Impact and dissemination: the section everyone underwrites
Of all the sections in an Erasmus+ application, impact and dissemination is the one most consistently underwritten. It's also the one assessors weight most heavily for the marginal mark — the difference between funded and not funded. Here's what a strong version looks like.
Impact at three levels
Strong bids describe impact at three levels, separately. Participant level: what changes for the individual? Organisational level: what changes for your school, college or club? Sector level: what changes — even modestly — for the wider sector or community?
Bids that talk only about participant impact miss two-thirds of the available marks.
Dissemination that names channels and dates
"We will share findings widely" doesn't score. "We will publish a one-page case study to our newsletter (3,200 subscribers) within 60 days of project end, deliver a 30-minute conference session at [named conference] in November 2027, and share a short film with our 12 partner organisations" does.
Specific channels. Specific audiences. Specific dates. That's the format assessors are looking for.
Evaluation method, named
Bids that say "we will evaluate the project" without naming the method (survey, interview, focus group), the sample size, and who runs it lose marks. Bids that name all three pick them up — even when the method is modest.
The Bid Checklist below has the full impact and dissemination section as three checkpoints — quick to run through in the final week before submission. Download it or book a Bid Clinic for a working session on your draft.