Discover the ERC funding schemes

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Grant up to 1.5€ million for 5 years
For promising early-career researchers with 2 to 7 years experience after PhD

Who can apply?
Researchers of any nationality with 2-7 years of experience since completion of PhD, a scientific track record showing great promise and an excellent research proposal can apply.
What proposals are eligible?

Criteria:

Applications can be made in any field of research
The ERC's grants operate on a 'bottom-up' basis without predetermined priorities.

Location:

Research must be conducted in a public or private research organisation (known as a host institution/HI). It could be the HI where the applicant already works, or any other HI located in one of the EU Member States or Associated Countries.

Host Institution:

Applications for an ERC grant require a single Principal Investigator (PI) to submit the application on behalf of their host institution.

The host institution must offer suitable conditions for the PI to independently lead the research and manage funding. The PI can be hosted by any legal entity in an EU Member State or associated country.

The PI does not need to be employed by the host institution at the time of proposal submission, but a mutual agreement and commitment are necessary if the proposal is successful.

Team:

ERC grants support projects carried out by an individual researcher who can employ researchers of any nationality as team members. It is also possible to have one or more team members located in a non-European country.
How much?

Starting Grants may be awarded up to € 1.5 million for a period of 5 years. (pro rata for projects of shorter duration). However, an additional € 1 million can be made available to cover eligible “start-up” costs for researchers moving from a third country to the EU or an associated country and/or the purchase of major equipment and/or access to large facilities and/or other major experimental and field work costs.

An ERC grant can cover up to 100% of the total eligible direct costs of the research plus a contribution of 25% of the total eligible costs towards indirect costs.

How to apply?

ERC grant applications can only be submitted in response to a Call for Proposals.

The ERC has yearly calls for proposals covering all scientific fields.

For an ERC grant application to be complete, it needs to include the administrative forms, the research proposal and the supplementary documents. The completed proposal should be submitted by the specified closing date.

Calls are published on this page, the European Commission’s Funding and Tenders Portal and in the Official Journal of the European Union.
How does the evaluation process work?

Proposals are evaluated by selected international peer reviewers who evaluate proposals on the basis of excellence as the sole criterion. It will be applied to the evaluation of both the research project and the Principal Investigator in conjunction.
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ERC Consolidator Grant

Grant up to 2€ million for 5 years

For promising early-career researchers with 7 to 12 years experience after PhD

Are you a scientist who wants to consolidate your independence by establishing a research team and continuing to develop a success career in Europe? The ERC Consolidator Grant could be for you. You can also apply if you have recently created an independent, excellent research team and want to strengthen it.

Who can apply?

Researchers of any nationality with 7-12 years of experience since completion of PhD, a scientific track record showing great promise and an excellent research proposal can apply.
What proposals are eligible?

Criteria

Applications can be made in any field of research.
The ERC's grants operate on a 'bottom-up' basis without predetermined priorities.

Location

Research must be conducted in a public or private research organisation (known as a Host Institution/HI). It could be the HI where the applicant already works, or any other HI located in one of the EU Member States or Associated Countries

Host Institution

Applications for an ERC grant require a single Principal Investigator (PI) to submit the application on behalf of their host institution.

The PI does not need to be employed by the host institution at the time of proposal submission, but a mutual agreement and commitment are necessary if the proposal is successful.

Team

ERC grants support projects carried out by an individual researcher who can employ researchers of any nationality as team members. It is also possible to have one or more team members located in a non-European country.

How much?

Consolidator Grants may be awarded up to € 2 million for a period of 5 years. (pro rata for projects of shorter duration).

However, an additional € 1 million can be made available to cover eligible “start-up” costs for researchers moving from a third country to the EU or an associated country and/or the purchase of major equipment and/or access to large facilities and/or other major experimental and field work costs.

An ERC grant can cover up to 100% of the total eligible direct costs of the research plus a contribution of 25% of the total eligible costs towards indirect costs.

How to apply?

ERC grant applications can only be submitted in response to a Call for Proposals.

The ERC has yearly calls for proposals covering all scientific fields.

For an ERC grant application to be complete, it needs to include the administrative forms, the research proposal and the supplementary documents. The completed proposal needs to be submitted by the specified closing date.

Calls are published on this page, the European Commission’s Funding and Tenders Portal and in the Official Journal of the European Union.

How does the evaluation process work?

