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ERC-2012-AdG

• Call date: 16 November 2011 
• Deadlines:
  • Physical Sciences and Engineering (PE) Domain (Panels PE1-PE10) Deadline: 16 February 2012 (17.00 Brussels local time) DOMAIN NOW CLOSED
  • Life Sciences (LS) Domain (Panels LS1 - LS9)
    Deadline: 14 March 2012 (17.00 Brussels local time) 
  • Social Sciences and Humanities (SH) Domain (Panels SH1 - SH6)
    Deadline: 11 April 2012 (17.00 Brussels local time) 
• Application documents:
  • Call Fiche: Call Fiche (.pdf)(16/11/11)
  • Work Programme: 2012 ERC Work Programme (.pdf)(20/07/11)
  • Guide for Applicants: Guide for Applicants (.pdf)(final version, dated 08/02/12. UKRO can confirm that this version is unchanged from the previous 'draft' version of the Guide, which was dated 20/12/11) 
• Electronic Proposal Submission Service (EPSS):
  • The application documents should be completed online, and have field-specific online guidance notes, and drop-down lists with options for some fields. However, for those who are interested in the general format of the documents, the following documents are for reference:
    • Form A1 (.pdf)
    • Form A2 (one to be completed per institution, apart from any subcontractors)(.pdf)
    • Form A3 (this will have one line per institution apart from subcontractors)(.pdf)
    • Part B1 (.doc)
    • Part B2 (.doc)
    • Ethical Issues Annex (.doc)
    • Host Support Letter (.doc)
    • Security Issues Annex (.doc) 
  • To apply for an ERC grant on EPSS:
    • Open the Call Page on the Research Participant Portal;
    • Under 'Call Identifier', select the deadline date which corresponds to the domain you are applying to (see above for the deadlines);
    • Scroll down to the 'Electronic Proposal Submission Service' section; and
    • Click on 'Go' next to 'ERC Advanced Grants (ERC-AG)'.
  • Once you have set up your proposal, you can log in to EPSS directly
  • EPSS Helpdesk
• Events:  
  • In its capacity as the UK National Contact Point for the ERC, UKRO will host a series of free information and proposal writing events for the ERC Synergy Grants and Advanced Grants calls. Each event will cover (in one event) both the Advanced Grant and Synergy Grant schemes. The events will take place around the UK in early December 2011. Further information is available on our events page. If you would like to notified of these events, please sign up for our UK newsletter about the ERC.

• FAQs:

  • UKRO FAQS
  • ERC FAQs
  Other documents:
  • ERC Scientific Council Guidelines for Open Access (.pdf) (updated version 17/12/07)
  • ERC Rules for the submission of proposals and the related evaluation, selection and award procedures relevant to the Ideas specific programme (.pdf) (updated version 12/10/10)
  • ERC Guide for Peer Reviewers (.pdf) (updated March 2011). Please note that this is the version for the previous call - the ERC may yet publish an updated version for this call.
  • Panel Chairs: ERC-2012-AdG Panel Chairs (.pdf)(02/02/12)
  • Panel Members: The list of panel members will be published only after the evaluation process has finished.
    • Applicants can, however, see the list of panel members from the ERC-2010-AdG call, known as the 'AdG-Panel A' list. As Advanced Grants panels sit on alternate years, the panel members for the ERC-2012-AdG call are expected to be mostly the same, but there may be some changes of membership from the 2010 call.  
    • Please see the lists of panel chairs and members for previous calls on our Advanced Grants Closed Calls pages.
  • ERC leaflet (.pdf)(30/06/10)
  • Press release (.pdf)(20/07/11)

Future Calls

If you would like to be notified once future calls are announced, and once booking to our ERC Advanced Grants Information and Proposal Writing events opens, please sign up for our UK newsletter on the ERC.

ERC-2013-AdG
Estimated timeframe:

• Call open: autumn 2012  tbc
• Deadlines: spring 2013 tbc

ERC Funding Post 2013
The ERC is funded as part of the EU's current Framework Programme 7 (FP7) which runs 2007-2013. A new EU research and innovation funding Programme, to be known as 'Horizon 2020', is expected to run from  2014-2020 and is currently under discussion. The ERC is expected to continue as part of this Horizon 2020 Programme, although the ERC's structure and funding levels within Horizon 2020 are still to be discussed and confirmed over the coming years.