ERC Proof of Concept Grant
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The ERC Proof of Concept Grant is a European Research Council funding scheme that helps previous ERC grant holders explore the commercial or societal innovation potential of their research results.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ERC Proof of Concept Grant canonical | 3 |
| ERC Proof of Concept Grant under Horizon 2020 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T380301 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ERC Proof of Concept Grant Context triple: [European Research Council, grantProgram, ERC Proof of Concept Grant]
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A.
QED Proof-of-Concept Program
The QED Proof-of-Concept Program is a commercialization initiative that helps academic researchers advance promising life science and healthcare technologies toward market readiness through funding, mentorship, and industry partnerships.
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B.
Small Business Innovation Research program
The Small Business Innovation Research program is a U.S. government initiative that provides competitive funding to small businesses for research and development with strong commercialization potential.
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C.
Basic Research Challenge program
The Basic Research Challenge program is a U.S. Office of Naval Research initiative that funds high-risk, high-reward multidisciplinary basic science projects to advance naval-relevant technologies and knowledge.
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D.
Launch Lane accelerator
Launch Lane accelerator is a startup acceleration program run by the University City Science Center that supports early-stage companies with mentorship, resources, and growth support.
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E.
Genesis Block
The Genesis Block is the inaugural block of the Bitcoin blockchain, created by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2009 and serving as the foundation of the entire Bitcoin network.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ERC Proof of Concept Grant Target entity description: The ERC Proof of Concept Grant is a European Research Council funding scheme that helps previous ERC grant holders explore the commercial or societal innovation potential of their research results.
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A.
QED Proof-of-Concept Program
The QED Proof-of-Concept Program is a commercialization initiative that helps academic researchers advance promising life science and healthcare technologies toward market readiness through funding, mentorship, and industry partnerships.
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B.
Small Business Innovation Research program
The Small Business Innovation Research program is a U.S. government initiative that provides competitive funding to small businesses for research and development with strong commercialization potential.
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C.
Basic Research Challenge program
The Basic Research Challenge program is a U.S. Office of Naval Research initiative that funds high-risk, high-reward multidisciplinary basic science projects to advance naval-relevant technologies and knowledge.
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D.
Launch Lane accelerator
Launch Lane accelerator is a startup acceleration program run by the University City Science Center that supports early-stage companies with mentorship, resources, and growth support.
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E.
Genesis Block
The Genesis Block is the inaugural block of the Bitcoin blockchain, created by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2009 and serving as the foundation of the entire Bitcoin network.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
European Research Council funding instrument
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research funding scheme ⓘ |
| administeredBy | European Research Council ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
explore commercial potential of ERC-funded research results
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explore societal innovation potential of ERC-funded research results ⓘ |
| beneficiaries | principal investigators of ERC projects ⓘ |
| country | European Union ⓘ |
| eligibleApplicants | previous ERC grant holders ⓘ |
| evaluationCriteria |
innovation potential
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intellectual property position ⓘ potential for societal or economic impact ⓘ quality of proof of concept plan ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
feasibility assessment
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innovation readiness ⓘ valorisation of research results ⓘ |
| fundingBody | European Commission ⓘ |
| fundingType | non-repayable grant ⓘ |
| geographicalScope | ERC member and associated countries ⓘ |
| linkedTo |
ERC Advanced Grant
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ERC Consolidator Grant ⓘ ERC Starting Grant ⓘ ERC Synergy Grant ⓘ |
| partOf |
Framework Programmes for Research and Innovation
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surface form:
Horizon Europe
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| policyObjective |
enhancing impact of frontier research
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strengthening European innovation ecosystem ⓘ supporting knowledge transfer ⓘ |
| predecessor |
ERC Proof of Concept Grant
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
ERC Proof of Concept Grant under Horizon 2020
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| requires | existing ERC-funded project results ⓘ |
| scope | all scientific disciplines ⓘ |
| selectionMethod | competitive evaluation ⓘ |
| supports |
business plan development
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innovation-oriented projects ⓘ intellectual property management ⓘ market analysis ⓘ proof of concept activities ⓘ technology transfer ⓘ |
| targetOutcome |
bridging gap between research and early commercialization
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facilitating uptake of ERC research results ⓘ supporting licensing opportunities ⓘ supporting spin-off or start-up creation ⓘ |
| timeframe | short-term follow-up to ERC research projects ⓘ |
| website | https://erc.europa.eu ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: ERC Proof of Concept Grant Description of subject: The ERC Proof of Concept Grant is a European Research Council funding scheme that helps previous ERC grant holders explore the commercial or societal innovation potential of their research results.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
ERC Proof of Concept Grant under Horizon 2020