European Research Council (ERC)
Summary
The ERC aims to encourage the highest quality research, regarding all the research fields in Europe by reinforcing the excellence of the Union’s science base. Its goal is to consolidate the European Research area, in order to make the Union’s research and innovation system more competitive on a global scale.
Programme Description
The fundamental activity of the ERC is to provide attractive, long-term funding, for a period of up to five years for the Starting, Consolidator and Advanced Grants, to support excellent investigators and their research teams to pursue ground breaking, high-gain/high-risk research. Furthermore, research funded by the ERC is expected to lead to advances at the frontiers of knowledge setting also, a clear and inspirational target for frontier research across Europe. The ERC aims to use procedures that maintain the focus on excellence, encourage initiative and combine simplicity, flexibility with accountability. Also, it is continuously looking for ways to improve its procedures in order to fulfil these principles.
Applications can be made in any field of research. In particular, it encourages proposals of a multi- or interdisciplinary nature which cross the boundaries between different fields of research, pioneering proposals addressing new and emerging fields of research or proposals introducing unconventional, innovative approaches and scientific inventions. Thus, the ERC’s sole criterion is the scientific excellence that every research grant have to be awarded with and this is evident by the Scientific Council review of every grant’s funding conditions in order to make sure that everyone remains competitive both at European and international level.
Independent researchers of any age and career stage as well as from anywhere in the world can apply for attractive long-term funding. However, in order to be eligible the host institution must be established in an EU Member State or Associated Country. The ERC frontier research grants aims to empower individual researchers and provide the best settings to foster their creativity and therefore, it awards funding to excellent investigators looking to set up or consolidate their own independent research team or programme, as well as the existing research leaders. Specifically, grants, either Starting, Consolidator or Advanced, will support projects carried out by individual teams which are headed by a single Principal Investigator. Additionally, the ERC welcomes applications from Principal Investigators and their teams hosted by public or private institutions – profit research centres, including industrial laboratories or universities and research organisations. Briefly, host institutions are expected to make all appropriate efforts to provide the conditions to attract and retain scientists and scholars of the calibre to be awarded an ERC grant.
In conclusion, the ERC, is committed to provide free online access o variety of research material such as the published output of research, including in particular peer reviewed articles, monographs as well as the open access to research data and data related products (e.g. computer code).
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
Total Budget
€ 16 billionThematic Categories
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
Eligibility for Participation
- Educational Institutions
- Private Bodies
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
Opening Date
25/02/2021Closing Date
31/12/2027National Contact Point(s)
Research and Innovation Foundation
Address: 29a Andrea Michalakopoulou, 1075 Nicosia, P.B. 23422, 1683 Nicosia
Telephone: +357 22205000
Fax: +357 22205001
Email: support@research.org.cy
Website: https://www.research.org.cy/en/
Contact Persons:
Dr Kalypso Sepou
Head of European Programmes Department
Telephone: +357 22 205 066
Email: kalypso@research.org.cy
Dr Ioannis Theodorou
Scientific Officer
Email: itheodorou@research.org.cy
Katerina Karakasidou
Scientific Officer
Email: kkarakasidou@research.org.cy
EU Contact Point
Website
https://erc.europa.eu/Programme/Sub-programme/Plan Calls
(22 Results)The ERC aims to encourage the highest quality research, regarding all the research fields in Europe by reinforcing the excellence of the Union’s science base. Its goal is to consolidate the European Research area, in order to make the Union’s research and innovation system more competitive on a global scale.
The ERC aims to encourage the highest quality research, regarding all the research fields in Europe by reinforcing the excellence of the Union’s science base. Its goal is to consolidate the European Research area, in order to make the Union’s research and innovation system more competitive on a global scale.
The ERC aims to encourage the highest quality research, regarding all the research fields in Europe by reinforcing the excellence of the Union’s science base. Its goal is to consolidate the European Research area, in order to make the Union’s research and innovation system more competitive on a global scale.
The ERC aims to encourage the highest quality research, regarding all the research fields in Europe by reinforcing the excellence of the Union’s science base. Its goal is to consolidate the European Research area, in order to make the Union’s research and innovation system more competitive on a global scale.
