Individual funding: European Research Council (ERC) and Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (MSCA-IF)
Individual funding in Horizon 2020 comprises:
1. the renowned ERC grants, offering different opportunities for different career levels. Open ERC calls can be found in the funding & tenders portal.
The indicative dates for calls under the new Framework Programme Horizon Europe are announced by the ERC so far as follows. The prerequisite is that Horizon Europe starts on January 1, 2021 as planned.
| Starting Grant | Consolidator Grant | Advanced Grant | Syngergy Grant | ||
| Qualification | 2 - 7 years after PhD | 7 - 12 years after PhD | 10 year excellent track record | Groups of 2 - 4 excellent researchers | |
| Funding rate | Up to 2 Mio € | Up to 2.5 Mio € | Up to 3.5 Mio € | Up to 14 Mio € | |
| Duration | Up to 5 years | Up to 5 years | Up to 5 years | Up to 6 years | |
| Annual Calls | 08.04.2021 | 20.04.2021 | 31.08.2021 | No Call in 2021 | |
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2. Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships, eligible for experienced researchers (PhD holders or those with four years of research experience after graduation (full-time equivalent)). Open MSCA calls can be found in the funding & tenders portal.
| European Fellowship (EF) |
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| Global Fellowship (GF) |
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| Call Deadline | 15.09.2021 |
Financial support is provided in the form of allowances covering living, mobility and, if applicable, family costs. The host institutions receive fixed amounts for their administrative and indirect costs. :
| per month | ||
| Researcher unit cost | Living allowance* (adjusted by a country correction coefficient : DE 97%) | € 4.880 |
| Mobility allowance | € 600 | |
| Family allowance | € 500 | |
| Institutional unit cost | Research, training and networking costs | € 800 |
| Management / Overhead | € 650 |