European Research Council
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The European Research Council is a premier European funding body that supports frontier research by awarding competitive grants to outstanding researchers across all scientific disciplines.
Aliases (2)
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
European Union body
→
public organization → research funding agency → |
| abbreviation | ERC → |
| allows | bottom-up research proposals → |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
European Union
→
associated countries to EU framework programmes → |
| awardsTo | individual principal investigators → |
| budget | over 1 billion euros per year → |
| country | European Union → |
| doesNotRequire | predefined research priorities → |
| fieldOfWork |
basic research
→
frontier research → scientific research funding → |
| foundedBy |
European Commission
→
European Union → |
| fundingMethod | competitive grants → |
| grantProgram |
ERC Advanced Grant
→
ERC Consolidator Grant → ERC Proof of Concept Grant → ERC Starting Grant → ERC Synergy Grant → |
| hasPart |
ERC Executive Agency
→
ERC Scientific Council → |
| headquartersLocation |
Belgium
→
Brussels, Belgium →
surface form: "Brussels"
|
| inception | 2007 → |
| legalBasis |
Framework Programmes for Research and Innovation
→
surface form: "Horizon 2020 regulation"
Horizon Europe regulation → Framework Programmes for Research and Innovation →
surface form: "Seventh Framework Programme"
|
| motto | Supporting top researchers from anywhere in the world → |
| officialLanguage | English → |
| officialWebsite | https://erc.europa.eu → |
| operatedBy | European Commission → |
| partOf |
Framework Programmes for Research and Innovation
→
surface form: "Horizon 2020"
Framework Programmes for Research and Innovation →
surface form: "Horizon Europe"
|
| purpose |
funding frontier research
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supporting excellent researchers → supporting investigator-driven research → |
| scope |
all scientific disciplines
→
engineering → humanities → life sciences → natural sciences → social sciences → |
| selectionCriterion | scientific excellence → |
| selectionMethod | peer review → |
| supports | host institutions in EU and associated countries → |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "Horizon Europe ERC programme"
this entity surface form: "European Research Council (policy and implementation framework)"
subject surface form: "European Research Area"