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ERC Starting Grant

ERC-2027-STG Call for Proposals for ERC Starting Grant HORIZON-ERC Academics

DeadlineOctober 14, 2026 12 days left
OpensJuly 22, 2026EU data
StatusOpenupdated September 30, 2026

Call summary

From the official text, opening part

Scope: Objectives The Starting Grant supports excellent Principal Investigators starting or having recently started their own independent research team or programme. A Starting Grant Principal Investigator should have already shown evidence of the potential for research independence, for example, by having produced at least one important publication as its main author or a publication without the participation of their PhD supervisor. A researcher may be the Principal Investigator of only one ERC Starting Grant in their career. Size of ERC Starting Grants Starting Grants may be awarded up to a maximum of EUR 1 500 000 for a period of 60 months . The maximum amount of the grants is reduced pro rata temporis for proposals of shorter duration. Additional funding up to EUR 1 000 000 *1 can be requested to cover further eligible costs for any cost category when these are necessary to carry ou… more

ERCEuropean Research CouncilExcellent ScienceFrontier ResearchStarting Grant

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The fit is computed by code on every request: semantic similarity (55%) between the call text (title, EU keywords, start of the official description) and the academic’s YÖKSİS fields, keywords and OpenAlex topics, plus shared distinctive terms (45%; common words weigh little). Below 40% is not shown. A subject hint only — not an eligibility, capacity or merit assessment. Hidden profiles are never listed.