ERC Grants

The European Research Council (or ERC) grants are recurrent calls. Each year there are calls for applications for Starting, Consolidator, Advanced or Synergy Grants. The Proof of Concept call is the subject of several calls.

The ERC (European Research Council) funds exploratory research projects at the frontiers of knowledge, in all areas of science and technology. The only selection criterion is scientific excellence. The ERC offers various types of grant:

 

Funding offered by the ERC

 

Individual grants

•    Starting Grant (StG, 2 to 7 years post-PhD) with a maximum of €1.5 million over 5 years
• Consolidator Grant (CoG, 8 to 12 years post-PhD) with a maximum grant of €2 million over 5 years
• Advanced Grant (AdG, Principal Investigator confirmed.e.) with a maximum grant of €2.5 million over 5 years
• Proof-of Concept (PoC), €150,000: additional funding to enable successful applicants to explore the innovative potential of promising results from ongoing or recently completed ERC projects.

 

Multi-beneficiary grants

The Synergy (SyG) grants fund between 2 and 4 researchers, with no restrictions on their level of career advancement. The aim is to jointly develop an ambitious research project, at the frontiers of knowledge, around questions that could not be dealt with individually. Maximum funding is €10 million for a maximum of 6 years.

 

Calendar

	Starting Grant	Consolidator Grant	Advanced Grant	Synergy Grant
2025	15/10/2024 (closed)	14/01/2025	28/08/2025	06/11/2024 (closed)