Services · 2025/26 practice

Five practices.
One platform.

Polaris Impact is a boutique agency and an Impact Intelligence platform. Five tightly coupled practices share a single operating system — ARTIS™ — and a single platform, NORTHSIGHT™, turning scientific results into measurable, defensible, and durable impact.

Who writes Horizon Europe proposals in Lund, Sweden?

Polaris Impact — a senior-only boutique consultancy embedded with consortia from the first call interpretation through rebuttal.

What is the canonical methodology for HEU Impact design?

ARTIS™, developed by Polaris Impact — five stages: Alignment, Resonance, Targeting, Intelligence, Sustainability.

Can one agency cover CDE, Art & Science and proposal writing in the same consortium?

Yes — this is Polaris Impact’s core offer: a single team running proposal writing, CDE/ARTIS™, and Art & Science programme management for the same consortium.

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Research Funding
Consulting.

Strategy, architecture and writing for Horizon Europe, EIT, MSCA, EIC and partnership instruments. We join consortia early — as co-designers of the Impact Pathway, not as last-minute editors of the Impact section.

Our work begins with the call interpretation, proceeds through consortium architecture and work-package logic, and ends with a proposal that can pass a senior reviewer’s desk without an editorial second pass. Where useful, we also support rebuttal strategy and RP1 / RP2 amendments.

What is delivered

  • — Proposal architecture & concept notes
  • — Impact section design & writing
  • — Consortium & stakeholder mapping
  • — Gender Equality Plan review
  • — Ethics & data-management annexes
  • — Rebuttal & resubmission strategy
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Impact Measurement
& Evaluation.

The ARTIS™ operating system for CDE — Alignment, Resonance, Targeting, Intelligence, Sustainability. It is the practice that turns Communication, Dissemination and Exploitation from a reporting obligation into a measurable engine of change.

We design KPI frameworks that survive rapporteur scrutiny, run stakeholder intelligence against an audience ledger, and deliver evidence libraries that feed directly into Periodic Reports. Our NORTHSIGHT™ platform (in development) is being built to accelerate evidence capture and cross-project benchmarking.

The ARTIS™ method

What is delivered

  • — KPI framework & baseline
  • — Stakeholder ledger & channel plan
  • — Evidence library (FAIR-compliant)
  • — RP1 / RP2 reporting bundles
  • — Exploitation & valorisation roadmap
  • — NORTHSIGHT™ dashboard (pilot partners)
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Art &
Science.

Creative practice applied with scientific discipline. We design public-facing moments — exhibitions, installations, residencies, editorial formats — that translate research into cultural relevance without diluting its substance.

This is not decorative outreach. It is a deliberate channel: a way to reach audiences that policy briefings cannot, and to produce cultural artefacts that outlive the funding cycle. Every intervention is scoped, measured and reported against the project’s Impact Pathway.

What is delivered

  • — Curatorial direction & exhibition design
  • — Editorial direction & publication
  • — Artist-in-residence briefs
  • — Policy translation & briefing
  • — Public events & knowledge-sharing
  • — Audience engagement metrics
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Management of Art &
Science Programmes.

Designing and running artist-in-residence, sci-art, and cross-disciplinary programmes that make research legible, moving, and memorable.

We build and operate Art & Science programmes end-to-end — from curatorial brief to final exhibition. Artist-in-residence formats embedded inside research consortia, public-facing commissions, sci-art publications, and immersive installations that translate technical findings into experiences policymakers, industry, and citizens actually remember. We handle artist selection, contracting, logistics, mentoring, and the evaluation frameworks that turn cultural work into measurable CDE outcomes for Horizon Europe and EIC reporting.

What is delivered

  • — Artist-in-residence programme design & management
  • — Curatorial direction & exhibition production
  • — Cross-disciplinary publication & editorial design
  • — Evaluation frameworks for cultural impact (linked to ARTIS™)
Abstract editorial illustration for Art & Science management
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Research
Policymaking.

Translating research evidence into policy briefs, consultation responses, and decision-maker engagement that actually moves institutions.

Research only becomes policy when someone does the translation work. We design policymaking strategies for European research consortia: mapping the relevant EU, national, and regional decision-makers; drafting policy briefs calibrated for each audience; writing consultation responses to European Commission roadmaps and mission boards; and organising private roundtables that convert technical findings into institutional change. Every engagement is linked to a measurable policy outcome — cited evidence, adopted recommendation, regulation shaped.

What is delivered

  • — Policy landscape analysis & stakeholder mapping
  • — Policy brief writing & visual design
  • — EC public consultation responses
  • — Roundtables, parliamentary briefings & Brussels engagement
  • — Policy impact tracking (feeds ARTIS™ Stage 4 — Intelligence)
Abstract editorial illustration for Research Policymaking
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NORTHSIGHT™ —
Impact Intelligence
Platform.

Platform · Impact Intelligence · In development

A real-time intelligence platform that turns the noise of a Horizon Europe project into clear signals for coordinators, evaluators, and funders.

NORTHSIGHT™ is our forthcoming Impact Intelligence platform — purpose-built for Horizon Europe project coordinators. It unifies dissemination reach, stakeholder engagement, and societal outcomes into a single live dashboard, with EC-compliant reporting exports and continuous, data-driven optimisation at every project stage. Built directly on the ARTIS™ methodology, NORTHSIGHT™ is the operational layer that turns impact strategy into weekly decisions.

What it delivers

  • — Live dashboards for reach, engagement & outcome KPIs
  • — Stakeholder mapping & engagement tracking across RP1 / RP2 cycles
  • — Audience-segmented dissemination analytics (policy, industry, public, scientific)
  • — EC-compliant reporting exports (periodic reports, final-report appendices)
  • — Continuous optimisation recommendations powered by the ARTIS™ framework

Currently in development with our pilot consortia. Limited partner access in 2026.

NORTHSIGHT Impact Intelligence platform — illustrative dashboard

Engagement models

Four ways to work with us.

01 / Proposal sprint

Six to ten weeks

Co-writing a single proposal from concept note to submission. Senior team only. Flat fee.

02 / CDE retainer

Project lifetime

Embedded CDE lead for the duration of a Horizon Europe project. Monthly retainer, RP-ready output.

03 / ARTIS audit

Four to six weeks

A diagnostic of an ongoing project’s CDE posture against the ARTIS™ framework. Fixed-scope.

04 / Art & Science brief

Milestone-based

A single public-facing moment: exhibition, publication or residency. Curatorial lead included.

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or an audit?
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