Call for Proposals

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, which for operational reasons are subdivided into three main research domains: 

  1. Physical Science and Engineering (PE)
  2. Life Sciences (LS)
  3. Social Sciences and Humanities (SH)

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.

Open Calls*

ERC Proof of concept

Deadline: Final 3 Oct 2012 (17:00:00 Brussels local time)
Identifier: ERC-2012-PoC
Publication date: 02 Feb 12

* Please note that the official deadlines are only those indicated on the Participant Portal.

Application process:
You can apply for these calls online through EPSS, the Electronic Proposal Submission Service
More detailed information is given on the Participant Portal.

Ongoing Evaluations

Here below you can find the approximate planning of the feedback to applicants after each step for the ongoing calls.

Please note that not all results go out at the same time. If you have not heard from the ERC within the indicated timeframe, you are invited to check this website for an update.

Also note that the timeframes are preliminary and could be subject to minor changes.

Closed Calls

Here you can find the overview of all closed ERC calls.

Future Calls

The Starting Grant calls are published in summer with deadlines for the three research domains throughout autumn.
The Advanced Grant calls are published in autumn with deadlines for the three research domains throughout spring.