ERC Synergy Grant

2-4 Principal Investigators Een aangewezen als corresponding PI

Onderzoek niet door 1 PI alleen mogelijk Synergetisch karakter aantoonbaar

Host Institution in EU of associated country Een PI mag in derde land gevestigd zijn

Competitieve track record per career stage Geen specifieke academische achtergrondeisen

The Synergy Grant scheme funds projects involving two to four Principal Investigators and their teams with a designated Corresponding Principal Investigator being the administrative contact point for the Synergy Grant Group.

Principal Investigators of any professional seniority, and with a competitive track record matching their career stage can apply.

The Host Institution must confirm its association with, and its support to, the project and the Principal Investigator through a binding statement of support (i.e. the Host Institution Support Letter22). This statement must be provided at the time of application.

ERC grant schemes are open to researchers of any age and nationality, residing anywhere in the world at the time of application, and wishing to carry out their research in one of the EU or Associated Country-based Host Institutions.

The Principal Investigator must commit themselves to dedicate a certain percentage of their working time33 to the project, as well as to spend a certain percentage of their working time in the EU or an Associated Country34. The minimum time commitment (%) for each grant type are listed in Table 5 below. Applicants, who do not meet the minimum time commitment requirements will be declared ineligible.

To participate in ERC frontier research actions the Host Institution must be established either in an EU Member State or an Associated Country37 as a legal entity created under national law, or it may be an international European research organisation (such as the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), etc.), or any other entity created under EU law. In a Synergy Grant, one Host Institution, except the Corresponding Host Institution, may be an international organisation or a legal entity established outside the European Union or an Associated Country, subject to any restrictions provided in Annex 3 below.

To be eligible, legal entities from an EU Member State or an Associated Country that are public bodies, research organisations, or higher education institutions (including private research organisations and private higher education institutions) must have a Gender Equality Plan or an equivalent strategic document in place for the duration of the project.

Given the large number of applications received every year, and the need to uphold the quality and integrity of the evaluation process at the ERC, the following restrictions apply to calls under the ERC Work Programme 2026: … A researcher may participate as a Principal Investigator in only one ERC main frontier research grant at any given time40, 41;

Given the large number of applications received every year, and the need to uphold the quality and integrity of the evaluation process at the ERC, the following restrictions apply to calls under the ERC Work Programme 2026: … An applicant, whose proposal has been selected for funding and who is preparing a Grant Agreement42 under a call of the ERC Work Programme 2024 or 2025, may not apply for a Starting, Consolidator, Advanced, ERC Plus, or Synergy Grant under a call of the ERC Work Programme 202643;

Given the large number of applications received every year, and the need to uphold the quality and integrity of the evaluation process at the ERC, the following restrictions apply to calls under the ERC Work Programme 2026: … A researcher participating as a Principal Investigator in one of the ERC main frontier research grants may not submit another proposal for an ERC main frontier research … grant, unless the existing project ends 44 in less than two years following the call deadline45;

Given the large number of applications received every year, and the need to uphold the quality and integrity of the evaluation process at the ERC, the following restrictions apply to calls under the ERC Work Programme 2026: … A Principal Investigator who serves as a panel member for an ERC call under the Work Programme 2026 or who has served as a panel member for an ERC call under Work Programme 2024 may not apply to a call for the same type of main frontier research grant under the ERC Work Programme 2026;

Given the large number of applications received every year, and the need to uphold the quality and integrity of the evaluation process at the ERC, the following restrictions apply to calls under the ERC Work Programme 2026: … An applicant may submit proposals to different ERC main frontier research grant calls published under the same Work Programme, but only the first eligible proposal will be evaluated.