Consolidator Grants
ERC Consolidator Grants (CoG) are aimed at researchers 7 to 12 years after completing their doctorate.
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ERC Consolidator Grants (CoG) are aimed at researchers 7 to 12 years after completing their doctorate.
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The ERC Consolidator Grants (CoG) support excellent young researchers whose independent research group is in its consolidation phase.
The exact requirements are explained in current work programme and every call’s Information for Applicants section. Researchers of any nationality who completed their doctorate 7 to 12 years previously may apply for a Consolidator Grant. This timeframe can be extended under certain conditions. Other rules apply for researchers with a degree in medicine.
Consolidator Grants can be awarded for a period of up to five years and provide financing of up to 2 million euro. Up to an additional 1 million euro can be requested. To cover eligible "start-up" costs for researchers moving to the EU or an Associated State from a third country, researchers can request up to 2 million euro. The ERC Grant can cover up to 100% of a project’s total eligible direct costs and an overhead contribution at a flat rate of 25% of the total eligible direct costs.
In order to successfully fulfil the requirements to complete a Consolidator Grant project, researchers must dedicate at least 40% of their working time to the ERC project and at least 50% of the working time must be spent in the EU or in an Associated State. Evidence of fulfilling these requirements must be provided during the project.
You can find further application requirements here.
ERC Announcement regarding calls from 2027 onwards
For the upcoming work programmes and calls starting from the 2027 work programme, the ERC announced in June 2025 that it will adjust the eligibility windows for Starting and Consolidator Grants: up to 10 years after the PhD for Starting Grants, and between 5 and 15 years after the PhD for Consolidator Grants. A further new development is that researchers will be awarded no more than one Starting Grant and one Consolidator Grant during their career.
Information on past calls listed by funding line, year, domain and country can be found on the ERC homepage.
All results of Consolidator Grant calls since 2013 are briefly summarised here. Information about the composition of review panels can be found on our documentens page.
Lists of selected researchers by domain
Lists of selected researchers by domain:
