Session SC1.12

SC1.12 | European Research Council (ERC) Funding Opportunities

European Research Council (ERC) Funding Opportunities

Co-organized by CR8

Convener: David Gallego-Torres | Co-conveners: Claudia Jesus-Rydin, Eystein Jansen

Tue, 05 May, 08:30–10:15 (CEST)

Room -2.41/42

The European Research Council (ERC) is a leading funding body at European level. It aims to support excellent, frontier research across all fields of science. The ERC offers various outstanding funding opportunities for investigator-driven projects, including grant budgets for individual scientists of up to €3.5 million. ERC calls are open to researchers around the world: all nationalities of applicants are welcome for projects carried out at a host institution in European Union member states or/and associated countries. The ERC is also quickly adapting to the constantly evolving research landscape, therefore at this session, the main features of ERC funding schemes will be presented, highlighting most recent changes implemented in the work programme and their effects in the evaluation. In addition, two invited speakers, an ERC grantee and a former member of the evaluation panel, will provide their own perspectives (as applicant and as evaluator) of the ERC evaluation process.

We will present the main features of the ERC funding schemes, highlighting most recent changes implemented in the work programme and their effects in the evaluation.

Our two invited speakers are:

- Mustafa Yucel: ERC grantee

- Maria Jose Polo: member of one of the evaluation panel

They will provide their own perspectives (as applicant and as evaluator) of the ERC evaluation process.

The oral presentations are given in a hybrid format supported by a Zoom meeting featuring on-site and virtual presentations. The button to access the Zoom meeting appears just before the time block starts.