What are the ERC Consolidator Grants?
Are you a scientist who wants to consolidate her/his independence by establishing a research team and continuing to develop a success career in Europe? The ERC Consolidator Grant could be for you. You can also apply if you have recently created an independent, excellent research team and want to strengthen it.
ERC Consolidator Grants are designed to support excellent Principal Investigators at the career stage at which they are consolidating their own independent research team. Up to €2.75 millions are available for projects of up to 5 years duration.
Who can apply?
Researchers of any nationality with 7-12 years of experience since completion of PhD (Extensions are possible under certain circumstances — see the latest ERC Work Programme), a scientific track record showing great promise and an excellent research proposal.
Call deadline: 15 February 2018.
Important information on the call is included in the ERC Work Programme 2018 and especially the call-specific Information for Applicants. The mandatory templates are available from the Participant Portal.
Call ERC CoG 2018 on Participant Portal
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