The UK Research Office (UKRO), in its capacity as the UK National Contact Point for the European Research Council (ERC), has hosted a webinar for researchers interested in applying for the 2026 ERC Synergy Grant call.
ERC Synergy Grant 2026 Webinar
The webinar offers participants detailed and practical information about the ERC Synergy Grant scheme.
Clarification on additional funding for the ERC Synergy
We have realised that some of the information given about additional funding for the Synergy grant during this webinar was incorrect
As specified in the ERC Work Programme 2026 (page 5 and page 13) the increase of additional funding to 2 M is applicable only for StG, CoG and AdG, but not for SyG.
The maximum amount of additional funding that can be requested by Synergy Grant applicants remains – as before – up to €4 million.
We apologise for the lack of clarity on this point.
If you have any further questions, please contact the ERC NCP inbox via erc-uk@ukro.ac.uk.