Mattheos Spanos Scientific Officer A

ERC NCP

Content of presentation:

� Introduction – WHY?

� ERC Grants: Main Issues and Characteristics

� ERC Grant Schemes (I,II,III)

Open Calls 2014 (I,II)� Open Calls 2014 (I,II)

� Useful Links and Practical Information

IntroductionPriority 1. Excellent science

Why:

� World class science is the foundation of tomorrow’stechnologies, jobs and wellbeing

� ERC is contributing significantly to make Europe a more� ERC is contributing significantly to make Europe a moreattractive environment for the world’s best scientists

� The best researchers participating in ERC Grants and have access to the best infrastructures

ERC GRANTS: Main Issues and Characteristics

� Continuity from 7th FP with substantial increase of almost 77% inFunds (from €7.5 billion to a budget of over €13 billion in HORIZON2020)

ERC will Continue to:

� operate autonomously led by a Scientific Council

� operate on a ‘bottom-up’ basis

� have ‘research excellence’ as sole criterion� have ‘research excellence’ as sole criterion

Project: Ground-breaking nature, ambition and feasibility AND Principal Investigator: Intellectual capacity, creativity and commitment

� fund ‘individual teams’

� provide funding for starting researchers to make transition to independence

� support new ways of working with potential to create breakthrough results

European Research Council Grant Schemes I

Starting

Grants

starters

(2-7 years after PhD)

up to € 2.0 Mio

Advanced Grants track-record of

significant research

achievements in the

last 10 years

Consolidator

Grants

consolidators

(7-12 years after PhD)

up to € 2.75 Mio up to € 2.0 Mio

for 5 years up to € 3.5 Mio

for 5 years

Synergy Grants2 – 4 Principal Investigators

up to € 15.0 Mio for 6 years

Proof-of-Concept bridging gap between research - earliest stage

of marketable innovation

up to €150,000 for ERC grant holders

up to € 2.75 Mio

for 5 years

� Starting Grants - up to a maximum of EUR 1.5M Euro for aperiod of 5 years

Additional EUR 500,000 can be requested in the proposal tocover (a) eligible "start - up” costs for PIs moving to the EU/ASfrom elsewhere as a consequence of receiving the ERC grantand/or (b) the purchase of major equipment and/or (c) access tolarge facilities

European Research Council Grant Schemes II

large facilities

� Consolidator Grants - up to a maximum of EUR 2M Euro for a period of 5 years plus potential additional contribution of 750,000 Euro

� Advanced Grants - up to a maximum of EUR 2.5M Euro for a period of 5 years plus potential additional contribution of 1M Euro. Call Publication: 17th June / Deadline: 21st Oct. 2014

� Proof of Concept Grant – 150,000 EUR for a period of 18 months

� Eligible for all PIs in an ERC project, that is either on-going or has ended less than 12 months before the publication date of this call

� Synergy Grants – up to 15 M EUR for a period of 6 yearsand with the participation of 2 – 4 PI. NO Synergy Grants for

European Research Council Grant Schemes III

and with the participation of 2 – 4 PI. NO Synergy Grants for2014.

� Any additional funding requested is assessedduring evaluation!

OPEN CALLS 2014 I

� ERC STARTING GRANT

ERC-2014-STG

One Call with a Single Deadline

Research Main Domains: • Physical Sciences & Engineering (Panels: PE1 – PE10)

• Life Sciences (Panels: LS1 - LS9)• Life Sciences (Panels: LS1 - LS9)

• Social Sciences & Humanities (Panels: SH1 – SH6)

Principal Investigator: first PhD at least 2 and up to 7 years priorto the 11th of December 2013 and at least one importantpublication without the participation of their PhD supervisor.

Budget €485,039,385 M

Size of ERC Starting Grants:max. €1,5 M for 5 Years + € 500,000

Deadline 25th March 2014 (17:00 Brussels local time)

OPEN CALLS 2014 II� ERC CONSOLIDATOR GRANT

ERC-2014-CoG

One Call with a Single Deadline

Research Main Domains: • Physical Sciences & Engineering (Panels: PE1 – PE10)

• Life Sciences (Panels: LS1 - LS9)

• Social Sciences & Humanities (Panels: SH1 – SH6)• Social Sciences & Humanities (Panels: SH1 – SH6)

Principal Investigator: first PhD over 7 and up to 12 years prior to11th December 2013 and shown research independence andevidence of maturity with several important publicationswithout the participation of their PhD supervisor.

Budget €712,588,727 M

Size of ERC Starting Grants: max. €2M for 5 Years + € 750,000

Deadline 20th May 2014 (17:00 Brussels local time)

Annex 1 Primary panel structure and descriptionSocial Sciences & Humanities (Panels: SH1 – SH6)

...Special Interest for today's audience

SH1 Markets, Individuals and Institutions Economics, finance and management.

SH2 The Social World, Diversity and Common Ground Sociology, social anthropology, political science, law, communication, science and technology studies. SH3 Environment, Space and Population SH3 Environment, Space and Population Sustainability science, demography, geography, regional studies and planning.

SH4 The Human Mind and Its Complexity Cognitive science, psychology, linguistics, philosophy of mind, education.

SH5 Cultures and Cultural Production Literature, philology, cultural studies, arts, philosophy.

SH6 The Study of the Human Past Archaeology and history.

Useful Links

� www.research.org.cy

� http://horizon2020cyprus.blogspot.com/

� www.facebook.com/horizon2020cyprus

Practical Information

� Subscribe to the ERC Newsletter and to RSS (Really Simple Syndication)

� Work Programme 2014/2015:

http://erc.europa.eu/sites/default/files/document/file/ERC_W

ork_Programme_2014.pdf

� Register at the Participants Portal – download all the necessary documents (Parts of the Proposal, Policy Papers etc)

� Contact the NCP as regularly as you need

� Read carefully the Evaluation Procedure and Criteria (Score “C” –Non Eligible for Submission for 2015 Calls)

� Mark the date:24th of February 2014 (ERC 2014 Calls Workshop with Representative from the ERC Executive Agency)

Thank you!

Mattheos Spanos

Scientific Officer A

Tel: +357-22 205049

e-mail: mspanos@research.org.cy