EC PROGRAMME: HORIZON 2020 – Pillar Excellent Science – European Research Council (ERC) – link
The European Research Council (ERC) funds excellent researchers (Principal Investigators), with excellent curricula, from any nationality and age wishing to carry out research activities in theMember States of European Union [1]or in the Associated Countries[2].
ERC enhances:
- Long term funding for High Risk – High Gain research projects;
- in any field with a “bottom-up” frontier research approach, without any priority but only based on scientific excellence;
- Breakthrough research helping to bring new and unpredictable scientific and technologies. Applied research is not a requirement.
ERC calls are published on H2020 programme Participant Portal, according online manual H2020. The ERC frontier research grants are available under the Work Programme WP 2019:
| ERC CALL IDENTIFIER | DESCRIPTION | ELEGIBILITY CRITERIA | BUDGET | PERIOD | OPENING DATE | DEADLINE | LINK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starting Grants (StG) | Early stage researchers | PhD > 2 ≤7 years research experience | 1.5€ million | 5 years | 14/09/2018 | 17/10/2018 | Bando |
| Consolitated Grants (CoG) | Consolidated researchers | PhD > 7 ≤12 years research experience | 2.0€ million | 5 years | 24/10/2018 | 07/02/2019 | |
| Advanced Grants (AdG) | Established research leaders of any nationality and any age to pursue ground-breaking and high-risk projects opening new directions in the research field. | Over 10 years research experience | 2.5€ million | 5 years | 21/05/2019 | 29/08/2019 | |
| Proof of Concept (PoC) | To bridge the gap between reserach and and marketable innovation. | Dopo ERC Starting Grant | €150.000 | 18 months | 16/10/2018 | 22/01/2019 25/04/2019 19/09/2019 |
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| Synergy Grants (SyG) | Enhance and encourage pilot scheme for small groups of excellent researchers | from 2 to 4 researchers | 10€ milioni | 6 anni | 14/09/2018 | 08/11/2018 | Call |
ERC covers:
- 100% funding of total eligible direct and approved costs.
- 25% Flat-rate of total eligible costs.
[1] European Union Member Countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Holland, Poland, Portugal, United Kingdom, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Hungary
[2] Associated countries: http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/grants_manual/h…