European Research Council (ERC): preliminary timetable of 2023 calls

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The European Research Council – ERC, has published preliminary information about deadlines of the calls under the Work Programme 2023 – see below. First deadlines will take place already in autumn 2022.

If you plan to submit a project proposal to any of the upcoming ERC calls, please contact now the Project Management Department (Klára Sobotíková, klara.sobotikova@natur.cuni.cz, or Tomáš Palatý, tomas.palaty@natur.cuni.cz).

Please, contact us also if you plan or consider applying for an ERC grant in a longer time frame (e.g. in 1-2 years), so that you can take advantage of the support offered to ERC applicants.

• About planned 2023 deadlines by ERC.
• About ERC on Faculty of Science website – including information about support for (potential) applicants.

ERC calls of the Work Programme 2023 – indicative information

• ERC Starting Grants 
  For Principal Investigators 2-7 years after PhD (reference date 1 January 2023)
  who are starting their own independent research team.
  ► Maximal project duration 5 years.
  ► Maximal grant amount EUR 1.5 million
       (plus up to EUR 1 million “additional funding” e.g. for purchase of major equipment).
  ► Opening: 12. 7. 2022, deadline: 25. 10. 2022.
  News about the call on the Faculty websites.
   
• ERC Synergy Grants 
  Multidisciplinary projects of 2-4 Principal Investigators. The projects must demonstrate the added value of the collaboration that could lead to breakthroughs which would be impossible by the individual PIs working alone. Each of the PIs must have a track record making them a competitive applicant for ERC Starting, Consolidator or Advanced grant depending on their career stage.
  ► Maximal project duration 6 years.
  ► Maximal grant amount EUR 10 million
       (plus up to EUR 4 million “additional funding” e.g. for purchase of major equipment).
  ► Opening: 13. 7. 2022, deadline: 8. 11. 2022.
  News about the call on the Faculty websites.
   
• ERC Consolidator Grants 
  For Principal Investigators 7-12 years after PhD (reference date 1 January 2023)
  who already have a “core” of their own independent research team, but still need to consolidate it.
  ► Maximal project duration 5 years.
  ► Maximal grant amount EUR 2 million
       (plus up to EUR 1 million “additional funding” e.g. for purchase of major equipment).
  ► Opening: 28. 9. 2022, deadline: 2. 2. 2023.
   
• ERC Advanced Grants 
  For Principal Investigators who have significantly influenced their research field in the last 10 years.
  ► Maximal project duration 5 years.
  ► Maximal grant amount EUR 2.5 million
       (plus up to EUR 1 million “additional funding” e.g. for purchase of major equipment).
  ► Opening: 8. 12. 2022, deadline: 23. 5. 2023.
  ► The call for ERC Advanced Grants 2022 is still open – News about the call and internal guidelines.
   
• ERC Proof of Concept Grants 
  Only for successful ERC grantees to verify innovation potential of results or ideas arising from a funded ERC project.
  ► Deadlines: 24. 1. 2023, 20. 4. 2023, 14. 9. 2023.

What is ERC?

ERC funds research that is expected to lead to advances at the frontiers of knowledge. The grants support excellent Principal investigators (PIs) and their research teams. The PI must demonstrate ground-breaking nature of the proposal, it must not be a mere continuation of previous achievements. The ERC research grants operate on a "bottom-up" basis without predetermined priorities. ERC grantees obtain long-term funding giving them a lot of flexibility in pursuing their research goals.
About ERC on Faculty of Science website

More information:

• Official ERC website.
• Database of funded ERC projects – can be sorted e.g. by type of project or by evaluation panel.
• Videos “ERC Classes” – application and evaluation process in detail.
• About ERC by the Czech National Contact Point – news, info events etc.
• Brochure How to write a good ERC proposal by the European Centre of the Charles University rectorate.

Contact points for ERC at the Faculty of Science:
Klára Sobotíková and Tomáš Palatý.
If you have any questions about ERC grants, please, do not hesitate to contact us.

News published by Ludmila Součková on 3. 2. 2022.

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