ERC - EURAXESS Global Webinars
A series of ERC-EURAXESS webinars will take place between May and November of this year. The webinars provide an overview of ERC funding opportunities and support offered by regional EURAXESS hubs. ERC grantees from various regions around the world will give their testimonials related to applying for an ERC fund and management of ERC grants.
EURAXESS North America
Wednesday 15 October 2025
18.00 - 19.30 (CEST)
Introduction
- Jackson Howard, EURAXESS North America
Overview of ERC funding opportunities and open calls
- Telma Carvalho, ERC Scientific Officer
ERC grantee testimonial
- Osvaldo Simeone, Professor of Information Engineering, King's College London
- Harry Jonas Pontusson, Professor of Comparative Politics, University of Genève
- Sven-Oliver Proksch, Professor and Chair for European Politics, University of Cologne
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EURAXESS Australia and New Zealand
Wednesday 1 October 2025
09.00 - 10.00 (CEST)
Introduction
- Nishant Shandilya, EURAXESS Australia and New Zealand
Overview of ERC funding opportunities and open calls
- Endika Bengoetxea, ERC Panel Coordinator
ERC grantee testimonial
- Damien Farine, Associate Professor, Research School of Biology, Australian National University
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2025: European Research Council Grants for Top Researchers from Anywhere in the World
Understanding ERC Grants: Dr Endika Bengoetxea, Panel Coordinator – PE6 Computer Science and Informatics, European Research Council Executive Agency
Why I applied for the ERC Starting Grant and how I did it: Prof. Dr. Damien Farine, Associate Professor, Division of Ecology and Evolution, Research School of Biology, Australian National University
EURAXESS LAC (Portuguese Session)
Tuesday 2 September 2025
15.00 - 16.00 (CEST)
Introduction
- Dhallys Mota Nunes, EU Policy Officer
Overview of ERC funding opportunities and open calls
- Charlotte Grawitz, EURAXESS LAC
CNPq call for mobility and cooperation with the ERC
- Dileine Cunha, Technical Coordinator for CNPq
Researcher testimonial
- Marcelo Sousa-Silva, Professor at the Faculty of Pharmacy, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte
EURAXESS ASEAN
Monday 26 May 2025
10.00 - 11.30 CEST
Introduction
- Leonie Nagarajan and Tatas Brotosudarmo, EURAXESS ASEAN
Overview of ERC funding opportunities and open calls
- Benjamin Pelletier, ERC Project Adviser
ERC grantee testimonial
- Minh T.N. Nguyen, Professor for Social Anthropology, University of Bielefeld
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EURAXESS ASEAN Webinar on ERC Grant Schemes
• Starting Grants
• Consolidator Grants
• Advanced Grants
• Synergy Grants
• Proof of Concept Grants
EURAXESS ASEAN welcomed Mr Benjamin Pelletier, Project Adviser at the ERC Executive Agency, as expert speaker as well as ERC grantee Prof Minh T.N. Nguyen from Vietnam, who is currently conducting her research at Bielefeld University in Germany. Professor Nguyen is both a Starting Grant and Consolidator Grant recipient. Her current project focuses on "Finance and Risk in the Lives of Working People in Market Socialist Asia".
EURAXESS Africa (English session)
Friday 9 May 2025
10.00 - 11.30 (CEST)
Introduction
- Ahmed Maalel, EURAXESS Africa
Overview of ERC funding opportunities and open calls
- Janne Salo, ERC Scientific Officer
ERC grantee testimonial
- Prince Amaniampong, Ambassador for the ERC & member of Africa in Science
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ERC Grants for Researchers Based in Africa
EURAXESS Africa (French session)
Wednesday 7 May 2025
10.00 - 11.00 (CEST)
Introduction
- Ahmed Maalel, EURAXESS Africa
Overview of ERC funding opportunities and open calls
- Laura Lobato Bailon, ERC Scientific Officer
ERC grantee testimonial
- Hassan Boubakri, President of the Tunis Centre for Migration and Asylum, Professor of Geography and Migration Studies
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Webinaire - Bourses ERC pour les chercheurs basés en Afrique
EURAXESS North America
Tuesday 6 May 2025
18.00 - 19.30 (CEST)
Introduction
- Jackson Howard, EURAXESS North America
Welcoming remarks
- Martin Penny, Head of Communication
Overview of ERC funding opportunities and open calls
- Per Magnus Kommandantvold, ERC NCP for Norway
ERC grantee testimonial
- Cassandra Koh, Postdoctoral Fellow, Pasteur Institute, Paris
- Alex Radzisheuskay, Group Leader in the Division of Cancer Biology, Institute of Cancer Research, London
- Stefanie Wculek, Junior Group Leader, Innate Immune Biology laboratory, Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Barcelona
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ERC Grants: EU funding for your bottom-up research proposal (2025)
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