ERC | Advanced Grant
ERC Advanced Grants are designed to allow outstanding research leaders of any nationality and any age to pursue ground-breaking, high-risk projects in Europe.
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/advanced-grants