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Snapshot overview: Support for leading researchers with significant track record
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Name: European Research Centre (ERC) Advanced Grants
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Institution/ DG/ Agency responsible at EU-level: European Research Council (ERC)
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Work programme: ERC grant applications can only be submitted in response to a Call for Proposals. The ERC has yearly calls for proposals covering all scientific fields.
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Programme: Grants
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Programme budget: EUR 597 million
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Project budget:
- Advanced Grants may be awarded up to EUR 2.5 million for a period of 5 years (pro rata for projects of shorter duration), but additional EUR 1 million can be made available to cover costs for researchers moving from a third country and/or the purchase of major equipment and/or access to large facilities and/or other major experimental and field work costs.
- ERC grants 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.
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Type of funding : ERC grants operate on a ‘bottom-up’ basis without predetermined priorities.
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Target participants: 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.
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Programme scope: Applications can be made in any field of research.
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Participant criteria: Research must be conducted in a public or private research organization, 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
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Project duration: 5 years
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Average time from submission to project kick-off: Unknown
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R&D stage: Any
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Intellectual property: Under Horizon Europe, beneficiaries of ERC grants must ensure open access to all peer-reviewed scientific publications relating to their results as set out in the Model Grant Agreement used for ERC actions. Beneficiaries must ensure that they or the authors retain sufficient intellectual property rights to comply with their open access requirements.
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Project database: EU Funding & Tender Opportunities portal
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Status: Call opens on 08 December 2022. The deadline is on 23 May 2023.
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