Proposals are evaluated by selected international peer reviewers who assess them on the basis of excellence as the sole criterion. It will be applied to the evaluation of both the research project and the Principal Investigator in conjunction.
Searching for comprehensive data on ERC grants?

More info: https://erc.europa.eu/apply-grant/consolidator-grant

ERC Advanced Grant

Grant up to 2.5€ million for 5 years

For established research leaders with a recognised track record of research achievements

Are you an established, leading principal investigator who wants long-term funding to pursue a ground-breaking, high-risk project? The ERC Advanced Grant could be for you.
Who can apply?

Applicants for the ERC Advanced Grants - called Principal Investigators (PI) - are expected to be active researchers who have a track-record of significant research achievements in the last 10 years.

The Principal Investigators should be exceptional leaders in terms of originality and significance of their research contributions. No specific eligibility criteria with respect to the academic requirements are foreseen.
What proposals are eligible?

Criteria

Applications can be made in any field of research.
The ERC's grants operate on a 'bottom-up' basis without predetermined priorities.

Location

Research must be conducted in a public or private research organisation (known as a Host Institution/HI). It could be the HI where the applicant already works, or any other HI located in one of the EU Member States or Associated Countries.

Host Institution

Applications for an ERC grant require a single Principal Investigator (PI) to submit the application on behalf of their host institution.

The PI does not need to be employed by the host institution at the time of proposal submission, but a mutual agreement and commitment are necessary if the proposal is successful.

Team

Advanced Grants may be awarded up to € 2.5 million for a period of 5 years. (pro rata for projects of shorter duration). However, an additional € 1 million can be made available to cover eligible “start-up” costs for researchers moving from a third country to the EU or an associated country and/or the purchase of major equipment and/or access to large facilities and/or other major experimental and field work costs.

An ERC grant can cover up to 100% of the total eligible direct costs of the research plus a contribution of 25% of the total eligible costs towards indirect costs.

Advanced Grants will be implemented as a pilot call using a lump sum contribution. See Q&A on lump sums.

How to apply?

ERC grant applications can only be submitted in response to a Call for Proposals.

The ERC has yearly calls for proposals covering all scientific fields.

Calls are published on this page, the European Commission’s Funding and Tenders Portal and in the Official Journal of the European Union.
How does the evaluation process work?

More info: https://erc.europa.eu/apply-grant/advanced-grant

ERC Proof of Concept

Lump Sum Grant of 150.000€

For ERC grant holders to explore the commercial or societal potential innovation of their ERC frontier research project

Have you already received an ERC grant for your frontier research project and now want to explore the commercial or societal potential of your work? The ERC Proof of Concept Grant could be for you.

Who can apply?

All Principal Investigators in one of the ERC frontier research main grants (Starting, Consolidator, Advanced or Synergy) are eligible to participate and apply for an ERC Proof of Concept Grant. Principal Investigators in an ongoing main grant, or Principal Investigators in a main grant that has ended less than 12 months before 1 January 2023, are eligible to apply.

The Principal Investigator must be able to demonstrate the relation between the idea to be taken to proof of concept and the ERC frontier research project (Starting, Consolidator, Advanced or Synergy) in question.
What proposals are eligible?

Criteria

The ERC Proof of Concept funding is made available only to those who already have an ERC award to establish proof of concept of an idea that was generated in the course of their ERC-funded projects.

Frontier research often generates radically new ideas that drive innovation and business inventiveness and tackle societal challenges. The ERC PoC Grants aim at facilitating exploration of the commercial and social innovation potential of ERC funded research and are therefore available only to PIs whose proposals draw substantially on their ERC funded research.

Proof of Concept Grants aim at maximising the value of the excellent research that the ERC funds, by funding further work (i.e. activities which were not scheduled to be funded by the original ERC frontier research grant) to verify the innovation potential of ideas arising from ERC funded projects.

The objective is to enable ERC-funded ideas to progress on the path from ground-breaking research towards innovation.

Proof of Concept Grant would help among others:

    testing, experimenting, demonstrating and validating the idea;
    conducting research required to carry out the above activities and to address the weaknesses uncovered by them;
    establishing viability, technical issues and overall direction;
    clarifying IPR protection or knowledge transfer strategy;
    involving industrial partners, societal or cultural organisations, policymakers or any other potential stakeholder supporting the translation of research results into innovation;
    assessing potential “end users” of the expected innovation.

Host Institution

The Host Institution must engage the Principal Investigator for at least the duration of the Proof of Concept project.

