Webinar: How to apply for the European Research Council Grants - Tips and Support for Indian Researchers

EURAXESS India in collobaration with the European Research Council is inviting for an exclusive webinar on 10 October, 3:00-4:00pm IST.

This information session will highlight how the ERC supports top researchers from INDIA wanting to apply for an ERC grant. Participants will get first-hand information on:

• how to write a successful proposal 

• what kind of services and support Indian candidates can receive from European host institutes (e.g. preparing competitive proposals, administrative support, employment etc.)

• what kind of support Indian candidates can receive from ERC National Contact Points (NCP)

Watch the recoding of the webinar here

Who should attend?

This session is directed at post-doctoral researchers and established researchers (PhD + 2 to 15 years of experience) of all disciplines and all nationalities. This webinar will focus on researchers based in INDIA. 

When will this webinar take place?

This 60min webinar will take place on 10 October at 3:00-4:00pm Indian Standard Time. Please ensure you confirm the timing in the time zone where you are based!

Will participants be able to ask questions?

Webinar participants will be able to submit questions to the speakers during the webinar in writing via the Q&A function.

All participants will receive an attendance certificate. Registration is mandatory. Space is limited.

TheEuropean Research Council (ERC) is the premier European funding organisation for excellent frontier research. The ERC supports investigator-driven frontier research across all fields. It awards research grants to scientists and scholars from all over the world, both early-career and senior researchers, carrying out their ambitious research projects in all scientific disciplines in Europe.

Familiarise yourself with the basics and check out the ERC Classes video playlist beforehand.

About the Speakers

Laura Pander

Laura Pander is the coordinator for personal grants (like ERC, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, NWO Talent Scheme) in the Research Support Office of Eindhoven University of Technology since 2017. She is mainly involved in pre-award support of personal grants applicants but she and her colleagues also help out for grant agreement preparations and post-award support. Laura studied Religious Studies and Philosophy at Radboud University and the University of Edinburgh. She has worked at several Dutch universities as an EU project manager and grant advisor in both technical and SSH domains. It’s Laura’s drive to help researchers to grow in their personal research strategy and to stimulate them to reach their research ambitions.

Manas Upadhyay

Manas Upadhyay is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanics of the Ecole Polytechnique (France) and a researcher in the Solid Mechanics Laboratory (LMS) of Ecole Polytechnique and CNRS. He obtained his PhD from the Georgia Institute of Technology (USA) in 2014 and he did his post-doctoral research at the Paul Scherrer Institute (Switzerland) until 2018 before joining Ecole Polytechnique. His general research interest is in understanding microstructure formation and evolution in alloys under complex thermo-mechanical loadings via an experiment-modelling synergy. His current research interests involve studying microstructure evolution during metal additive manufacturing. He was recently awarded EU’s Horizon2020 ERC Starting Grant (# 946959), which allowed him to build his own research group, the MoSES group, at LMS. At Ecole Polytechnique, he has taught courses at the bachelor and engineering cycle (equivalent to Master’s) levels including mechanics and heat (bachelors), continuum mechanics, and plasticity, among others. He has been awarded the Scripta Materialia Outstanding reviewer award in 2017. More recently, he has been awarded the Jean et André Rist 2022 medal by the French Society of Metallurgy and Materials (SF2M), which will be presented to him in December 2022. More details on his professional activities can be found on https://www.manas-upadhyay.com/

Kristin Kraav

Kristin Kraav works as an NCP since 2002. Currently, she is NCP and the national delegate to the Programme Committee for 3 areas of Horizon 2020: European Research Council, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, and Spreading excellence and widening participation. As NCP, she consults clients on proposal preparation and project implementation, pre-screens applications, and organises communication and training events. As Programme Committee delegate she is in charge of consolidating national positions on draft Work Programmes. Kristin Kraav has a background in IT and adult education and is regularly updating her training and event moderation skills.