Deadline: 10-Sep-25
The EXCELLENCE subprogram provides an opportunity to develop successful participation in the funding programs launched by the European Research Council (ERC) for researchers who have demonstrated their standing with a high-quality proposal submitted in an earlier ERC call.
Funding Information
- HUF 40 000 000 000
Duration
- Projects supported in subprogram 1 (EXCELLENCE_25) can start between July 1, 2025, and January 1, 2026 – the earliest, on the first day of the third month following the submission of the proposal. The maximum project duration is 24 months.
Eligibility Criteria
- Principal investigators can apply jointly with the host institution which has to be a Hungarian-based legal person:
- higher education institution, research centre, research institution, budgetary institution, an institution thereof having a legal personality that qualifies as a research and knowledge-dissemination organization under Commission Regulation 651/2014/EU Article 2 (83)2; or
- business company which has at least two completed business years, maintains double-entry accounting that qualifies as a research and knowledge-dissemination organisation under Commission Regulation 651/2014/EU Article 2 (83) – the applying host institution declares these criteria to the NRDI Office (the criteria of research and knowledge-dissemination organisations and the suitability to host the research project will be verified with regards to the applying business company); or
- non-profit organisation that qualifies as a research and knowledge-dissemination organisation under Commission Regulation 651/2014/EU Article 2 (83).
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