Are you a talented early-career scientist who has already produced excellent supervised work, is ready to work independently and shows potential to be a research leader? The ERC Starting Grant could be for you.
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Are you a talented early-career scientist who has already produced excellent supervised work, is ready to work independently and shows potential to be a research leader? The ERC Starting Grant could be for you.
Who can apply?
Researchers of any nationality with 2-7 years of experience since completion of PhD, a scientific track record showing great promise and an excellent research proposal can apply.
Extensions of eligibility
Eligibility can be extended for reasons such as maternity, paternity, illness, national service, training, natural disasters, or asylum.
Check out the Parental leave webpage and the latest ERC Work Programme to find the specific rules regarding eligibility criteria.
PhD defence dateThe European Research Council (ERC) has changed the reference date for calculating the eligibility window for the Starting and Consolidator Grant calls in their Work Programme 2023.
Instead of the date of the actual award, the certified date of the successful PhD defense will be used as a reference point. This change was made to ensure fair competition in terms of career stage, as the term "award" varies across countries and universities.
For applicants where no defence/viva was organised in the awarding institution, the applicant should provide a written confirmation from that awarding institution stating that no defence/viva was organised and indicating the date when the PhD was approved.
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