Block reference
Block reference
Poc2000
11 Jul 2024
2000th ERC Proof of Concept Grant awarded
Press release
G7
10 Jul 2024
Speech on research security, openness and communication to G7 Research Ministers
Speech
EU-CH
04 Jul 2024
ERC grants – Eligibility of Swiss host institutions
Highlight
Elvan Böke
26 Jun 2024
ERC grantee Elvan Böke receives EMBO Gold Medal 2024
Press release
Extra €125 million for the ERC in 2024
17 May 2024
Extra €125 million for the ERC in 2024
Press release
Diversity in excellent research
02 Feb 2024
Diversity in excellent research
Gender and Diversity
Diversity in research, research in diversity
01 Feb 2024
Diversity in research, research in diversity
Gender and Diversity
Being an evaluation panel chair – a worthwhile experience?
22 Nov 2023
Being an evaluation panel chair – a worthwhile experience?
Evaluation Panels
View from both sides of the fence: a remote reviewers experience
22 Nov 2023
View from both sides of the fence: a remote reviewers experience
Evaluation Panels
It’s always too soon to quit: Reapplying for an ERC grant
22 Nov 2023
It’s always too soon to quit: Reapplying for an ERC grant
Evaluation Panels
Hope
20 Jun 2024
How tiny plankton capture carbon
Webinar
19
August
2024
11.00 - 13.00 CEST
ERC Advanced Grant 2024 applicants webinar

Are you preparing your application to the ERC Advanced Grant 2024 call to be submitted before the 29 August deadline? Assisting a Principal Investigator in their proposal preparation? Having doubts about how to fill in the new lump sum budget forms? Any other problem? This webinar is for you. 

On the final stretch of the AdG 2024 application period, our call coordinators and lump sums experts will guide you over the submission process and answer your practical questions online. 
 

Online
WP2025
12
September
2024
15.00 - 16.30 CEST
Webinar on ERC Work Programme 2025

Over €2.7 billion will be available in ERC research grants for 2025. What are the new funding opportunities, the budget allocations, the calendar, and the conditions?

Angela Liberatore and José Labastida from the ERC Executive Agency will present the plans for 2025 and answer questions from viewers.

The YouTube link will be provided soon.

Online
researcher night
- CEST
ERC grantees at the European Researchers’ Night – 2024 edition

Come join us to celebrate science across Europe! The European Researchers’ Night is the largest science outreach event in Europe. In 2024 and 2025, 47 projects will run events in 23 countries.

Universities and research institutes across Europe will open their doors and share their work through presentations, experiments, games, discussions and other interactive formats. It’s your chance to go behind the scenes, meet researchers from your area and discover how the seemingly abstract world of science is already affecting your everyday life.

Multiple locations
Regions
07
-
10
October
2024
9.00 - 19.00 CET
ERC at the EU Week of Regions and Cities

The 22nd edition of the EU Week of Regions and Cities will take place between 7 and 10 October in Brussels. 

At this annual event, cities and regions showcase their capacity to create growth and jobs, implement European Union cohesion policy, and prove the importance of the local and regional level for good European governance. 

Hybrid
Discover the ERC funding schemes

Grant up to 1.5€ million for 5 years
For promising early-career researchers with 2 to 7 years experience after PhD

Grant up to 2€ million for 5 years

For promising early-career researchers with 7 to 12 years experience after PhD

Grant up to 2.5€ million for 5 years

For established research leaders with a recognised track record of research achievements

Lump Sum Grant of 150,000€

For ERC grant holders to explore the commercial or societal potential innovation of their ERC frontier research project

Grant up to 10€ million for 6 years

To address ambitious research questions that can only be answered by the coordinated work of a small group of 2-4 principal Investigators

For researchers wishing to work or gain experience in an ERC grantee’s team

Open calls

Deadline: 29 August 2024, 17.00 Brussels time

Deadline: 17 September 2024, 17.00 Brussels time

Deadline: 15 October 2024, 17.00 Brussels time

Deadline: 6 November 2024, 17.00 Brussels time

The ERC dashboard is an interactive tool that features data on ERC funded projects and evaluated proposals.

The tool allows users to access project details with the help of filters, to generate statistics and to export data in different formats.  

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Q&A on ERC grant competitions
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Amazing ERC science projects
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Tips on engaging the public with research

The ERC is composed of an independent Scientific Council and an Executive Agency.   

The Scientific Council governs the ERC and is responsible for setting the ERC's scientific strategy.  

It consists of eminent scientists and scholars.  

The ERC Executive Agency (ERCEA) implements the ERC strategy as set by the Scientific Council and oversees the day-to-day grant administration.  

ERC Scientific Council