ERC Starting Grant

E48494

The ERC Starting Grant is a prestigious European Research Council funding scheme that supports early-career researchers in establishing their own independent research teams and programs.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf European Union research funding instrument
funding scheme
research grant
administeredBy European Research Council
aimsTo enable early-career researchers to establish their own research program
support excellent principal investigators at the career stage of starting their own independent research team
applicationFrequency annual calls
applicationMode bottom-up
basedOn scientific excellence
beneficiaryRole principal investigator
discipline life sciences
physical sciences and engineering
social sciences and humanities
eligibilityCriterion hosted by a research institution in an EU Member State or associated country
principal investigator within a certain number of years after PhD
evaluationCriterion excellence of the research project
excellence of the researcher
evaluationMethod international peer review
fundingBody European Union
fundingType individual grant to a principal investigator
funds frontier research
geographicalScope European Union Member States
Horizon Europe associated countries
hostInstitutionType public or private research-performing institutions
research organisations
universities
impact facilitates independence of young researchers
supports creation of new research teams in Europe
languageOfApplication English
legalFramework EU framework programme for research and innovation
offers long-term funding for early-career researchers
partOf European Research Council funding schemes
Horizon Europe
predecessorProgram Horizon 2020
projectType individual frontier research project
reputation prestigious European research grant
requires commitment of the principal investigator to the project
support letter from the host institution
selectionLevel highly competitive
selectionPrinciple scientific excellence as sole criterion
supports early-career researchers
supportsActivity development of a research group
establishment of an independent research team
pioneering high-risk, high-gain research
supportsMobility attraction of talented researchers to Europe
targetGroup researchers starting their own independent career
topicRestrictions none
website https://erc.europa.eu


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