The ERC aims to encourage the highest quality research, regarding all the research fields in Europe by reinforcing the excellence of the Union’s science base. Its goal is to consolidate the European Research area, in order to make the Union’s research and innovation system more competitive on a global scale.
The ERC aims to encourage the highest quality research, regarding all the research fields in Europe by reinforcing the excellence of the Union’s science base. Its goal is to consolidate the European Research area, in order to make the Union’s research and innovation system more competitive on a global scale.
The ERC aims to encourage the highest quality research, regarding all the research fields in Europe by reinforcing the excellence of the Union’s science base. Its goal is to consolidate the European Research area, in order to make the Union’s research and innovation system more competitive on a global scale.
The ERC aims to encourage the highest quality research, regarding all the research fields in Europe by reinforcing the excellence of the Union’s science base. Its goal is to consolidate the European Research area, in order to make the Union’s research and innovation system more competitive on a global scale.
The ERC aims to encourage the highest quality research, regarding all the research fields in Europe by reinforcing the excellence of the Union’s science base. Its goal is to consolidate the European Research area, in order to make the Union’s research and innovation system more competitive on a global scale.
The ERC aims to encourage the highest quality research, regarding all the research fields in Europe by reinforcing the excellence of the Union’s science base. Its goal is to consolidate the European Research area, in order to make the Union’s research and innovation system more competitive on a global scale.
The ERC aims to encourage the highest quality research, regarding all the research fields in Europe by reinforcing the excellence of the Union’s science base. Its goal is to consolidate the European Research area, in order to make the Union’s research and innovation system more competitive on a global scale.
The ERC aims to encourage the highest quality research, regarding all the research fields in Europe by reinforcing the excellence of the Union’s science base. Its goal is to consolidate the European Research area, in order to make the Union’s research and innovation system more competitive on a global scale.
The ERC aims to encourage the highest quality research, regarding all the research fields in Europe by reinforcing the excellence of the Union’s science base. Its goal is to consolidate the European Research area, in order to make the Union’s research and innovation system more competitive on a global scale.
The ERC aims to encourage the highest quality research, regarding all the research fields in Europe by reinforcing the excellence of the Union’s science base. Its goal is to consolidate the European Research area, in order to make the Union’s research and innovation system more competitive on a global scale.
The ERC aims to encourage the highest quality research, regarding all the research fields in Europe by reinforcing the excellence of the Union’s science base. Its goal is to consolidate the European Research area, in order to make the Union’s research and innovation system more competitive on a global scale.
The ERC aims to encourage the highest quality research, regarding all the research fields in Europe by reinforcing the excellence of the Union’s science base. Its goal is to consolidate the European Research area, in order to make the Union’s research and innovation system more competitive on a global scale.
The ERC aims to encourage the highest quality research, regarding all the research fields in Europe by reinforcing the excellence of the Union’s science base. Its goal is to consolidate the European Research area, in order to make the Union’s research and innovation system more competitive on a global scale.
The ERC aims to encourage the highest quality research, regarding all the research fields in Europe by reinforcing the excellence of the Union’s science base. Its goal is to consolidate the European Research area, in order to make the Union’s research and innovation system more competitive on a global scale.
The ERC aims to encourage the highest quality research, regarding all the research fields in Europe by reinforcing the excellence of the Union’s science base. Its goal is to consolidate the European Research area, in order to make the Union’s research and innovation system more competitive on a global scale.
The ERC aims to encourage the highest quality research, regarding all the research fields in Europe by reinforcing the excellence of the Union’s science base. Its goal is to consolidate the European Research area, in order to make the Union’s research and innovation system more competitive on a global scale.
The ERC aims to encourage the highest quality research, regarding all the research fields in Europe by reinforcing the excellence of the Union’s science base. Its goal is to consolidate the European Research area, in order to make the Union’s research and innovation system more competitive on a global scale.
The ERC aims to encourage the highest quality research, regarding all the research fields in Europe by reinforcing the excellence of the Union’s science base. Its goal is to consolidate the European Research area, in order to make the Union’s research and innovation system more competitive on a global scale.