Are you a researcher that wants to address a research problem so ambitious, that can not be dealt with by you and your team alone? The Synergy Grants could be for you.
Who can apply?
A group of two to maximum of four Principal Investigators (PIs) – of which one will be designated as the corresponding PI (cPI) – working together and bringing different skills and resources to tackle ambitious research problems. No specific eligibility criteria regarding the academic training are foreseen for ERC Synergy Grants. PIs must present an early achievement track record or a ten-year track record, whichever is most appropriate.
Proposals will be evaluated on the sole criterion of scientific excellence which, in the case of the ERC Synergy Grants, takes on the additional meaning of outstanding intrinsic synergetic effect.
What proposals are eligible?
Criteria
Applications can be made in any field of research.
The ERC's grants operate on a 'bottom-up' basis without predetermined priorities. In the case of the ERC Synergy Grants, applications must demonstrate that the proposed research cannot be carried out by a single PI working alone.
Location
Research must be conducted by all PIs in a public or private research organization (known as a Host Institution, HI). It could be the HI where the applicant already works or any other HI established in one of the EU Member States or Associated Countries.
One Principal Investigator per Synergy Grant group at any one time can be hosted or engaged by an institution outside of the EU or Associated Countries.
Host Institution
Applications for an ERC Synergy Grant must be submitted by a minimum of two to a maximum of four Principal Investigators (PI), with one of the PIs acting as corresponding PI (cPI). The cPI will act as a contact point on behalf of the group.
Funder: ERC
URL: https://erc.europa.eu/funding/synergy-grants
Deadline: November 10, 2021
