European Research Council (ERC)
The ERC’s mission is to encourage the highest quality research in Europe through competitive funding and to support investigator-initiated frontier research across all fields of research, on the basis of scientific excellence. Being ‘investigator-driven’, or ‘bottom-up’, in nature, the ERC approach allows researchers to identify new opportunities and directions in any field of research, rather than being led by priorities set by politicians.
Your NCP contact for this programme
Margot Beereboom
margot.beereboom@fwo.be
+32 2 550 15 76
About this programme
The ERC’s mission is to encourage the highest quality research in Europe through competitive funding and to support investigator-initiated frontier research across all fields of research, on the basis of scientific excellence. Being ‘investigator-driven’, or ‘bottom-up’, in nature, the ERC approach allows researchers to identify new opportunities and directions in any field of research, rather than being led by priorities set by politicians.
Five ERC frontier research grants will be available under the ERC Work Programme 2020.
- Starting Grants
- Consolidator Grants
- Advanced Grants
- Synergy Grants
- Proof of Concept Grants
The ERC Scientific Council has analysed the pilot phase of the ERC Synergy Grant (calls were made under Work Programmes 2012 and 2013) and decided to reintroduce the call for Synergy grants under the Work Programme 2018.
ERC Principal Investigators will also continue to be able to apply for the Proof of Concept Grant, first introduced under the revised Work Programme 2011.
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- Background to lump sums introduction - ERC Advanced Grants 2024 call
- Webinar on lump sums funding - ERC Advanced Grant 2024 call
- Database ERC panel members
- ERC projects and statistics
- EURAXESS portal: ERC PhD and postdoc vacancies
- Citizen science in ERC projects
- ERC EGD projects – Cordis Results Pack
- Association of ERC Grantees
- ERC COVID-19 portal
- ERC projects COVID-19
- ERC
- ERC FAQs (COVID-19 included)
- Horizon2020 Participant Portal - ERC
- ERC gender projects - Cordis Results Pack
Documents
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- ERC report on the evaluation of research proposals: the why and what of the ERC's recent changes
- Evaluation study of the European framework programmes for research and innovation for excellent science - Horizon 2020 : phase 1 final study report
- Assessing the Influence of ERC-funded Research on Patented Inventions – Final report
- Mapping of ERC funded research in Horizon 2020 (2014-2020) - factsheets
- Study Qualitative evaluation of completed projects funded by the ERC 2019
- Security research in ERC grants awarded during FP7 and Horizon 2020
- Pathways to an ERC Grant: Learning from Success and Failure - Jørgen Carling
- ERC research and outreach to the wider public
- ERC Virtual Venture Fair
- Successful participation of stakeholders in Flanders in Horizon 2020
Testimonial
UNCHAIN - Revolutionising urban logistics & space management
The UNCHAIN project, ‘urban logistics and planning: anticipating urban freight generation and demand including digitalisation of urban freight’ obtained funding from the Horizon Europe’s Mobility Cluster. The project focuses on breaking down data silos and promoting public-private data exchange across a unified European mobility data space, enabling more informed decisions and greater efficiency. The City of Mechelen is a partner in the project and takes on the role of ‘follower city’: it will work alongside the primary demonstration sites (in Madrid, Berlin and Florence) to maximize the geographical coverage and replicability of solutions across Europe. Mechelen aims to test 2 concrete solutions in the UNCHAIN project, with the aim to help addressing its current and future challenges in urban freight distribution.
