ERC Synergy Grant 2025
Research proposal [Part B2]
(not evaluated in Step 1)

-	Name of the corresponding Principal Investigator (cPI) and corresponding Host Institution (cHI)
-	List the other PIs, indicating the Host Institution of each PI

Part B2: The scientific proposal (max. 15 pages, excluding the Resources and time commitment section and References) 

Please delete all text highlighted in grey in this template.

Please respect the following formatting constraints: Times New Roman, Arial or similar, at least font size 11, margin sizes (2.0 cm side and 1.5 cm top and bottom), single line spacing. The Resources section, the Budget table and References do not count towards the page limit.

Section a. State-of-the-art and objectives

Section b. Methodology

Section c. Resources and time commitment (including project costs)
(Note: Describe the resources needed according to the indications in the Information for Applicants to the Synergy Grant 2025 call, section 2.3 The research proposal.
Please complete the separate file downloaded from the submission system according to the indications in the template ‘Annex_Budget_table_B2_SyG2025.xlsx’. You should fill in the time commitment and, if applicable, the justification of additional funding above the normal EUR 10 million in the file. Save this annex as an excel file and upload it in the submission system together with the rest of the proposal (part B1, part B2, host support letter(s)). The annex containing the budget table, the time commitment and the additional funding justification will be made available to reviewers in step 2 and step 3).
Here, in this Section c, describe and fully justify the amount of funding requested for each PI that is considered necessary to fulfil the objectives throughout the duration of the project. Justify the estimated costs for each cost category and for each beneficiary/affiliated entity. Ensure that the narrative description is consistent with the financial information in the budget table. 
Take into consideration the following: 
-	In case you have team members belonging to partner organisations (i.e. not Host Institutions), include their amounts under a PI’s budget. 
-	Specify if you will use third parties giving in-kind contributions to the action.
-	Specify the cost items covered by the 'Other personnel costs' category if applicable. Also specify the cost items covered by the 'Other additional direct costs' category if applicable. 
-	Include a justification in case you request equipment, or other assets needed specifically for the action (or developed as part of the action tasks) to be declared in the Grant Agreement as full capitalised costs.
-	Specify as well if you will have funding from other sources.
The evaluation panels assess the estimated costs and the justification carefully; unjustified budgets will be consequently reduced.)

Appendix
All ongoing grants and submitted grant applications of each of the PIs (Funding ID)
Mandatory information (not counted towards page limits)

Please include as many tables as participating Principal Investigators in the group.
Ongoing grants (Please indicate 'No funding' as applicable):
Project Title	Funding source	Amount
(Euros)	Period	Role of the PI	Relation to current 
ERC proposal	

						

Ongoing/submitted grant applications – still in evaluation at the time of this application (Please indicate 'None' as applicable):
Project Title	Funding source	Amount
(Euros)	Period	Role of the PI	Relation to current 
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