The Host Institution must either be established in an EU Member State or Associated Country (AC) as a legal entity created under national law, or it may be an International European Interest Organisation (such as CERN, EMBL, etc.), the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) or any other entity created under EU law.

International organisations with headquarters in an EU Member State or AC will be deemed to be established in this Member State or AC. Any type of legal entity, public or private, including universities, research organisations and undertakings can host PIs and their teams. The ERC welcomes applications from PIs hosted by private for-profit research centres, including industrial laboratories.

The PI can submit the PoC proposal with a different HI than the one where the ERC main frontier research grant is currently (or was) implemented, provided that this other HI complies with the eligibility criteria described in the Work programme.

How much?

Work Programme 2023 will continue to award Proof of Concept Grants on the basis of a lump sum of EUR 150 000 for a period of 18 months.

The ERC expects that normally Proof of Concept activities should be completed within 12 months. However, to allow for those projects that require more preparation time, the grant agreements will be signed for 18 months. Extensions of the duration of Proof of Concept projects may be granted only exceptionally.

How to apply?

Applications can be submitted at any time from the opening date of the chosen call until the specified submission deadline.

For an ERC Proof of Concept grant application to be complete, it needs to include the administrative form, the proposal (part B) and the supplementary documents (Host Institution binding statement of support and if applicable ethics self-assessment, additional ethics documentation and letters of support or intent from the relevant stakeholders). The completed proposal should be submitted by the specified submission deadline of the chosen call.

Calls are published on this page, the European Commission’s Funding and Tenders Portal and in the Official Journal of the European Union.

How does the evaluation process work?

The Proof of Concept projects to be funded will have arisen from scientifically excellent ERC-funded research that has already been subject to rigorous peer review.

The Proof of Concept Grant is evaluated based on the sole criterion of excellence, which comprises the following three evaluation elements:

    Breakthrough innovation potential: Proposals will have to demonstrate that the proposed Proof of Concept activity has the potential to drive innovation and business inventiveness and/or tackle societal challenges, and that the proposed expected outcomes are innovative or distinctive compared to existing solutions.
    Approach and methodology: The proposed Proof of Concept activities and planning are feasible within the proposed timescales and resources , and are appropriate and effective to explore the pathway from ground-breaking research towards innovation.
    Principal Investigator - strategic lead and project management: The Principle Investigator needs to demonstrate a clear vision on how to organise the management of the project, the consolidation of information and data needed to take strategic decisions and implement the proposed plan, including risk and contingency measures.

Proof of Concept calls have a single-stage submission and single-step evaluation procedure.

External independent experts will evaluate independently each admissible and eligible proposal and mark it as “very good”, “good” or “fail” for each of the three evaluation elements. In order to be considered for funding, proposals will have to be awarded a pass mark (”very good” or “good”) by a majority of the experts on each of the three evaluation elements.

A Seal of Excellence will be awarded to proposals that have received a pass mark in all three of the evaluation elements set out in this Work Programme, but cannot be funded due to lack of budget available to the call. See all panel members
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More info: https://erc.europa.eu/apply-grant/proof-concept

ERC Synergy Grant

Grant up to 10€ million for 6 years

To address ambitious research questions that can only be answered by the coordinated work of a small group of 2-4 principal Investigators

Are you a researcher that wants to address a research problem so ambitious, that can not be dealt with you and your team alone? The Synergy Grants could be for you!

Who can apply?

A group of two to maximum four Principal Investigators (PIs) working together and bringing different skills and resources to tackle ambitious research problems. One will be designated as the corresponding PI (cPI).

No specific eligibility criteria regarding the academic training are foreseen for ERC Synergy Grants.

PIs must present an early achievement track-record or a ten-year track-record, whichever is most appropriate.

Proposals are evaluated on the sole criterion of scientific excellence which takes on the additional meaning of outstanding intrinsic synergetic effect.

What proposals are eligible?

Criteria

Applications can be made in any field of research.

The ERC's grants operate on a 'bottom-up' basis without predetermined priorities. In the case of the ERC Synergy Grants, applications must demonstrate that the proposed research cannot be carried out by a single PI working alone.

Location

Research must be conducted by all PIs in a public or private research organisation (known as a Host Institution, HI).

It could be the HI where the applicant already works, or any other HI established in one of the EU Member States or Associated Countries.

