ERC funding opportunities for researchers in Croatia

This Information Day is organised by the ERC Executive Agency in cooperation with the Ministry of Science, Education and Youth of the Republic of Croatia and the Croatian Agency for Mobility and EU Programmes (AMEUP). 

The event is in English, except for the onsite afternoon session on individual grants.

Recording will be available.

Registrations for onsite participants are open until 3 December: register here.

Programme

9.30 - 10.00 (CET) | Registration

10:00 - 10:20 (CET) | Welcome address

• Radovan Fuchs, Minister of Science, Education and Youth
• Milena Žic Fuchs, ERC Scientific Council Member

10.20 – 11.10 (CET) | ERC funding opportunities 

• Martin Penny, Head of Communication Unit, ERCEA 

11.10 - 12.00 (CET) | ERC individual grants: success stories

Speakers:

• Stipan Jonjić, ERC grantee, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka
• Jadranka Šepić, ERC grantee and Ambassador for the ERC, Faculty of Science, University of Split
• Tamara Bjažić Klarin, ERC grantee, Institute of Art History 

Moderator: 

Ivana Ružić Divjak,  National Contact Point for Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area in Horizon Europe, AMEUP        

12.00 – 12.20 (CET) | 1^st Q&A session

12.20 – 12.50 (CET) | Coffee break

12.50 – 13.20 (CET) | Evaluation: behind the panel's door

Speakers:

• Iva Tolić, ERC grantee and ERC panel member (Life Sciences), Ruđer Bošković Institute
• Ida Raffaelli, ERC panel member (Social Sciences and Humanities), University of Zagreb  
• Blaženka Melić, ERC panel member (Physical Sciences and Engineering), Ruđer Bošković Institute 

13.20 – 13.40 (CET) | National support structure and support to ERC applicants

• Zorana Barišić, National Coordinator of National Contact Points, Ministry of Science, Education and Youth
• Emanuel Maloča, ERC National Contact Point, AMEUP

13.40 – 13.55 (CET) | 2nd Q&A session  

13.55 – 14.40 (CET) | Lunch break

14.40 – 16.00 (CET) | Parallel sessions

Session 1: Synergy grants | Judita Hall

Speakers:

• Martin Penny, Head of Communication Unit, ERCEA
• Iva Tolić, ERC grantee, Ruđer Bošković Institute
• Gordan Lauc, ERC grantee, Genos
• Nenad Pavin, ERC grantee, University of Zagreb

Moderator: 

Emanuel Maloča, ERC National Contact Point, AMEUP

Session 2 (Onsite only and in Croatian): Individual grants: Starting, Consolidator and Advanced, Proof of Concept Juran Hall 

 Speakers:

• Stipan Jonjić, ERC grantee, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka
• Jadranka Šepić, ERC grantee and Ambassador for the ERC, Faculty of Science, University of Split
• Tamara Bjažić Klarin, ERC grantee, Institute of Art History
• Marko Šestan, ERC grantee, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka 

Moderator: 

Ivana Ružić Divjak, National Contact Point for Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area in Horizon Europe, AMEUP