The main objective of the European Research Council (ERC) is to promote high-quality research in Europe by financing long-term projects through competitive calls./
The ERC Grants support all individual researchers that wish to continue their research in Excellent Science no matter their age or nationality
Starting Grants (StG)/
Starting Grants (StG) are designed to support excellent PhD researchers with between 2 and 7 years of experience who are starting their own independent line of research and who wish to form their own team.
Current call: ERC-2023-StG
Opening date: 12 July 2022
Deadline date: 25 October 2022
Consolidator Grants (CoG)/
Consolidator Grants are designed to support excellent PhD researchers with between 7 and 12 years of experience who are establishing their own team and independent line of research.
Current call: ERC-2023-CoG
Opening date: 28 September 2022
Deadline date: 2 February 2023
Advanced Grants (AdG)/
Advanced Grants are designed to support excellent senior researchers with at least 10 years of experience and who present innovative, aspirational and cutting-edge proposals.
Current call: ERC-2023-AdG
Opening date: 8 December 2022
Deadline date: 23 May 2023
Synergy Grants (SyG)/
Synergy Grants are called with the purpose of supporting a small group, consisting of a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 4 PIs, to facilitate their collective work in research projects and encourage their union in problem-solving.
Current call: ERC-2023-SyG
Opening date: 13 July 2022
Deadline date: 8 November 2022
