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General Questions
Qu: How do the indirect costs work for the ERC?
Ans:
The ERC grant agreement foresees a flat-rate financing for
indirect costs. The indirect costs are equal to 20% of the
direct eligible costs (minus subcontracting costs and costs
of resources made available by third parties which are not
used in the premises of the beneficiary). This applies to
any type of host organisation (known as a beneficiary), whatever costing method this beneficiary is
subject to for other European Research (FP7) projects. This means also that no
beneficiary will be asked to prove that it spent this 20%,
this is a flat-rate that will simply be applied to the
direct costs claimed.
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Starting Grant Questions
UKRO Overview and FAQs on ERC Starting Grants Scheme
(.pdf)(30/07/2010)
Further FAQs on the ERC-2011-StG Call, which is
currently open:
Qu: The restrictions on applications on
page 15 of
the 2011 ERC Work Programme include that "A Principal or
Co-Investigator may not be associated with more than one
application to the ERC calls with deadlines during the same
calendar year". Can a Team Member on an ERC-2010-AdG Call
application (which had deadlines in spring 2010) apply as a
Principal Investigator to the ERC-2011-StG Call (with
deadlines in autumn 2010, so the same calendar year)? (added 18/08/10)
Ans: Yes
Qu: Can a Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator
on an ERC-2010-AdG Call application (which had deadlines in
spring 2010) apply as a Principal Investigator to the
ERC-2011-StG Call (with deadlines in autumn 2010, so the
same calendar year)? (added 18/08/10)
Ans: No
Further FAQs on the ERC-2010-StG Call, which is
currently under the final stages of peer review:
Qu: Have the results from Step 1 been sent out?
When are the interviews likely to take place? (updated 28/05/10)
Ans:
| Domain |
Physical Sciences and
Engineering |
Life Sciences |
Social Sciences and Humanities |
| Step 1 results |
All applicants have been notified (by 1 March
2010) |
Successful applicants were notified as of
29 March 2010 Unsuccessful applicants were notified as of 9 April 2010 |
Successful applicants were notified as of
22 March 2010 Unsuccessful applicants were
notified as of 16 April 2010 |
| Step 2 interviews |
Interviews will take place during
the panel meetings; the provisional dates for the
panel meetings are provided below for information
only and all applicants will receive details of the
exact date and time of their interview from the ERC. |
| Provisional timetable for step 2
panel meetings and interviews |
12 to 16 April 2010
(PE1, PE3, PE4, PE8 and PE10) |
3 to 7 May 2010
(LS1, LS3, LS4, LS6, LS8) |
25 and 28 May 2010
(SH1 - SH6) |
| Interviews scheduled for the week of 19 to 23
April 2010 (PE2, PE5, PE6, PE7, PE9) were
postponed due to the travel disruption caused by the
Eyjafjallajokull volcano.
UKRO understands that the new interview schedule
is as follows: PE2: 29 June to 2 July 2010, PE5: 5 to 9 July, PE6: 6 July
to 9 July, PE7: 29 June to 1 July and PE9:
13 July to 16 July |
17 to 21 May 2010
(LS2, LS5, LS7, LS9)
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Qu: When are the results for Step 2 expected? (updated
09/08/10)
Ans:
Please note that information on the outcome of individual proposals is sent by email directly from the ERC to the
applicants. Unfortunately UKRO does not have access to
individual results.
Please also do remember to tell the ERC if there have
been any changes to the contact email addresses which you
listed on your proposal. You may also wish to check your
junk mail folder, and that you put the correct email address
on your application form, as these have been the most common
reasons for people not receiving notifications in the past.
The notifications for step 2 results will be sent out in
batches as follows:
| Category |
PE Domain |
LS Domain |
SH Domain |
Successful Immediately
(proposals at the top of the ranked domain
lists, which can be funded by the main domain
budget immediately) |
Successful applicants for panels PE1, PE3, PE4,
PE8 and PE10 have been notified as of 26 May 2010.
Successful applicants for panels PE2, PE5, PE6, PE7
and PE9 have been notified as of 2 August
2010. |
Successful applicants have been notified as of
23 June 2010. |
Successful applicants have been notified as of
13 July 2010. |
| Pending Proposals where the
final decision will not be made until the panel
chairs' meeting (at the end of September).
This meeting normally considers interdisciplinary
proposals and those around the funding cut-off of on
the ranked lists within each domain (PE, LS and SH).
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Pending applicants for panels PE1, PE3, PE4,
PE8 and PE10 have been notified as of 18 June 2010.
Results are likely to be available around the end of
October.
Pending applicants for panels PE2, PE5, PE6, PE7
and PE9 have been notified as of 26 July 2010. Results are likely to be available around the
end of October.
|
Pending applicants have been notified as of
18 June 2010. Results are likely to be available
around the end of October. |
Pending applicants have been notified as of
18 June 2010. Results are likely to be available
around the end of October. |
| Unsuccessful Immediately (proposals
that fail peer review thresholds or that pass the
thresholds but are too far down the ranked domain
lists to be funded) |
Unsuccessful applicants for panels PE1, PE3,
PE4, PE8 and PE10 have been notified as of
29 June 2010. Unsuccessful applicants for panels PE2,
PE5, PE6, PE7, PE8 and PE10 have been notified as of
30 July 2010. |
Unsuccessful applicants have been notified as of
7 July 2010. |
Unsuccessful applicants have been notified as of
9 July 2010. |
Applicants whose proposals are selected for funding are
then invited to the 'granting process' where the Grant
Agreement between the ERC and the beneficiary will be
prepared. This is likely to take a few months.
Qu: How are the evaluation
results announced? (added 19/02/10)
Ans:
The ERC is using a dedicated web-based system to notify
the applicants called “Feedback to Applicants” (F2A). Applicants were emailed when the results are available and
were be invited to register on F2A to access their file.
They will then be able to access letters relating to their
results. Administrators at their Host Institution will
also be able to access the results letters on F2A
Qu: Will the PI get feedback, and at which step of the
evaluation? (added 19/02/10)
Ans:
Feedback is given, but only once the funding decision has
been made - so those who do not pass Step 1 of the
evaluation will receive feedback at the end of Step 1, whereas those through
to Step 2 of the evaluation will not get feedback until the
end of Step 2.
Qu: What type of feedback will the PI be given?
(added 19/02/10)
Ans:
Applicants will receive an evaluation summary report (ESR)
which contains the evaluation scores as well as the comments from the
evaluators and panel members. This will be made available on
the Feedback to Applicants (F2A) online system, and will be available to both the Principal
Investigator (PI) and administrative official at the PI's
Host Institution.
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Advanced Grant Questions
UKRO Overview and FAQs on ERC Advanced Grants Scheme
(.pdf)(30/07/2010)
Further FAQs:
Qu: When are the results of the evaluation process
for the ERC-2010-AdG call
expected? (updated 09/08/10)
Ans:
| Domain |
Physical Sciences and
Engineering |
Life Sciences |
Social Sciences and Humanities |
| Results of eligibility check
(applies only to proposals declared ineligible) |
|
Sent on 1 June 2010 |
|
| Step 1 Results |
Sent on
14 July 2010 |
Sent on
3 August 2010 |
Sent on 9 August 2010 |
| Step 2 Results |
End of October |
Mid November |
End of November |
| Results of the Final Panel Chairs
Meeting (remaining applicants whose results are
pending after step 2) |
Mid to End of December |
Mid to End of December |
Mid to End of December |
* Applicants who have not received feedback after step 2
are kindly asked to be patient as their proposal may have
been placed on a list of proposals which will be further
discussed during the final meeting of the panel chairs.
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