News archive - Current European Research Council Grants
The European Research Council (ERC) has opened new calls in the field of Life Sciences, Physical Sciences and Engineering and Social Sicences and Humanities.
The ERC's main aim is to stimulate scientific excellence by supporting and encouraging the very best, truly creative scientists, scholars and engineers - irrespective of their origins - to be adventurous and take risks in their research. The scientists are encouraged to go beyond established frontiers of knowledge and the boundaries of disciplines.
Read more on current ERC research grants...
ERC grants are awarded through open competition to projects headed by starting and established researchers, who are working or moving to work in Europe - the sole criterion for selection is scientific excellence. The aim here is to recognise the best ideas, and retain and confer status and visibility to the best brains in Europe, while also attracting talent from abroad.
The following grants are currently open:
- Starting Grant for Life Sciences (closing on 10/12/2008)
- Advanced Grant for Physical Sciences and Engineering (closing on 25/03/2009)
- Advanced Grant for Social Sciences and Humanities (closing on 15/04/2009)
- Advanced Grant for Life Sciences (closing on 06/05/2009)
For further information on the grant schemes and the open calls, please visit the European Research Council's website.
Source: ERC webpage, as accessed on November 25, 2008.
Entry created by Katarina Rohsmann on November 25, 2008
Modified on November 25, 2008
