Overview: ERC Starting Grant
General	Program name	ERC Starting Grant
	Funds for	PI starting grants
	Funding agency	European Research Council (ERC),H2020 - EUROPEAN RESEARCH COUNCIL
	Scope	International
	Fields of science	All fields of Science
	Duration	5 years
	Program web site	http://erc.europa.eu/starting-grants
	Number of calls per year	1
Eligibility	EU-Life institution	BRIC, Babraham, CEITEC, CeMM, CRG, Curie, FIMM, FMI, IEO, IGC, MDC, NKI, VIB
	Applicant's Level of Experience (years after PhD)	PhD degree (or equivalent degree) awarded at least 2 and up to 7 years prior to 1st January of the call year
	Applicant's Nationality	Any
	Other Important Requirements	Aim to support up-and-coming research leaders who are about to establish a proper research team and to start conducting independent research in Europe and who have the proven potential of becoming independent research leaders. It will support the creation of excellent new research teams. Research must be conducted in a public or private research organisation located in one of the EU Member State or Associated Countries + Expected to have already shown the potential for research independence and evidence of maturity (at least one important publication without the participation of their PhD supervisor) - Should have demonstrated a promising track-record of early achievements appropriate to their research field and career stage (significant publications as main author in major international peer-reviewed multidisciplinary scientific journals or in the leading international peer-reviewed journals of their respective field; invited presentations in well established international conferences; granted patents; awards and prizes, etc) - Must demonstrate the ground-breaking nature, ambition and feasibility of their scientific proposal
Funding type & amounts	Fellowship (net salary, exempt of national taxes)	n/a
	Working contract (gross salary)	n/a
	Other allowances	Up to 1,500,000 EUR (including 25% overheads). Up to an additional of 500,000 EUR for start-up costs for PIs moving from 3rd countries, major equipment or access to large facilities.
Next deadline	Oct. 17, 2018, 5 p.m.
Past submissions outcomes
Year	Available fellowships	Success rates
2015	300 (2013); 375 (2014)	9% (2013); 12% (2014)
2015	300 (2013); 375 (2014)	9% (2013); 12% (2014)
2017	403 (2017)	13% (2017)
2018	information to follow	information to follow