1. Dr Paula CADIMA Research Programme Officer Starting Grants Unit ERC EA European Research Council Frontier research and the opportunities of the IDEAS Programme EMCC Conference Centre, University of Nottingham, UK, 9 July 2010

5. Nicosia - 29 and 31 May 2007 ERC Budget 2007 – 2013 : € 7.51 bn Annual budget evolution (prospective schedule) European Research Council

19. │ Host institution Applicant legal entity : institution that engages and hosts the PI for the duration of the project Any type of legal entity: universities, research centres, business research units … as long as it is in MS or AC Commitment of HI: to ensure that the PI may - apply for funding independently - manage research and funding for the project - publish independently as senior author - have access to reasonable space and facilities European Research Council

22. Proposal Content and Submission PART A – online forms A1 Proposal and PI info A2 Host institution info A3 Budget PART B1 – submitted as .pdf Section 1 Track Record of PI Scientific Leadership Potential 2 p. CV (including “funding ID”) 2 p. Early achievements track record 2 p. Extended synopsis 5 p. PART B2 – submitted as .pdf Section 2 Scientific proposal 15 p. Section 3 Research Environment 2 p. Annexes – submitted as .pdf - Statement of support by host - If applicable: explanatory information on ethical issues - StG only: PhD certificate (incl. documents proving eligibility career breaks) ERC Grant proposal European Research Council

26. Eligibility check Step 1 (remote) evaluation on the basis of section of proposal* by panel members Proposals passing to step 2 Individual assessment of full proposals by panel members & referees AdG : 2nd Panel meeting Panel chairs´ meeting Consolidation of 3 main domains & interdisciplinary/high risk – high gain projects rank lists Submission of full proposals Proposals selected for funding ERC Grants: how does it operate? Submission, evaluation and selection * Profile of PI, projects extended synopsis 1st Panel meeting StG: 2nd Panel meeting incl. interviews of applicants European Research Council

30. Potential of the Principal Investigator: (last 10 years for AdG) Quality of research output (track record, qualification, achievements, independence, reputation) Intellectual capacity and creativity (collaborations, mentoring, challenge confrontation, initiative for new lines of thinking) and capacity to attract funding (AdG) Quality of the research project: Ground-breaking nature (challenges, ambition, trans-discipinarity, new concepts) Potential impact (open new horizons, enhance frontier research in Europe) Methodology (approach, timescale, resources, feasibility) High risk/high gain balance (new or unconventional methodology, major breakthrough) Research environment: Contribution to the project (infrastructural and intellectual environment) Participation of other legal entities (if added value to the proposal) Evaluation Criteria European Research Council

32. ERC Starting & Advanced grant calls 2007, 2008 & 2009 Submitted proposals by domain European Research Council Number of proposals Proposals by domain

33. ERC StG 2007 and StG 2009 Share of applications by applicant’s country European Research Council

34. ERC AdG 2008 and AdG 2009 Share of applications by applicant’s country European Research Council

35. ERC StG 2007 and StG 2009 Share of selected proposals by applicant’s country European Research Council

36. ERC AdG 2008 and AdG 2009 Share of selected proposals by applicant’s country European Research Council

37. Selected proposals by Host Institutions for StG & AdG in the UK

38. │ ERC Starting & Advanced grant calls 2007 - 2009 Origin of grantees European Research Council

40. ERC Calls Indicative Schedule (2010-2011) European Research Council Winter 11 – Spring 12 Autumn 11 Summer 11 StG5 May 2011 Winter 10 – Spring 11 Autumn 10 Summer 10 StG4 May 2010 Evaluation Call Deadline Call open ERC Action Work Programme Revision ERC Starting Grant Calls Spring 12 - Autumn 13 Spring 12 Autumn 11 AdG5 May 2011 Spring 11 - Autumn 12 Spring 11 Autumn 10 AdG4 May 2010 Evaluation Call Deadline Call open ERC Action Work Programme Revision ERC Advanced Grant Calls

43. Thank you European Research Council