Call for proposals for ERC Consolidator grant
European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grants are designed to support excellent Principal Investigators at the career stage at which they may still be consolidating their own independent research team or programme. Application deadline: 09 February 2017.
ERC Consolidator Grants in brief:
Eligibility: researchers of any nationality with 7-12 years of experience since completion of PhD (extensions are possible – see the latest ERC Work Programme for details), a scientific track record showing scientific talent and an excellent research proposal
Location: research must be conducted in a public or private research organisation (known as a Host Institution/HI). It could be the HI where the applicant already works, or any other HI located in one of the EU Member States or Associated Countries
Funding per grant: up to € 2 million
Duration: up to 5 years
Sole evaluation criterion: scientific excellence of researcher and research proposal.
For more information visit ERC website or European Commission website.