Starting Grants 2025 applications: Facts and figures
17 October 2024
Starting Grants 2025 applications: Facts and figures

The ERC Starting Grants 2025 call closed for applications on 15 October 2024. 

These are the preliminary data on submitted proposals:

  • The ERC received 3 928 applications, marking a 13% increase compared to the previous call.
     
  • The highest number of applications came from the Physical Sciences and Engineering domain with 1 660 submissions (42%) followed by Social Sciences and Humanities with 1 187 submissions (30%), and Life Sciences with 1 081 submissions (28%).
     
  • Women submitted 40% of proposals, consistent with the submission rates from the previous two Starting Grants calls.  

 

In its ERC Work Programme, the ERC Scientific Council earmarked €751 million for an estimated 483 Starting Grants in 2025. 

The ERC is now beginning the evaluation of the proposals. The projects selected for funding are planned to be announced in summer 2025.