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The European Research Council
Monica Favaro
ERC Executive Agency
Research Programme Expert
Physical and Analytical Chemical Sciences
Physical Sciences & Engineering
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Outline
• What is the ERC?
• What does ERC offer?
• How ERC research proposals are evaluated?
• Some tips on preparing an ERC proposal
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What is the ERC?
An autonomous funding body set up by
the EU in 2007 and led by scientists
Funding excellent researchers of any
nationality
To carry out frontier research in all
fields of science and humanities
1 researcher, 1 Host Institution, 1
project, 1 selection criterion
Substantial grants and a recognised
label of excellence
International, top level peer-review
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ERC in H2020
Budget Horizon 2020
H2020 budget €77 billion
ERC budget €13 billion
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What does ERC offer?
Creative Freedom of the Individual Grantee
ERC offers selective and generous grants,
independence, recognition & visibility
Work on any research topic: completely bottom-up
Gain financial autonomy for 5 years
Negotiate the best work conditions with the host
institution
Attract top team members and collaborators (EU
and non-EU)
Portability of grants
Attract additional funding and gain recognition:
ERC is a quality label
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Who can apply?
Excellent Researchers
Any nationality, any age or
any current place of work
In conjunction with a Host Institution
based in Europe
EU or associated countries
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Researchers career development
and complementary funding schemes
ERC AdG - Advanced
ERC CoG – Consolidators Senior
Professor
ERC StG - Starters
Full Professor
Marie Skłodowska Curie Junior Professor/
Junior Researcher
Associated Professor
Erasmus
Post-docs
Post
Graduates
Students
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What does ERC offer?
ERC Grant Schemes
Starting Grants Consolidator Grants Advanced Grants
track-record of
starters consolidators significant research
2-7 years after PhD 7-12 years after PhD achievements in the
(≥ 50% commitment) (≥ 40% commitment) last 10 years
up to €1.5 Million up to €2 Million (≥ 30% commitment)
for 5 years for 5 years up to €2.5 Million
for 5 years
Proof-of-Concept
bridging gap between research - earliest stage
of marketable innovation
up to €150,000 for ERC grant holders only
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Additional funding
Additional funding:
'Start-Up costs for scientists moving to
EU / Associated Countries
Purchase of major equipment
Access to large facilities
Up to €500 000 for Starting
Up to €750 000 for Consolidator
Up to €1 Million for Advanced grantees
│9How to prepare and submit an ERC
research proposal?
Have a bright, original and exciting idea
Design a research project to implement the idea
Get a letter of support from a Host Institution
where the project is to be carried out (the HI must
be located in the EU or any of the H2020
associated countries)
Write your research proposal
Fully electronic/web based submission system
Submit your research proposal before the
deadline
│ 10How to prepare and submit an ERC
research proposal?
Proposal structure
PART B1 – submitted as .pdf
PART A – online forms
• Extended Synopsis 5 p.
A1 Proposal and PI info • CV 2 p.
A2 Host Institution info • Early Achievements (StG
A3 Budget and CoG) or 10-year Track
Record (AdG) 2 p.
Annexes – submitted as .pdf
PART B2 – submitted as .pdf
• HI support letter
• copy of PhD (StG, CoG); • Scientific Proposal 15 p.
• document for extension of
eligibility window (StG, CoG)
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Read the Information to ApplicantsHow to prepare and submit an ERC
research proposal?
ERC panel structure
Each panel :
Panel Chair and 10-16 Panel Members
Social Sciences and Humanities
SH1 Individuals, Markets and Organisations
SH2 Institutions, Values, Environment and Space
Life Sciences SH3 The Social World, Diversity, Population
LS1 Molecular and Structural Biology and SH4 The Human Mind and Its Complexity
Biochemistry SH5 Cultures and Cultural Production
LS2 Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics and SH6 The Study of the Human Past
Systems Biology
LS3 Cellular and Developmental Biology Physical Sciences & Engineering
LS4 Physiology, Pathophysiology and PE1 Mathematics
Endocrinology PE2 Fundamental Constituents of Matter
LS5 Neurosciences and Neural Disorders PE3 Condensed Matter Physics
LS6 Immunity and Infection PE4 Physical & Analytical Chemical Sciences
LS7 Diagnostic Tools, Therapies & Public Health PE5 Synthetic Chemistry and Materials
LS8 Evolutionary, Population and Environmental PE6 Computer Science & Informatics
Biology
PE7 Systems & Communication Engineering
LS9 Applied Life Sciences and Biotechnology
PE8 Products & Process Engineering
PE9 Universe Sciences │ 12
PE10 Earth System ScienceERC 2017 Keywords in PE4 and PE5
PE4 Keywords – Physical & Analytical Chemical Sciences PE5 Keywords – Synthetic Chemistry & Materials
PE4_1 Physical chemistry PE5_1 Structural properties of materials
PE4_2 Spectroscopic and spectrometric techniques PE5_2 Solid state materials
PE4_3 Molecular architecture and Structure PE5_3 Surface modification
PE4_4 Surface science and nanostructures PE5_4 Thin films
PE4_5 Analytical chemistry PE5_5 Ionic liquids
PE5_6 New materials: oxides, alloys, composite, organic-
PE4_6 Chemical physics
inorganic hybrid, nanoparticles
PE4_7 Chemical instrumentation PE5_7 Biomaterials, biomaterials synthesis
PE4_8 Electrochemistry, electrodialysis, microfluidics, sensors PE5_8 Intelligent materials – self assembled materials
PE4_9 Method development in chemistry PE5_9 Coordination chemistry
PE4_10 Heterogeneous catalysis PE5_10 Colloid chemistry
PE4_11 Physical chemistry of biological systems PE5_11 Biological chemistry
PE4_12 Chemical reactions: mechanisms, dynamics, kinetics
PE5_12 Chemistry of condensed matter
and catalytic reactions
PE4_13 Theoretical and computational chemistry PE5_13 Homogeneous catalysis
PE4_14 Radiation and Nuclear chemistry PE5_14 Macromolecular chemistry
PE4_15 Photochemistry PE5_15 Polymer chemistry
PE4_16 Corrosion PE5_16 Supramolecular chemistry
PE4_17 Characterisation methods of materials PE5_17 Organic chemistry
PE4_18 Environment chemistry PE5_18 Molecular chemistry │ 13
PE5_19 Combinatorial chemistrySubmission, evaluation and selection
Starting, Consolidator and Advanced Grants
STEP 1 STEP 2
Remote assessment by Panel members of Remote assessment by Panel members and
section 1 – PI and synopsis reviewers of full proposals
Panel meeting Panel meeting + interview (StG and CoG)
Proposals retained
for step 2 Ranked list of proposals
Feedback to
applicants
• Right balance between generalist + specialised review
• Appropriate treatment of interdisciplinary proposals
│ 14How ERC research proposals are evaluated?
