ERC: European Research Council

27 March 2021

The ERC aims to encourage the highest quality research in Europe through competitive funding and to support investigator-driven frontier research across all fields, on the basis of scientific excellence. ERC grants are awarded through open competition to projects headed by starting and established researchers who are working or moving to work in Europe, while also attracting talent from abroad. Now, there are two open calls, Starting Grants and Consolidator Grants.

Deadline:        
• Starting Grants, April 08, 2021 

• Consolidator Grants, April 20, 2021

Fund:
• Starting Grants, 1,500,000 EUR

• Consolidator Grants, 2,000,000 EUR 

Funder:           Horizon Europe Framework Programme (HORIZON)

Theme:           All scientific fields 

Duration:        5 years

Eligibility       
Principal Investigators: 

  • may be of any age and nationality and may reside in any country in the world
  • have been awarded the first PhD at 2-7 years (for Starting Grants) or at 7-12 years (for Consolidator Grants) prior to 1 January 2021
  • must have already shown research independence and evidence of maturity, for example by having produced at least one (for Starting Grants) or several (for Consolidator Grants) important publication as main author or without the participation of PhD supervisors.

For more information:

Contact:   
Email: GRIP.OIA@chula.ac.th
Tel. +66 22183124