Deadline: 2-Feb-23
The European Commission (EC) is calling for proposals for ERC Consolidator Grant to support excellent Principal Investigators at the career stage at which they may still be consolidating their own independent research team or programme.
Funding Information
- Consolidator Grants may be awarded up to a maximum of EUR 2 000 000 for a period of 5 years. The maximum size of the grants is reduced pro rata temporis for projects of a shorter duration. (This does not apply to ongoing projects).
- Additional funding up to EUR 1 000 000 can be requested in the proposal to cover the following eligible costs when these are necessary to carry out the proposed work:
- “start-up” costs for Principal Investigators moving to the EU or an Associated Country from elsewhere as a consequence of receiving the ERC grant and/or
- the purchase of major equipment and/or
- access to large facilities and/or
- other major experimental and field work costs, excluding personnel costs.
Eligibility Criteria
The ERC actions are open to researchers of any nationality, who intend to conduct their research activity in any EU Member State or Associated Country. Principal Investigators may be of any age and nationality, and may reside in any country in the world at the time of the application.
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