JOb: EUROPEAN RESEARCH COUNCIL’S STARTING GRANT
EUROPEAN RESEARCH COUNCIL’S STARTING GRANT
The Starting Grant was created by the European Research Council as a response to insufficient funding opportunities for young researchers who are at an important developmental stage in their careers, and in recognition that researchers need to be provided with the means for early career independence. The Starting Grants support projects carried out by individual research teams, which are headed by a single “Principal Investigator” of any nationality and may include additional team members. They are awarded and managed according to simple procedures that maintain the focus on scientific excellence, encourage creativity and risk-taking, and combine flexibility with accountability. The grant scheme is operating on a “bottom-up” basis without predetermined topics or thematic priorities.
Selection Criterion: Principal Investigator’s potential to perform world-class research / Quality of the proposed frontier research project
Requirements:
Candidates can be of any nationality, and must have obtained their PhD (or equivalent degree more than two years but less than ten years prior to the opening date of the relevant call for proposals (justified extensions of this period may be accepted, see ERC guide for applicants – grant Schemes) / Intention to work within EU Member States or Associated States.
Features: Amount of funding: up to € 2.0 M per grant / Duration per grant: Up to 5 years Depending on the subject area of a research proposal there are three deadlines for proposal submission. It is up to the applicant to choose and decide on the most appropriate ERC peer review evaluation panel and the corresponding deadline. Applicants must submit their proposals before the deadline of the selected ERC Panel. The panel structure and the descriptors for each panel can be found here.
Applications for the Starting Grant for Physical Sciences and Engineering (PE) are due on 28/10/2009
Applications for the Starting Grant for Life Sciences (LS) are due on 18/11/2009
Applications for the Starting Grant for Social Sciences and Humanities (SH) are due on 09/12/2009.
For more information, please go to: http://erc.europa.eu/index.cfm
