The ERC has shared preliminary information regarding submission rates to the ERC Advanced Grant 2024 Call.
The preliminary data indicate that:
- The ERC received 2,534 proposals to the call, an increase of 38.5% compared to the 2023 call when 1,829 applications were submitted.
- The highest number of applications were submitted in Physical Sciences and Engineering (1,068), followed by Social Science and Humanities (736), and Life Sciences (730).
- Women submitted 590 proposals (23.3%), slightly lower share than in the 2023 call when 24.6% of the proposals were submitted by female applicants.
As per the published time-frame, the ERC will now start the evaluation of the proposals. The selected projects will be announced in the spring of 2025.