One Principal Investigator per Synergy Grant group at any one time can be hosted or engaged by an institution outside of the EU or Associated Countries.

Host Institution (HI)

PIs can apply within the same HI or through different HIs.

Where the different PIs may be hosted by more than one HI, each of these HIs shall offer their support to the PI(s) hosted by them for the duration of the grant.

At submission stage, all Host Institutions must provide the host support letter for their Principal Investigator(s).

The ERC Synergy Grant is awarded to the cHI that engages and hosts the cPI for at least the duration of the grant, and to any other HI that engages and hosts other PIs participating in the project.

The host institutions must engage the PIs for at least the duration of the grant and must offer appropriate conditions for PIs supported to independently direct the proposed research and manage the project's funding for its duration.

The PIs do not necessarily need to be working at the HI indicated in the proposal at the time when it is submitted. However, a mutual agreement – called supplementary agreement – and the host institutions' commitment on how the relationship will be established are necessary, should the proposal be successful.

Team

ERC Synergy grants support projects carried out by a group of two to four individual researchers who can employ researchers of any nationality as team members.

It is also possible to have one or more team members located in a third country.

Vacancies for team members interested in joining an ERC led research project can be published on the Euraxess-Jobs portal.

UK’s participation in Horizon Europe

How much?

Synergy Grants can be up to a maximum of € 10 million for a period of 6 years (pro rata for projects of shorter duration).

However, an additional € 4 million can be requested in the proposal in total to cover eligible 'start-up' costs for Principal Investigators moving to the EU or an Associated Country from elsewhere as a consequence of receiving an ERC grant and/or the purchase of major equipment and/or access to large facilities.

An ERC grant can cover up to 100% of the total eligible direct costs of the research plus a contribution of 25% of the total eligible costs towards indirect costs.

How to apply?

ERC grant applications can only be submitted in response to a Call for Proposals.

The ERC yearly has calls for proposals covering all scientific fields.

Calls are published on this page, the European Commission’s Funding and Tenders Portal and in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Step by step

How does the evaluation process work?

A single submission of the full proposal is followed by a three-step evaluation, including interviews.

Synergy evaluations will be unique, fit for complex projects and without predefined panels.

Proposals are evaluated by selected international peer reviewers who evaluate proposals on the basis of excellence as the sole criterion.

It applies to the evaluation of both the research project and the Principal Investigators, taking into account the synergetic aspects of the proposed research.

Panel Members are selected by the ERC Scientific Council on the basis of their scientific reputation.

    Step 1: the extended synopsis and the Principal Investigators’ track-records and CVs will be assessed (and not the full scientific proposal)

    Step 2: the complete version of the retained proposals will be assessed

    Step 3 Principal Investigators will be invited for an interview to present their project to a panel in Brussels and the most competitive of the retained proposals will be identified

Composition of the evaluation panels

Searching for comprehensive data on ERC grants?

More info: https://erc.europa.eu/apply-grant/synergy-grant

Additional opportunities

For researchers wishing to work or gain experience in an ERC grantee’s team

You can develop your career through public funding linked to ERC projects, even if you do not receive an ERC Grant.

There are 4 routes for this:

    Jobs in ERC teams: Recipients of ERC grants can use their funding to recruit other researchers and team members for their project. On average, each team has 4-5 members. Since its inception, ERC funding has helped create jobs for thousands of researchers.

    Visiting Research Fellowships: A number of European countries fund research visits to established ERC projects in order to develop researchers’ potential before they apply for their first ERC grant.

    International Arrangement funding: International agreements with funding agencies and science ministries in China, South Africa, the United States and some other countries support early-career researchers to temporarily join ERC teams in Europe.

    Mentoring Initiative : the mentoring initiative will boost existing support programmes for ERC applicants by helping to identify international experts to provide coaching and advice.

AnchorJobs in ERC teams

Who can apply?

Conditions vary according to the position offered.

How to apply?

Look for jobs on the EURAXESS portal, using the European Research Council (ERC) filter. Jobs in ERC-funded projects might also be published without the ERC tag and can be advertised on other websites and in journals.

If you find a job that interests you, apply to the Principal Investigator (PI) at the institution hosting the project — the Host Institution — using the contact details in the job advertisement.

If you need to relocate to another country to pursue your research career, your local or regional EURAXESS centre can also provide advice on matters such as visa formalities, work permits, accommodation and social security for countries in Europe.

