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	Proof of Concept
Qualification	2 - 7 years after PhD	7 - 12 years after PhD	10 year excellent track record	Groups of 2 - 4 excellent researchers	For ERC grant holders only
Funding rate	Up to 2 Mio €	Up to 2.5 Mio €	Up to 3.5 Mio €	Up to 14 Mio €	lump sum 150.000 €
Duration	Up to 5 years	Up to 5 years	Up to 5 years	Up to 6 years	Up to 18 months
Current Call Deadlines Horizon 2020	-	-	26/08/2020	-	17/09/2020
Preliminary Call Deadlines Horizon Europe	09/03/2021	20/04/2021	31/08/2021		16/03/2021 17/09/2021 20/10/2021

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)	Research stay in Europe Experienced researchers of any nationality (Phd or >= 4 years of research experience after graduation (full-time equivalent) 12 to 24 months in a Member State or Associated Country
Global Fellowship (GF)	Research stay in a Third Country and return period Experienced researchers who are nationals of a Member or Associated State or who have undergone a long-term research stay (>= 5 years without a break) in Europe 24 to 36 months (including a mandatory 12-month reintegration period back to the Member State or Associated Country after the completion of the outgoing stay)
Call Deadline	09/09/2020

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

Updated by: Andrea Gottlieb

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