Webinar - The Starting and Consolidator Grants of the European Research Council << SEA-EU-NET

Webinar - The Starting and Consolidator Grants of the European Research Council

The European Research Council (ERC) supports excellence in frontier research through a bottom-up, individual-based, worldwide competition. The ERC has a budget of €13 billion for the period 2014-2020. The Starting Grants (2-7 years after PhD) and Consolidator Grants (7-12 years after PhD) are open for highly qualified individual researchers from all thematic areas. Grants are awarded for research projects in Europe for up to five years with maximum project budgets ranging from €1.5 million to €2.75 million. This webinar provides an overview on both funding schemes and gives advice on how to write a competitive proposal. The European International Cooperation network for science & technology with Southeast Asia (SEA-EU-NET), in cooperation with the National Contact Point for the European Research Council in Germany and the United Nations University, Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) organize this webinar to inform highly qualified researchers from outside Europe on the possibilities provided by the European Research Council.

Published on 21. Nov. 2014

Link: http://goo.gl/forms/GD5OTMZkkU

How to participate?

This is a RSVP webinar, please register. You will receive the log-in details after registration. Webinar will take place on 17 December 2014 10:00 a.m. CET.

Starting Grants

ERC Starting Grants aim to support up-and-coming research leaders who are about to establish a proper research team and to start conducting independent research in Europe. The scheme targets promising researchers who have the proven potential of becoming independent research leaders. It will support the creation of excellent new research teams.

ERC Starting Grants in brief:

For researchers of any nationality with 2-7 years of experience since completion of PhD (or equivalent degree) and scientific track record showing great promise
An excellent research proposal
Research must be conducted in a public or private research organisation (known as a Host Institution/HI) located in one of the EU Member State or Associated Countries
Funding per grant: up to € 1.5 million (in some circumstances up to € 2 million)
Duration: up to 5 years
Sole evaluation criterion: scientific excellence of researcher and research proposal
Calls for proposals: published once a year
Proposal deadline in 2015: 3 February 2015

Consolidator Grants

ERC Consolidator Grants are designed to support researchers at the stage at which they are consolidating their own independent research team or programme. The scheme will strengthen independent and excellent new individual research teams that have been recently created.

ERC Consolidator Grants in brief:

For researchers of any nationality with over 7 and up to 12 years of experience since completion of PhD (or equivalent degree) and scientific track record showing great promise
An excellent research proposal
Research must be conducted in a public or private research organisation (known as a Host Institution/HI) located in one of the EU Member State or Associated Countries
Funding per grant: up to € 2 million (in some circumstances up to € 2.75 million)
Duration: up to 5 years
Sole evaluation criterion: scientific excellence of researcher and research proposal
Calls for proposals: published once a year
Proposal deadline in 2015: 12 March 2015

Contact

SEA-EU-NET project: Mr Patrick Ziegler, PT-DLR, Germany

UNU-EHS: Ms Chahira Nouira, UNU-EHS, Germany

National Contact Point ERC Germany: Ms Stefanie Schelhowe & Mr Patrick Hartmann, EU-Bureau of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, PT-DLR, Germany