ERC "Advanced Grant"

The scheme targets researchers who have already established themselves as top independent research leaders.

ERC Advanced Grants in brief:
- Eligibility : any nationality, any age. Applicants must be leaders in their respective field(s) of research and must demonstrate significant achievement in the last 10 years
- Location: research must be conducted in a public or private research organisation (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
- Funding: up to € 2.5 million per grant
- Duration: up to 5 years
- Sole evaluation criterion: scientific excellence of researcher and research proposal

More information on the Call here: https://erc.europa.eu/funding-and-grants/funding-schemes/advanced-grants

FFG Academy offers specific trainings for researchers who are interested in the Framework programme of the European Union.  We would like to cordially invite you to the training "Writing a competitive ERC Advanced Grant Proposal" which will take place on April 24th, 2017 in Vienna . The training is primarily aimed at researchers planning to submit a proposal to the ERC Advanced Grant Call 2017 (Deadline August 31st, 2017)

More information on the training and application here: https://www.ffg.at/europa/veranstaltungen/ffg-akademie_2017-04-24