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Does my event need to be during the ERC Week (13-19 March)?No, the date is given as a reference point to establish a link with the Brussels celebrations. However, the events can take place at any moment during 2017.What sort of event can I organise?We welcome any kind of format. Below are some suggestions, but any idea is encouraged.A scientific conference, round table or press conference…

Press opportunity with Ben Feringa, Nobel laureate 2016 and ERC grantee, Carlos Moedas, European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, Jerzy Buzek, Chair of the ITRE committee of the European Parliament, Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, ERC President. ERC grantees also available for interviews.Press packERC - a success story for EuropePress highlightTen years of the European Research Council…

Back in 2007, the European Commission established the European Research Council with the mission to encourage excellent frontier research in Europe through competitive funding, supporting top researchers across all fields and of any nationality.Since then, the ERC has had a considerable impact on the European research landscape. In almost ten years, it has funded almost 7,000 researchers and…

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National Contact Points (NCPs) are independent organizations of different nature (Ministries, Academies of Science, Research agencies, etc) that act as information providers to ERC applicants in their native language. They are based in all EU countries and Associated States, as well as in some non-European countries.NCPs do not represent the ERC. Their mission is to raise awareness, inform and…

By delegation of the Scientific Council the Standing Committee on Panels is responsible for:formulation of policies and procedures concerning the selection of ERC evaluation panel members and reviewers.steering the setting up of an expanded data base of experts and its continued monitoring.preparing and approving specific proposals for panel composition.continued development of norms and rules…

(The Working Group was active between 2013 and 2018)The ERC Scientific Council is entrusted by the legislation establishing Horizon 2020 – among others - with the task to monitor quality of operations and evaluate programme implementation and achievements and make recommendations for corrective or future actions.The main role of the Scientific Council’s Working Group on Key Performance Indicators…

The Scientific Council Working Group on Strengthening International participation, initially created at the Scientific Council meeting held in Warsaw (June 2009), focuses on increasing the participation of researchers in ERC calls from countries outside of the EU.In 2012 the ERC launched an international awareness-raising campaign, "ERC goes Global", led by the ERC Secretary General Prof. Donald…

In June 2009, the ERC Scientific Council decided that the ERC needed to consider carefully its relationship with the industrial/business sector; a matter of relevance both as regards the conduct of frontier research (e.g. industrial organisations as potential host institutions for ERC-funded projects) and for the demonstration of the ERC's contribution to the European economy. It was decided to…