(Wiesław Studencki)

ERC Workshop: how to get the ERC grant?
Warszawa, December 11th, 2014
ERC grants
Short reminder
Wiesław Studencki
This presentation is based on materials from EC and/or Ministries and Agendas of RP
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ERC Grants
Starting Grants
starters
(2-7 years after PhD)
up to 1.5 M€
for 5 years
Consolidator Grants
consolidators
(7-12 years after PhD)
up to 2 M€
for 5 years
Advanced Grants
Track record of
achievements in the last
10 years
up to 2.5 M€
for 5 years
Proof-of-Concept
early stages of commercialisation of research
results
up to 150,000 € for PI
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Frontier research
In any research domain and field
Basic or applied, but:
curiosity driven
ambitious
ground-breaking
risky (or unpredictable)
unconventional approach
clearly formulated goal
Multi- or cross-disciplinary – welcome!
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Starting, Consolidator, Advanced
Red Queen rule :
„it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place”
Now, you have to run faster
L. Caroll, Through the Looking Glass - and what Alice found there
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Starting, Consolidator
Freedom on the line: you can fly
but only attached to your boss
Function of the grant – cut the
line
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ERC grant – freedom ensured
PI’s freedom of decisions in:
choice of research theme (no top-down priorities)
composition of research team
choice of the Host Institution (within Europe)
independence during grant execution
Grant portability
source: http://bi.gazeta.pl/
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Thank you for your attention
Wiesław Studencki
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