Objectiu de la convocatòria
ERC Consolidator Grants are designed to support excellent Principal Investigators at the career stage at which they may still be consolidating their own independent research team or programme. Applicant Principal Investigators must demonstrate the ground-breaking nature, ambition and feasibility of their scientific proposal.

Requisits

The Principal Investigator shall have been awarded their first PhD over 7 and up to 12 years prior to 1 January 2020. The effective elapsed time since the award of the first PhD can be reduced in certain properly documented circumstances (see ERC Work Programme 2020).

A competitive Consolidator Grant Principal Investigator must have already shown research independence and evidence of maturity, for example by having produced several important publications as main author or without the participation of their PhD supervisor. Applicant Principal Investigators should also be able to demonstrate a promising track record of early achievements appropriate to their research field and career stage, including significant publications (as main author) in major international peer-reviewed multidisciplinary scientific journals, or in the leading international peer-reviewed journals of their respective field. They may also demonstrate a record of invited presentations in well-established international conferences, granted patents, awards, prizes etc.

Dotació

Consolidator Grants may be awarded up to a maximum of EUR 2 000 000 for a period of 5 years (The maximum award is reduced pro rata temporis for projects of a shorter duration. This does not apply to ongoing projects).

However, up to an additional EUR 1 000 000 can be requested in the proposal to cover:

(a) eligible "start-up" costs for Principal Investigators moving to the EU or an Associated Country from elsewhere as a consequence of receiving the ERC grant and/or

(b) the purchase of major equipment and/or

(c) access to large facilities and/or

(d) other major experimental and field work costs, excluding personnel costs. (As any additional funding is to cover major one-off costs it is not subject to pro-rata temporis reduction for projects of shorter duration. All funding requested is assessed during evaluation).

Durada
5 years

Documentació

Proposal page limits and layout: A complete proposal is composed of:

- Administrative proposal forms (including Ethics Review Table): available in section 5 of the topic conditions and in the submission tool below. To access the submission tool, you need to register to the Funding & Tenders Portal first.

- Research Proposal (Parts B1 and B2), available in the submission tool below, should be uploaded and submitted via the submission tool as PDF files.

Proposal Part B1

- Extended Synopsis: max. 5 pages (references do not count towards the page limits)

- Curriculum Vitae: max. 2 pages

- Funding ID: no page limits

- Track Record: max. 2 pages

Proposal Part B2

Scientific Proposal: max. 15 pages (references do not count towards the page limit).

Host Institution Binding Statement of Support (available on this page below and as a word-template in the submission tool)

PhD record and supporting documents for eligibility checking.

Ethics review self-assessment (if applicable) and supporting documentation.

AVÍS IMPORTANT

The restrictions for submission are related to the outcome of the evaluation in previous calls and are designed to allow unsuccessful Principal Investigators the time necessary to develop a stronger proposal. For further details please consult page 20-21 of the ERC Work Programme 2020 or the Frequently Asked Questions.

Convocatòria (URL)

https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/erc-2020-cog