European Research Council Call for Proposals: Proof of Concept Grants
The European Research Council (ERC) is calling for proposals for its Proof of Concept Grants.
These grants aim at facilitating exploration of the commercial and social innovation potential of ERC funded research, by funding further work (i.e. activities which were not scheduled to be funded by the original ERC frontier research grant) to verify the innovation potential of ideas arising from ERC funded projects. Proof of Concept Grants are therefore on offer only to Principal Investigators whose proposals draw substantially on their ERC funded research.
Eligibility:
- Principal Investigators in an ongoing main grant, or Principal Investigators in a main grant that has ended less than 12 months before 1 January 2023, are eligible to apply for an ERC Proof of Concept Grant under the ERC Work Programme 2023.
- Synergy Grant Principal Investigators are eligible to apply to the ERC-2023-PoC call only with the written consent of all Principal Investigators in the same Synergy Grant project.
- Principal Investigators may submit only one proposal under the Work Programme 2023 Proof of Concept call. If further submissions are made at different cut-off dates, only the first admissible and eligible proposal will be considered.
- A Principal Investigator whose proposal was rejected on the grounds of a breach of research integrity in the calls for proposals under Work Programmes 2021 or 2022 may not submit a proposal to the ERC-2023-PoC call.
- Principal Investigators may be of any age and nationality and may reside in any country in the world at the time of the application.
Funding details:
- The financial contribution will be awarded as a lump sum of EUR 150 000 for a period of 18 months.
- Normally, proof of concept activities should be completed within 12 months. However, to allow for those projects that require more preparation time, the grant agreements will be signed for 18 months. Extensions of the duration of proof of concept projects may be granted only exceptionally.
- The lump sum will cover the beneficiaries’ direct and indirect eligible costs for the project: if the project is implemented properly, the amounts will be paid regardless of the costs actually incurred.
Read more here.
Application deadline January 24, 2023. Future deadlines April 20, 2023 and September 21, 2023.
