European Research Council Call for Applications: 2025 Starting Grant
The European Research Council (ERC) opens a call for early-career scientists who have already produced excellent supervised work and is ready to work independently and show potential to be a research leader.
Eligibility:
- Researchers of any nationality with 2-7 years of experience since completion of PhD.
- Applications can be made in any field of research.
- Research must be conducted in a public or private research organisation (known as a host institution/HI). It could be the HI where the applicant already works, or any other HI located in one of the EU Member States or associated countries.
Funding:
- Starting Grants may be awarded up to € 1.5 million for a period of 5 years
- An additional € 1 million can be made available to cover eligible “start-up” costs for researchers moving from a third country to the EU or an associated country and/or the purchase of major equipment and/or access to large facilities and/or other major experimental and field work costs.
- An ERC grant can cover up to 100% of the total eligible direct costs of the research plus a contribution of 25% of the total eligible costs towards indirect costs.
Read more here.
Application deadline October 15, 2024 (17:00 Brussels time).
