Applications
This page provides an overview of how to apply for a grant from the European Research Council (ERC).

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This page provides an overview of how to apply for a grant from the European Research Council (ERC).
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Applications may be submitted each year once calls for proposals have been published. Researchers or Principal Investigators (PIs) must submit their applications in cooperation with a host institution (HI). The application must be submitted online via the Funding & Tenders Portal.
The following ERC calls are currently open for application or will be opened soon:
Starting Grants (StG) Call 2023 is closed. The deadline for submission for StG 2024 will most likely be 24. October 2023.
As always, the NCP ERC will be happy to answer your questions and provide advice. Please note here that for German HI StG applications, we will accept applications for proofreading at the latest approx. 3 weeks before the deadline, 17:00 hrs. The exact date will be announced.
Consolidator Grants (CoG) Call 2023 is closed. The deadline for submission for CoG 2024 will most likely be 12. December 2023.
As always, the NCP ERC will be happy to answer your questions and provide advice. Please note here that for German HI CoG applications, we will accept applications for proofreading at the latest approx. 3 weeks before the deadline, 17:00 hrs. The exact date will be announced.
Advanced Grants (AdG) Call 2023 is open. The deadline for submission will be May 23, 2023. The deadline for submission for AdG 2024 will most likely be 29. August 2024.
As always, the NCP ERC will be happy to answer your questions and provide advice. Please note here that for German HI CoG applications, we will accept applications for proofreading until May 2, 2023, 17:00 at the latest.
Synergy Grants (CoG) 2023 is closed. The deadline for submission for SyG 2024 will most likely be 8. November 2023.
As always, the NCP ERC will be happy to answer your questions and provide advice. Please note here that for German HI SyG applications, we will accept applications for proofreading until approx. 3 weeks before the deadline, 17:00 at the latest. The exact date will be announced.
ERC-2023-PoC call has been open since 20 October 2022 and has three cut-of-dates: 24 January 2023, 20 April 2023 and 14 September 2023.
The deadline for PoC 2024 will most likely have two cut-of-dates: 14. March 2024 and 17. September 2024
Further Documents:
The National Contact Point European Research Council (NKS ERC) is happy to help you with questions and advice. Please note that we can only accept your draft-applications for PoC proof-reading up to two weeks before the applicable deadline.