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European Funding Opportunities for European Funding Opportunities for Researchers of all Nationalities and Researchers of all Nationalities and

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Canada, 2-3 February 2015

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◦ EURAXESS – Researchers in Motion initiative◦ European Research Council (ERC) Grants

◦ EURAXESS – Researchers in EURAXESS – Researchers in MotionMotion

◦ http://euraxess.org

Overview of EURAXESS initiativesOverview of EURAXESS initiatives

Job opportunities, funding opportunities, grants

Relocation assistance for researchers and their family (>200 centers in 40 European countries)

Information on the Charter and Code, pension, visa

Networking tool for researchers of all nationalities outside Europe (China, Japan, India, ASEAN, Brazil and North America)

EURAXESS Links North AmericaEURAXESS Links North America

◦ Main focus: international mobility and career development of individual researchers

◦ Networking tool for researchers based in North America (US and Canada)

◦ Information on job vacancies and funding opportunities in Europe (MSCA, ERC, etc.)

◦ Monthly Newsletter FREE!◦ Promotional activities – events, workshops, seminars,

career fairs◦ Website & social media (LinkedIn, FCB, Twitter)

◦European Research CouncilEuropean Research Council◦http://erc.europa.eu/

◦The ERC supports excellence in frontier research through a bottom-up, individual-based, pan-European competition

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Starting Grantsstarters (2-7 years

after PhD)up to €2 Mio for 5

years

Advanced Grants track-record of

significant research

achievements in the last 10 years

up to €3.5 Mio for 5 years

Proof-of-Concept bridging gap between research - earliest

stage of marketable innovation up to €150,000 for ERC grant holders for

18 months

Consolidator Grants consolidators (7-12

years after PhD) up to €2.75 Mio for 5

years

Budget (2014-2020): € 13.09 billion

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ERC offers independence, recognition & visibility

◦ to work on a research topic of own choice, with a team of own choice

◦ to gain true financial autonomy for 5 years

◦ to negotiate with the host institution the best conditions of work

◦ to attract top team members (EU and non-EU) and collaborators

◦ to move with the grant to any place in Europe if necessary (portability of grants)

◦ to attract additional funding and gain recognition; ERC is a quality label

ERC calls are open to researchers of any nationality, age or current place of work in the world (with at least 50% of work time in Europe)

Evaluation of excellent quality at two levels:

Excellence of the Research Project Ground-breaking nature Potential impact Scientific approach

Excellence of the Principal Investigator Intellectual capacity Creativity Commitment

Referees and panels evaluate and score each criterion, and then rank the proposals according to these results.

"Excellence is the Sole Criterion of Evaluation"

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Evaluation of Proposals

• The ERC Scientific Council is responsible for proposing independent experts

• Structure: 25 panels distributed across 3 scientific domains (10 Physical Sciences and Engineering, 9 Life Sciences and 6 Social Sciences and Humanities)

What makes ERC evaluation exceptional?• Highly international participation in panels• Full autonomy of panels to decide

Panel members and chairs based in 49 countries:

26 EU Member States, 7 Associated Countries, 16 Non-ERA countries

Remote referees based in 87 countries

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◦ OPEN CALLS:

◦ ERC Starting Grant | ERC-2015-AdG◦ Deadline: 3 February 2015

◦ ERC Consolidator Grant | ERC-2015-CoGDeadline Date: 12 March 2015

◦ ERC Proof of Concept | ERC-2015-PoCDeadline Dates: 28 May 2015 and 1 Oct 2015

Thank you for your attention!Thank you for your attention!

◦ Viktoria BODNAROVAViktoria BODNAROVA

◦ Regional Representative

◦ EURAXESS Links North America

◦ Viktoria.bodnarova@euraxess.net

◦ http://northamerica.euraxess.org