Objectiu de la convocatòria

ERC Starting Grants are designed to support excellent Principal Investigators at the career stage at which they are starting their own independent research team or programme. This action is open to researchers of any nationality who intend to conduct their research activity in any Member State or Associated Country. Applicant Principal Investigators must demonstrate the ground breaking nature, ambition and feasibility of their scientific proposal.

Característiques principals

The ERC's frontier research grants operate on a 'bottom-up' basis without predetermined priorities. The call 'ERC-2016-STG' consists of one call with a single deadline applying to all research domains.

Physical Sciences & Engineering (Panels: PE1 – PE10),

Life Sciences (Panels: LS1 – LS9),

Social Sciences & Humanities (Panels: SH1 – SH6).

Convocatòria (URL)

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h2020/calls/erc-2016-stg.html

Requisits

The Principal Investigator shall have been awarded their first PhD at least 2 and up to 7 years prior to 1 January 2016. The effective elapsed time since the award of the first PhD can be reduced in certain properly documented circumstances.

A competitive Starting Grant Principal Investigator must have already shown the potential for research independence and evidence of maturity, for example by having produced at least one important publication 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

Up to a maximum of EUR 1 500 000 for a period of 5 years.

However, up to an additional EUR 500 000 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.

Durada

5 years

AVÍS IMPORTANT

New improved resubmission rules: Restrictions on applications will apply to the 2016 calls based on the outcome of the evaluation of previous calls – see restrictions on submission of proposals under the "Eligibility criteria" section of the Work Programme. NB Principal Investigators whose proposal was evaluated as category B at step 2 in the Starting, Consolidator or Advanced Grant calls for proposals under Work Programme 2015 will not be subject to restrictions in calls for proposals made under Work Programme 2016.

In case of interest, please contact the Research Support Office (Leonor Norton, lnorton@fsjd.org).