ERC ADVANCED GRANTS 2010 – 3rd CALL FOR PROPOSALS
INFORMATION & DISCUSSION MEETING, 6th JANUARY 2010
Invitation
On Wednesday, 6th January 2010, 16:30 – 18:30 pm, the K.U.Leuven Research Coordination Office is organising an information and discussion meeting on the current third call for proposals of the Advanced Grants scheme from the European Research Council (ERC).
Researchers and research facilitators of Belgian universities and research institutes interested in applying for the Advanced Grants scheme are kindly invited to participate in this meeting.Programme
Introduction
prof. Peter Marynen,
K.U.Leuven vice-president for research16:35-17:15
ERC and the third ERC Advanced Grants call for proposals
prof. Mathias Dewatripont,
Member of the Scientific Council of ERC and member of the ERC Executive Agency Steering Committee17:15-17:35
Reflections from participant, hints & tricks
prof. André Berger, UCLouvain, ERC Advanced Grant holder
17:35-17:40
Support for applicants
dr. Monique Septon, NCP-FNRS
17:40-18:30
Discussion
- ERC Advanced Grants third call
- ERC grant scheme and managementModerated by dr. Anne De Brabandere, NCP-IWT
Venue & registration
- Venue: K.U.Leuven research coordination office, Schapenstraat 34, Leuven
- Contact: dr. Stijn Delauré, EU-info@doc.kuleuven.be, +32 16 320 944
- Participation is free of charge but registration is mandatory (see linkto registration form in below right corner)
Short background on ERC Advanced Grants
The objective of the Advanced Grants scheme is to encourage and support excellent, innovative investigator-initiated research projects by leading advanced investigators across the member states and associated countries. This funding stream complements the Starting Grant scheme by targeting the population of researchers who have already established themselves as being independent research leaders in their own right.
Depending on the specific project and field, these grants may amount to as much as EUR 3,500,000 for a period of 5 years (pro rata for projects of shorter duration). Normally, however, grants will be limited to a maximum of around EUR 2,500,000 unless the application involves specific features requiring a higher level of support: a 'Co-Investigator project', requirement to purchase major research equipment, or a Principal Investigator who is coming from a third country to establish a research team and activity at a host institution in a member state or associated country.
ERC Advanced Grants provide an opportunity to established scientists and scholars to pursue frontier research of their choice. Being highly competitive and awarded on the sole criterion of excellence without restriction to particular areas of research, nationality or age, these grants will support the very best research to be conducted in Europe, adding value to research investments at the national level. Advanced Grants are intended 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.
The peer review evaluation of proposals will therefore emphasise these aspects, in full understanding that such research has a high-gain/high-risk profile, i.e. if successful, the payoffs will be very significant, but there is a higher-than-normal risk that the research project does not fulfil its aims entirely.More information on the
- ERC website or on the
- ERC Advanced Grant calls
- K.U.Leuven ERC projects
