Preparing an ERC proposal

Support is provided to excellent and outstanding researchers of any nationality at different stages of their career.

Structure and required documents

The proposal is composed of:

• The administrative form Part A (to be completed online)
• The scientific proposal, to be uploaded online as a PDF document. The proposal is structured as follows:
  • Part B1: proposal summary (max. 2000 characters), an "extended synopsis" (max. 5 pages) and the Curriculum Vitae and Track Record (max. 4 pages)
  • Part B2: the extended scientific proposal (max. 14 pages)

ERC grants proposals must also include a binding support statement from the University, done through a “Commitment of the Host Institution Letter”. This document is a mandatory part of the proposal: in its absence, the project will be rejected. The Host Institution Support Letter is to be prepared by Research Service. Please contact us well in advance to allow enough time for preparation and signature.

Evaluation

Evaluation consists of two steps:

• Step 1: only the Part B1 is evaluated
• Step 2: proposals that pass the first step are then evaluated based on the full proposal (Part B1, Part B2 plus Section 3 –“Budget and time commitment”). Step 2 includes an interview of  approximately 30 minutes of each applicant in front of the evaluation panel. NEW: as of the 2021 call, this applies to the Advanced Grants proposals as well.

Further information

• Detailed information and official documents are available upon call opening on the Funding and Tenders Portal call page.
• ERC official website: https://erc.europa.eu/

Further information

• Detailed information and official documents are available upon call opening on the Funding and Tenders Portal call page.
• ERC official website: https://erc.europa.eu/