1. European Funding Opportunities for Researchers of all Nationalities and Research Fields Canada, 2-3 February 2015

2. Content ◦EURAXESS – Researchers in Motion initiative ◦European Research Council (ERC) Grants

3. ◦EURAXESS – Researchers in Motion ◦http://euraxess.orghttp://euraxess.org

5. Overview of EURAXESS initiatives Job opportunities, funding opportunities, grants Relocation assistance for researchers and their family (>200 centers in 40 European countries) Information on the Charter and Code, pension, visa Networking tool for researchers of all nationalities outside Europe (China, Japan, India, ASEAN, Brazil and North America)

6. EURAXESS Links North America ◦Main focus: international mobility and career development of individual researchers ◦Networking tool for researchers based in North America (US and Canada) ◦Information on job vacancies and funding opportunities in Europe (MSCA, ERC, etc.) ◦Monthly Newsletter FREE! ◦Promotional activities – events, workshops, seminars, career fairs ◦Website & social media (LinkedIn, FCB, Twitter)

7. ◦European Research Council ◦http://erc.europa.eu/http://erc.europa.eu/ ◦The ERC supports excellence in frontier research through a bottom-up, individual-based, pan-European competition

8. European Research Council Starting Grants starters (2-7 years after PhD) up to €2 Mio for 5 years Advanced Grants track-record of significant research achievements in the last 10 years up to €3.5 Mio for 5 years Proof-of-Concept bridging gap between research - earliest stage of marketable innovation up to €150,000 for ERC grant holders for 18 months Consolidator Grants consolidators (7-12 years after PhD) up to €2.75 Mio for 5 years Budget (2014-2020): € 13.09 billion

9. European Research Council ERC offers independence, recognition & visibility ◦to work on a research topic of own choice, with a team of own choice ◦to gain true financial autonomy for 5 years ◦to negotiate with the host institution the best conditions of work ◦to attract top team members (EU and non-EU) and collaborators ◦to move with the grant to any place in Europe if necessary (portability of grants) ◦to attract additional funding and gain recognition; ERC is a quality label ERC calls are open to researchers of any nationality, age or current place of work in the world (with at least 50% of work time in Europe)

10. Evaluation of excellent quality at two levels:  Excellence of the Research Project Ground-breaking nature Potential impact Scientific approach  Excellence of the Principal Investigator Intellectual capacity Creativity Commitment Referees and panels evaluate and score each criterion, and then rank the proposals according to these results. "Excellence is the Sole Criterion of Evaluation" │ 10 European Research Council

11. │ 11 Evaluation of Proposals The ERC Scientific Council is responsible for proposing independent experts Structure: 25 panels distributed across 3 scientific domains (10 Physical Sciences and Engineering, 9 Life Sciences and 6 Social Sciences and Humanities) What makes ERC evaluation exceptional? Highly international participation in panels Full autonomy of panels to decide Panel members and chairs based in 49 countries: 26 EU Member States, 7 Associated Countries, 16 Non-ERA countries Remote referees based in 87 countries European Research Council

12. ◦OPEN CALLS: ◦ERC Starting Grant | ERC-2015-AdG ◦Deadline: 3 February 2015 ◦ERC Consolidator Grant | ERC-2015-CoG Deadline Date: 12 March 2015 ◦ERC Proof of Concept | ERC-2015-PoC Deadline Dates: 28 May 2015 and 1 Oct 2015

13. Thank you for your attention! ◦Viktoria BODNAROVA ◦Regional Representative ◦EURAXESS Links North America ◦Viktoria.bodnarova@euraxess.netViktoria.bodnarova@euraxess.net ◦http://northamerica.euraxess.orghttp://northamerica.euraxess.org