45 countries. Their network covers nearly every research domain and geography in Europe, making them a de facto address book for European research collaboration.

What sets them apart

PNO Innovation (ARTTIC) is a sector-agnostic EU project management specialist — one of a small number of professional firms that consortia hire specifically to handle the administrative, financial, and dissemination complexity of large H2020 projects. Their value lies not in technical expertise but in operational excellence: they know how to keep 15-partner, multi-million-euro projects on track across reporting periods, deliverable deadlines, and EC audits. For any consortium builder, adding PNO Innovation means adding a partner who has managed 73 projects, knows the EC machinery inside out, and brings a contact network of 763 organizations.

Highlights from their portfolio

• EU-ToxRisk
  Largest single project by EC funding (EUR 1.4M to PNO), a flagship integrated toxicology program with complex multi-partner management needs.
• ILEAnet
  Second-largest funding (EUR 1.1M), a law enforcement networking project requiring sensitive dissemination and multi-agency coordination across Europe.
• TARGET
  One of only two projects where PNO Innovation served as coordinator, focused on augmented reality training environments (EUR 791K).