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European Research Council (ERC)

ERC Starting Grant

Horizon Europe. ERC Grants. European Research Council. Calls for proposals ERC-2027-STG.

European Research Council awards €838 million to 319 top scientists to deliver groundbreaking discoveries

The European Research Council (ERC) has unveiled the winners of its 2025 Advanced Grants, awarding €838 million to 319 leading researchers across Europe. These prestigious grants empower senior scientists to pursue high-risk, high-reward research with the potential to deliver groundbreaking discoveries. Funded under the EU's multi-billion research programme Horizon Europe, the grants support ambitious and […]

ERC Grants 2026

Horizon Europe. ERC Grants. European Research Council. Call for proposals ERC-2026-PLUS.

ERC Advanced Grants

Horizon Europe. European Research Council Grants. ERC Advanced Grants. Call for proposals HORIZON-RAISE-2026-01-03.

A total of 28 Spanish institutions are hosting scientists who have recently been awarded grants by the European Research Council

The European Research Council (ERC) has selected 478 early-career researchers from across Europe to receive this year's “Starting Grants”, worth a total of €761 million, under the EU's Horizon Europe programme. These grants will support excellence in research in various fields, such as physical sciences and engineering, life sciences, social sciences and humanities. Each researcher […]

Investing in the technological leadership of the EU

Investing in the competitiveness and technological leadership of the EU

134 researchers supported to turn their science into practice

In the final round of the 2024 European Research Council (ERC) Proof of Concept grant competition, 134 projects will receive support, bringing the total number of grants awarded under the 2024 work programme to 245 worth €36.75 million. Each grant is worth €150,000 and helps ERC grantees to bridge the gap between the results of […]

ERA's Journey and Future Directions

Implementation of the European Research Area (ERA) Strengthening Europe's Research and Innovation: The ERA's Journey and Future Directions

European Research Council awards €780m in grants to emerging science talent across Europe

The European Research Council (ERC) has announced the award of 494 Starting Grants to young scientists and scholars across Europe. The funding - totalling nearly €780 million - supports cutting-edge research in a wide range of fields, from life sciences and physics to social sciences and humanities. It will help researchers at the beginning of […]

The European Innovation Council has approved €1 billion in deep tech venture investments in one year

Today, the Commission announced that nearly €1 billion of investments in deep tech companies have been approved by the European Innovation Council (EIC) Fund since the Fund started its operations in September 2022. The EIC Fund is the venture investment arm of the European Innovation Council, which was launched under Horizon Europe to support breakthrough […]

ERC Starting Grants

European Research Council. Starting Grants. Call for proposals (ERC-2024-STG).