Consolidator Grant: European Research Council 1537 views

European Research Council (ERC) offers Consolidator Grant to recently created independent, excellent research team and keen on strengthen it.

About the Consolidator Grant

Researchers of any nationality with 7-12 years of experience since completion of PhD (Extensions are possible under certain circumstances) a scientific track record showing great promise and an excellent research proposal.
Applications can be made in any field of research.

Study areas:

Location

Research must be conducted in a public or private research organization (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

Host Institution:

Applications for an ERC grant must be submitted by a single Principal Investigator (PI) in conjunction with and on behalf of their Host Institution, called the applicant legal entity.
Grants are awarded to the Host Institution with the explicit commitment that this institution offers appropriate conditions for the PI independently to direct the research and manage its funding for the duration of the project.
The PI does not necessarily need to be working at the Host Institution at the time when the proposal is submitted. However, a mutual agreement and the HI’s commitment on how the relationship will be established are necessary, should the proposal be successful.

Grant value: up to € 2 million; additional € 0.75 million can be made available to cover eligible “start-up” costs

Grant duration: 5 years. (pro rata for projects of shorter duration)

How to apply:

ERC grant applications can only be submitted in response to a Call for Proposals.
The ERC has yearly calls for proposals covering all scientific fields.
For an ERC grant application to be complete, it needs to include the administrative forms, the research proposal and the supplementary documents.