ERC

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The ERC is a major European funding body that supports pioneering, investigator-driven research across all scientific disciplines.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf European Union body
research funding organization
abbreviation ERC
administeredBy European Commission Directorate-General for Research and Innovation
alsoKnownAs ERC Executive Agency
country European Union
disciplineCoverage all scientific disciplines
life sciences
physical sciences and engineering
social sciences and humanities
eligibleRegion European Research Area
employer Executive Agency for the European Research Council
evaluationCriterion scientific excellence
fieldOfWork basic research
frontier research
scientific research funding
focus pioneering investigator-driven research
foundedBy European Union
fundingModel bottom-up
fundingType competitive research grants
governingBody Scientific Council of the European Research Council
grantDuration up to 5 years for main grants
grantPortability grants are portable within the European Research Area
hasPart ERC Advanced Grant
ERC Consolidator Grant
ERC Proof of Concept Grant
ERC Starting Grant
ERC Synergy Grant
headquartersLocation Belgium
Brussels
inception 2007
jurisdiction European Union
locatedInTimeZone Central European Time
mission to support investigator-driven frontier research across all fields
officialLanguage English
parentOrganization European Commission
partOf Horizon 2020
Horizon Europe
Seventh Framework Programme
selectionMethod peer review
slogan Supporting top researchers from anywhere in the world
sponsor European Union budget
supports individual principal investigators
research teams
targetGroup early-career researchers
established researchers
leading senior researchers
website https://erc.europa.eu

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
European Research Council
European Research Council
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