Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research

Sunday, 19 Apr, 4:00 - 5:30 PM
Room 105, Pennsylvania Convention Center
Special Session: Funding Opportunities in Europe for Creative Minds From Anywhere in the World

The workshop will explain the ERC's funding schemes as well as provide answers to practical questions such as:

• How does the ERC support research careers?
• What are their main features?
• What are the main changes for the ERC with respect to the new Horizon 2020 framework?
• What are the selection criteria and how long is the selection process?
• How does the application process work?
• How many researchers are funded each year? 
• What are the chances of success?

Speakers:

• Nadia El Mjiyad, European Research Council, Brussels, Belgium
• Laura Soucek, Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncolgy, Barcelona, Spain
• Jason Carroll, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Inst., Cambridge, United Kingdom 
• Cedric Blanpain, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgium
• Viktória Bodnárová, Euraxess, Washington, DC

ERC stand at the exhibition hall also, booth n° 1665
Hilde Baeskens - ERC Communication officer, European Research Council Executive Agency (BE)