European Research Council Call for Applications: 2024 Grants

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The European Research Council (ERC) provides support for pioneering projects. The ERC grants are open to top researchers. Five ERC grantees have won Nobel Prizes. Excellence is the sole criterion for selection. Applications can be made in any field of research, there are no thematic priorities, the research is “bottom-up”. The aim is to recognise the best ideas, and confer status and visibility to the best research in Europe, while also attracting talent from abroad.

Call Calendar 2023/24 (tentative dates):

1. Starting Grant: Are you a talented early-career scientist who has already produced excellent supervised work, is ready to work independently and shows potential to be a research leader? The ERC Starting Grant could be for you.

  • Who can apply? Researchers of any nationality with 2-7 years of experience since completion of PhD, a scientific track record showing great promise and an excellent research proposal can apply.
  • Criteria: Applications can be made in any field of research
  • Location: Research must be conducted in a public or private research organisation (known as a host institution/HI). 
  • Duration: 5 year
  • Funding:  €1.5 million
  • Deadline: November 7, 2023
  • Read more here 

2. Consolidator Grant: Are you a scientist who wants to consolidate your independence by establishing a research team and continuing to develop a success career in Europe? The ERC Consolidator Grant could be for you. You can also apply if you have recently created an independent, excellent research team and want to strengthen it.

  • Who can apply? Researchers of any nationality with 7-12 years of experience since completion of PhD, a scientific track record showing great promise and an excellent research proposal can apply.
  • Criteria: Applications can be made in any field of research
  • Location: Research must be conducted in a public or private research organisation (known as a host institution/HI). 
  • Duration: 5 year
  • Funding: €2 million
  • Deadline: December 12, 2023
  • Read more here 

3. Advanced Grant: Are you an established, leading principal investigator who wants long-term funding to pursue a ground-breaking, high-risk project? The ERC Advanced Grant could be for you.

  • Who can apply? Applicants for the ERC Advanced Grants – called Principal Investigators (PI) – are expected to be active researchers who have a track-record of significant research achievements in the last 10 years. The Principal Investigators should be exceptional leaders in terms of originality and significance of their research contributions. No specific eligibility criteria with respect to the academic requirements are foreseen.
  • Criteria: Applications can be made in any field of research
  • Location: Research must be conducted in a public or private research organisation (known as a host institution/HI). 
  • Duration: 5 year
  • Funding: €2.5 million
  • Deadline: August 29, 2024
  • Read more here

4. Synergy Grant: Are you a researcher that wants to address a research problem so ambitious, that can not be dealt with you and your team alone? The Synergy Grants could be for you!

  • Who can apply? A group of two to maximum four Principal Investigators (PIs) working together and bringing different skills and resources to tackle ambitious research problems.  One will be designated as the corresponding PI (cPI). PIs must present an early achievement track-record or a ten-year track-record, whichever is most appropriate.
  • Criteria: Applications can be made in any field of research
  • Location: Research must be conducted by all PIs in a public or private research organisation (known as a Host Institution, HI).
  • Duration: 6 year
  • Funding: €10 million
  • Deadline: November 15, 2023
  • Read more here
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