Toward an ERC Starting Grant: From a Promising Idea to a Competitive Proposal

The mERCury network of National Contact Points (NCPs) is organizing, on behalf of the European Research Council (ERC), an online event for researchers interested in the “Starting Grant.”

This event will guide participants from the conception of a truly “groundbreaking” idea through to an understanding of the European Research Council’s (ERC) evaluation process.

PROGRAM

• 10:00 a.m. – 10:10 a.m. Welcome and presentation of the mERCury project
• 10:10 a.m. – 11:10 a.m. Session 1: What makes a Starting Grant project meet the ERC’s criteria?
  Testimonials from ERC grant recipients and the ERC ambassador
• 11:20 a.m. – 12:20 p.m. Session 2: How is an ERC Starting Grant proposal evaluated?
  • Proposal structure, CV and career history, evaluation process – ERC Scientific Coordinator
  • Roundtable with members of the ERC evaluation committees
  • How the committees evaluate the principal investigator: potential for scientific independence
  • What makes a proposal stand out positively? What are the most common weaknesses?

Learn more:
https://mercuryncp.eu/event/towards-an-erc-starting-grant-from-promisin…