ERC for Ukraine. The ERC has appealed to its grantees to provide temporary employment to refugee researchers and support staff, such as technician and lab managers, from Ukraine. Check the ERC for Ukraine job offers.

AnchorVisiting Research Fellowships

Visiting Research Fellowship placements are available via national or regional funding agencies. Funding covers all costs of the research visit including salary, travel and reasonable subsistence costs. However, you must apply for an ERC grant after the visit within a time specified in your funding agreement.

Who can apply?

Conditions vary according to each national or regional funding agency’s requirements and the positions available in ERC research teams.

Currently the following Visiting Research Fellowship programmes are in place:

    Bucharest (Romania), Politehnica University of Bucharest (UPB)
    More Information

    Croatia, Croatian Science Foundation (HRZZ)
    More information

    Cyprus, Research and Innovation Foundation of Cyprus (RIF)
    More information:
    HORIZON EUROPE - 2nd opportunity ERC, Cyprus Research Award - Young Researcher, Distinguished Researcher

    Estonia, Estonia Research Council (ETag)
    More information

    Hungary, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA)
    More information

    Italy, National Research Council (CNR)
    More information
    & University of Venice-Ca’ Foscari
    More information

    Republic of Serbia, Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia (SFRS)
    More information

    Slovak Republic, Research and Innovation Authority (VAIA)
    More information

    Slovenia, Slovenian Research Agency (ARRS)
    More information

National and/or regional authorities who want to set up a programme can consult the guidelines. New programmes are added to this scheme after endorsement by the ERC Scientific Council.

How to apply?

Placements in ERC-funded projects are available following ERC calls for Principal Investigators (PIs) to express an interest in hosting visiting research fellows. The ERC then sends each funding agency a list of interested PIs or teams, with a description of their projects.

    Find out whether you are eligible for one of the national funding programmes.

    Apply directly to a funding agency for a programme for which you are eligible.

    If you are accepted, the agency will tell you which placements are available.

    You can then contact the PI offering a placement to express an interest in working in the research team.

    When you and the PI have agreed on the details, the Host Institution will send a ‘letter of intent’ or ‘support letter’ on behalf of the PI to your funding agency to apply for funding

    Your funding agency can then fund you to work on the project.

Send any general questions about the implementation of these programmes to erc-visiting-fellowship-programmes@ec.europa.eu. Send specific questions about how to apply or your application to your local funding agency.

The first call to PIs for expressions of interest was launched on 1 September 2016. Further calls are expected to take place every year in June.
AnchorInternational Arrangement funding

International Arrangement funding is available via national funding agencies. These can be national funding bodies or science ministries.
Who can apply?

You can be of any age and work in any discipline as long as you are an early-career scientists supported by non-European funding agencies.

Conditions vary according to funding agency’s requirements and the positions available in ERC research teams.

Currently the following Implementing Arrangements are in place:

Argentina

    Signed in March 2015 with the Ministry of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation
    Read more: agreement ES|EN, press highlight
    For the interested CONICET-funded scientists, see more here

    Australia

Signed in February 2019 with the Australian Research Council (ARC)
Read more: agreement, press release

    Signed in October 2018 with the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
    Read more: agreement, press release

    Brazil

    Signed in October 2016 with the Brazilian National Council of the State funding agencies (CONFAP)
    Read more: agreement EN, press highlight, leaflet

    Canada

    Signed in October 2016 with the Tri-agency Institutional Programs Secretariat
    Read more: agreement, press highlight EN|FR

    China

    Signed in June 2015 with the National Natural Science Foundation (NSFC)
    Read more: agreement ZH|EN, press highlight
    For interested NSFC-funded scientists, see more here

    India

Signed in October 2020 with the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR)
Read more: agreement, press highlight

    Signed in October 2017 with the Scientific Engineering Research Board (SERB)
    Read more: agreement, press highlight

    Japan

Signed in November 2020 with the Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) of Japan
Read more: agreement EN, press release

Signed in October 2018 with the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
Read more: agreement, press release

    Signed in May 2015 with the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
    Read more: agreement EN, press release
    For the interested JSPS-fellows, see more here

    Korea

    Signed in November 2013 with the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning
    Read more: agreement, press highlight

    Mexico

    Signed in November 2015 with the Mexican National Council of Science and Technology (Conacyt)
    Read more: agreement ES|EN, press highlight

    Singapore

    Signed in October 2019 with the National Research Foundation Singapore (NRF)
    Read more: agreement, press release

    South Africa

    Signed in October 2015 with the National Research Foundation (NRF)
    Read more: agreement EN

     Thailand

Signed in September 2022 with the Programme Management Unit for Human Resources & Institutional Development, Research and Innovation (PMU-B)
Read more: agreement, press highlight

United States

Signed in July 2012 with the National Science Foundation (NSF),and renewed in October 2019
Read more: agreement, press release

Further arrangements of this kind will be added in the future.
How to apply?