Excellence is the sole evaluation criterion
Evaluation of excellence at two levels:
• Excellence of the Research Project
Ground breaking nature
Potential impact
Scientific Approach
• Excellence of the Principal Investigator
Intellectual capacity
Creativity
Commitment
│ 15Panel Members by Country and Gender
Averaged over the first 19
ERC calls 27% of the ERC
panel members were women
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* Number of instances that experts of a certain country are contributing to the ERC peer review2015 Calls: Age of applicants
StG-CoG-AdG 2015
Age of applicants
600
# evaluated proposals
ADG
500
COG
400
STG
300
200
100
0
24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 50 52 54 56 58 60 62 64 66 68 70 72 74 76 78 80
Age on 1 Jan 2015
│ 172015 Calls: Age of grantees
StG CoG AdG 2015 Age of grantees on
1 Jan 2015 with success rate
80 60%
ADG
70
COG 50%
60 STG
Success rate 40%
# grantees
Success rate
50
40 30%
30
20%
20
10%
10
0 0%
28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 50 52 54 56 58 60 62 64 66 68 70 72 74
│ 18 age of grantee │ 18Extensions of eligibility window
Extensions of eligibility window possible for StG and CoG for
documented cases of:
• Maternity – 18 months per child (before or after PhD)
• Paternity – actual time taken off
• Military service
• Medical speciality training
• Caring for seriously ill family members
• No limit to the total extension
│ 19StG 2015 Funded proposals by gender
Success rates by years past PhD
STG 2015 funded PIs by years past PhD
180 30%
M (252)
160
25%
F (99)
# funded proposals
140
120 20%
SR Female PIs (10 %)
100
15% SR Male PIs (13.4 %)
80
60 10%
40
5%
20
0 0%
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Years past PhD
│ 20CoG 2015 funded by proposals gender
Success rates by years past PhD
CoG 2015 funded PIs by years past PhD
120 30% M (208)
# funded proposals
100 25% F (94)
SR Female PIs (16 %)
80 20%
SR Male PIs (14.5 %)
60 15%
Success rate
40 10%
20 5%
0 0%
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 │ 21Summary main calls 2017 budget
Calls Expected call Deadline(s) Budget € million
date (estimated grants)
Starting Grant 26 Jul 2016 18 Oct 2016 605
ERC-2017-StG (415)
Consolidator Grant 20 Oct 2016 9 Feb 2017 575
ERC-2017-CoG (320)
Advanced Grant 16 May 2017 31 Aug 2017 570
ERC-2017-AdG (245)
Proof of Concept 2 Aug 2017 19 Jan 2017
ERC-2016-PoC 25 Apr 2017 20 (130)
ERC-2017-PoC 5 Sep 2017 20 (130)
│ 22After 9 Years, a Success Story
6,000 90,000
40,000 677
€ 13 billion 67
│ 23Some useful tools and links
Read Information for Applicants and
Work Programme
View the step-by-step video
Introduction to application process,
including tips & tricks for the interview
https://vimeo.com/94179654
Consult ERC website for latest funding
opportunities, view ERC funded projects
│ 24The European Research Council
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│ 25Thank you!
│ 26Some tips and advice
• Be ambitious and 'daring'; panels instructed to seek
out high-risk research
• Grab interest and attention of readers/reviewers
• Remember that Part B1 will be seen by 'generalists'
(panel members)
• If you make it to Step 2, reviewers see both B1 and
B2, so do not repeat / duplicate part B1 in part B2
• Do not include unnecessary partners and
collaborators; it is not supposed to be a 'consortium'
│ 27Some tips and advice
• For interviews (StG and CoG):
– Get Panel Members interested in you and what
you are doing
– Practice thoroughly, several (many?) times;
typically a 10 minute presentation followed by
10-15 minutes of questions
– Panels want to see that these are your ideas,
not those of your supervisor
– It is normal to be nervous…
│ 28You can also read
