ERC 2012 calls for proposals

Advanced Grant – Synergy Grant

 

Presentations from the Belgian information meeting Dec. 8, Leuven. Jointly organized by the Flemish universities and FRS-FNRS, and supported by FWO.

 

Info on : ERC Advanced Grant

The European Research Council Advanced Grant (ERC-AdG) is designed to support exceptional researcher leaders (principle investigators, PIs) with significant project funding in order to promote substantial advances in the frontiers of knowledge, and to encourage new productive lines of enquiry and new methods and techniques, including unconventional approaches and investigations at the interface between established disciplines.

ERC-AdG principles:

  1. Scientific excellence is the sole selection criterion
  2. Project in all fields of research are eligible for funding
  3. Individual research teams led by a single PI are supported
  4. Significant funding is provided to attract exceptional research leaders, up to 3.5 million euro for a 5-year-project
  5. Grants are awarded to the host institution that engages the PI
  6. The host institution provides the research environment to carry out the project and manage its funding
  7. Applicants for the prestigious ERC-AdG are expected to be active researchers and to have a track-record of significant research achievements in the last 10 years, which must be presented in the application.

Deadlines (opening call: 16 Nov. 2011):

  1. 16 Febr. 2012 (physical sciences & engineering)
  2. 14 March 2012 (life sciences)
  3. 11 Apr. 2012 (socio-economic sciences & humanities)

More information:

  1. Advanced Grant
  2. Call for proposals

 

Info on: ERC Synergy Grant

The aim of the new ERC Synergy grant (ERC-SynG) is to promote substantial advances in the frontier of knowledge, and to encourage new productive lines of enquiry and new methods and techniques, including unconventional approaches and investigations at the interface between established disciplines.

  1. The ERC-SynG is intended to enable a small group of Principal Investigators (2-4 PI’s) and their teams to bring together complementary skills, knowledge, and resources in new ways, in order to jointly address research problems.
  2. Depending on the specific project and field, ERC-SynG can be up to a maximum of €15 million for a period of up to six years.
  3. Scientific excellence, being the sole criterion to assess and select proposals, will apply to the evaluation of both the Principal Investigators and their research project.

Deadline (opening call: 25 Oct. 2011)

  1. 25 Jan. 2012 (pilot action, 10-15 projects to be funded)

More information:

  1. Synergy Grant
  2. Call for proposals

 

Contacts for support and more information

  1. Contact points for the Flemish academia:
    1. K.U.Leuven: eu-info@doc.kuleuven.be, +32-16-320-944 or -946 (ERC grant holders at K.U.Leuven)
    2. UGent: eu-cel@ugent.be, +32-9-264-3029
    3. UAntwerpen: anne.adams@ua.ac.be, +32-16-265-3028
    4. VUB: maria.vereeken@vub.ac.be, +32-2-629-3808
    5. UHasselt: research@uhasselt.be, +32-11-268-050
  2. Contact points in the academia of the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles:
    1. UCL: Natacha.wittorski@uclouvain.be
    2. ULg: catherine.ghymers@ulg.ac.be
    3. ULB: christine.courillon@ulb.ac.be
    4. FUNDP: caroline.artoisenet@fundp.ac.be
    5. UMons: barbara.marchi@umons.ac.be
  3. Belgian National Contact Points (NCP):
    1. Fund for Scientific Research-FNRS: monique.septon@frs-fnrs.be, +32-2-504-9351
    2. FWO: ann.moerenhout@fwo.be, +32-2-550-1590 (as of Jan 1, 2012)
    3. Belspo: Laurence.Lenoir@stis.belspo.be, +32-2-238-3744
  4. ERC website