European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant
The European Research Council (ERC) supports frontier research in any field. It is open to Principal Investigators (PIs) worldwide, as long as the Host Institution (HI) of the principal investigator that receives ERC funding is established in a Member State or a country associated to Horizon Europe. The ERC has four major grant programmes: Starting Grants, Consolidator Grants, Advanced Grants, and Synergy Grants.
The ERC Consolidator Grant supports researchers with 7-12 years of experience.
Under the 2024 work programme, a call for proposals is ongoing (submission closed).
European Research Centre (ERC) Consolidator Grant
European Research Council (ERC)
The ERC is a programme under Horizon Europe.
The overall ERC budget from 2021 to 2027 is more than EUR 16 billion. For 2024, the estimated budget for ERC Consolidator Grant is EUR 584 million for approximately 291 grants.
EUR 2 million for a period of up to 5 years. An additional amount of EUR 1 million can be made available to cover costs for researchers moving from a third country.
An ERC Synergy grant can cover up to 100% of the total eligible direct costs of the research plus a contribution towards indirect costs.
Principal Investigators who may still be consolidating their own independent research team or programme.
Applications can be made in any field of research.
Applicants are required to carry out their research in a host institution (HI) based in the following geographical areas:
- European Union Member States
- Countries associated to Horizon Europe
- Other third countries (Synergy Grants only)
In a Consolidator Grant, researchers are required to have 7-12 years of experience since completion of PhD (extensions are possible under certain circumstances) as well as scientific track record and an excellent research proposal.
Depending on the specific project (up to five years)
Please refer to the ‘Status’ section.
Any
Retained by the researcher.
Overview of open ERC calls available here
Ongoing
- Publication of the call: 12 September 2023
- Call deadline: 12 December 2023
- Planned to inform applicants
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- Step 1: 21 June 2024
- Step 2: 13 December 2024
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- Indicative date for signature of grant agreements: 12 April 2025