Deadline: 29 August 2019
Are you an established, leading principal investigator who wants long-term funding to pursue a ground-breaking, high-risk project? If Yes, then apply for the European Reserach Council (ERC) Advanced Grants.
Domains
For each call there are 25 panels, each covering a sub-section of one of three domains:
- Social sciences and Humanities
- Life sciences
- Physical and Engineering Sciences
Funding Information
- Advanced Grants may be awarded up to € 2.5 million for a period of 5 years. 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.
- 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.
Eligibility Criteria
- 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.
- Applications can be made in any field of research.
- The ERC’s grants operate on a ‘bottom-up’ basis without predetermined priorities.
- 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.
How to Apply
Applicants can apply via given website.
Eligible Countries
- EU Member States: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom.
- Associated Countries: Iceland, Norway, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey, Israel, Moldova, Switzerland, Faroe Islands, Ukraine, Tunisia, Georgia, Armenia
For more information, please visit https://erc.europa.eu/funding/advanced-grants