Positions in ERC-funded projects are available following ERC calls for Principal Investigators (PIs) to express an interest in hosting early-career scientists supported by non-European funding agencies. The ERC then sends each funding agency a listing of interested PIs or teams, with a description of their projects.

    Find out whether you are eligible for funding under one of the International Arrangements.

    Apply directly to the relevant funding agency.

    If you are accepted, it will tell you which opportunities are available.

    You can then contact the PI offering a position to express an interest in working in the research team.

    When you and the PI have agreed on the details, the Host Institution will send a ‘letter of intent’ or ‘support letter’ on behalf of the PI to your funding agency to apply for funding

    Your funding agency can then fund you to work on the project.

Send any general questions about the implementation of these programmes to ERC-IMPLEMENTING-ARRANGEMENTS@ec.europa.eu. Send specific questions about how to apply or your application to your local funding agency.

Each funding agency follows its own criteria and procedure for selecting scientists for funding under their Implementing Arrangement. The ERC does not intervene in this selection.

Calls normally take place in October each year. Main grants (Starting Grants, Consolidator Grants and Advanced Grants) and Synergy Grants that have at least 18 months until the end of the project are eligible.

AnchorERC Mentoring Initiative

ERC Mentoring Initiative is available via local offices in the EU Member States and Associated Countries whose mentoring requests were accepted by the ERC.
Who can apply?

The ERC Mentoring Initiative targets local offices in the EU Member States and Associated Countries that organise, region/nation-wide, hands-on sessions for pre-selected Principal Investigators (PIs) preparing an ERC research proposal.

ERC support will consist of identifying ERC grantees and former panel members who could serve as external mentors to help the pre-selected PIs to strengthen the quality of their application, enabling them to get expert scientific feedback on their proposal (or mock interviews) before submission. National/regional offices are envisaged to participate.

The programme is not intended to serve individual research organisations.

Conditions for PIs preparing an ERC research proposal vary according to each national/regional office’s requirements and the potential mentors identified by ERC.

Currently, the following ERC Mentoring Initiatives are in place:

    Cyprus - Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF)

    Czech Republic - Czech National Expert Group (NEG) for the ERC

    Estonia - Estonian Research Council (ETAg)

    Hungary - Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA)

    Italy - National Research Council (CNR)

    Malta - Malta Council for Science and Technology (MCST)

    Poland - National Centre for Research and Development (NCBR), National Science Centre (NCN) and the Foundation for Polish Science (FNP)

    Slovakia - Horizon National Office - Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information (CVTI SR)

    Turkey - Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK)

Further initiatives of this kind will be added in the future.

How to apply?

National/regional offices

National and/or regional offices who want to benefit from this initiative can consult the guidelines.

The local offices in charge of the national/regional support programme should coordinate their participation in the ERC Mentoring Initiative with the National Contact Points; National Contact Points will serve as the primary contact to the ERC concerning the local offices.

The proposal of maximum two pages should include:

General information on the office and on the type of support provided to potential ERC applicants;
Motivation for participating in the ERC Mentoring Initiative.

The deadline for the first round of expression of interest for national/regional offices to participate in the initiative was 23 April 2021. A new call for expression of interest will be announced here in the future. Interested national and/or regional offices will submit proposals to participate in the ERC Mentoring Initiative to their National Contact Point.

National Contact Points should submit proposal on behalf of national/regional offices to the mailbox: ERC-MENTORING-INITIATIVE@ec.europa.eu. Send any general questions about the implementation of these programmes to ERC-MENTORING-INITIATIVE@ec.europa.eu.

PIs preparing an ERC research proposal

PIs preparing an ERC proposal can send specific questions about how to get mentoring for their ERC application to their national/regional office.

Each national/regional office follows its own criteria and procedure for selecting PIs. The ERC does not intervene in this selection.

More info: https://erc.europa.eu/apply-grant/additional-opportunities

Source: https://erc.europa.eu/homepage

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