The ERC (European Research Council) awards 5 types of grant to researchers employed at a European university.
- Starting Grants (StG) are awarded to promising early-career research talents with two to seven years of experience after completing a PhD. Up to EUR 1.5 million is awarded to groundbreaking research projects for a period of five years.
- Consolidator Grants (CoG) are awarded to promising early-career research talents and research leaders with seven to twelve years of experience after completing a PhD. Up to EUR 2 million is awarded for groundbreaking research projects for a period of five years.
- Advanced Grants (AdG) are awarded to exceptional research leaders with a recognised track record of research achievements. Up to EUR 2.5 million is awarded to groundbreaking research projects for a period of five years.
- Proof of concept (PoC) Grants are awarded to existing ERC grant holders to explore the innovation potential of the ideas in their ERC research project, which must either be in progress or have been completed less than twelve months prior to the ERC PoC grant call. Up to EUR 150,000 is awarded for a period of twelve months.
- Synergy Grants of up to EUR 10 million are awarded to cover expenses of large research projects for a period of up to six years. An extra EUR 4 million can be awarded for special expenses related to the commencement of a project, such as purchasing particularly expensive equipment. Synergy Grants enable Principal Investigators on different projects to bring together their knowledge, competencies and resources to create new synergy that can solve ambitious research problems, secure paradigm shifts and take branches of research in new directions. Between two and four Principal Investigators can join forces to apply for a Synergy Grant, and they must all have excellent CVs and publication lists. Applicants from all academic disciplines are welcome, as the applicants must define the project themselves.
Starting Grants:
Proof of Concept Grants:
- Professor Sarang Dalal, Department of Clinical Medicine
- Professor Lasse Lindekilde, Department of Political Science
Consolidator grants 2023:
- Lektor Søren Ulstrup, Department of Physics and Astronomy (In Danish only)
- Professor Claudio Orlandi, Department of Computer Science
- Professor Kasper Green Larsen, Department of Computer Science
- Lektor Srikanth Srinivasan, Department of Computer Science (Relocated to University of Copenhagen)
Synergy grants 2023:
- Lektor Katrine Juul Andresen, Department of Geoscience
