Horizon Europe: ERC Consolidator Grants (Deadline 12.12.2023)

ERC Consolidator Grants fund Principal Investigators who want to consolidate their independence by establishing a research team (7-12 years of experience since completion of PhD). ERC CoG may be awarded up to 2.0 million Euro for a period of five years. However, an additional 1.0 million Euro can be made available to cover eligible start-up costs. Applications can be made in any field of research. The ERC’s grants operate on a ‚bottom-up‘ basis without predetermined priorities. The sole criterion for selection is the scientific excellence of the project as well as of the Principal Investigator. A single-step application procedure and a two-step evaluation procedure is applied.

In order to increase your chances of success as applicant, advisory and application paths have been established at the University of Göttingen, which have proven successful in the past. Advice is provided by the staff of the EU Office of the Research and Transfer Services. In order for this to be of the greatest possible benefit, we would like to encourage you to contact the EU Office three months before the respective submission deadline. The lead time is necessary because coordination between the applicant, the respective dean’s office and the Presidential Board must take place in order to ensure, among other things, access to premises (e.g. laboratory space) as well as a sound budget calculation for the entire duration of the project (e.g. depreciation of equipment, audits). In order to support all applicants in structuring the timeline up to the application deadline, the EU Office has formulated internal deadlines that serve as a recommendation.
If you wish to submit an ERC application, it is possible to apply for start-up funding for the work during the application phase. Please contact the EU Office early on.

Further information on the call for proposals (EN)
Further information on the ERC CoG (EN)