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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…

This page is under revision. We're currently working on updates to enhance your experience with our site.In the meantime you can find more information about the ERC related FAQs here.

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 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…

This section presents statistics and data on granted projects and evaluated proposals, broken down by funding scheme, call year, countries and research domain.You can use the filter to refine the data.HOW CAN YOU FILTER?First, select either the option ‘Granted projects’ or ‘Evaluated proposals’.Next, the projects can be filtered according to funding scheme, call year and research domain. For the…

The European Research Council (ERC) – the first pan-European funding body for frontier research - was set up in 2007 under the EU's Seventh Framework Programme for Research (FP7, 2007-2013).It aims to enhance the dynamic character, creativity and excellence of European research at the frontiers of knowledge.Through peer reviewed competitions the best researchers are funded to perform their…