The European Research Council (ERC) mission is to “encourage the highest quality research in Europe through competitive funding and to support investigator-driver frontier research across all fields on the basis of scientific excellence”.
As such, all scientists in Europe are eligible to receive ERC grants through an open competition to promote scientific excellence in the region. ERC grants aim to fund the best research ideas there are and to attract talents from abroad.
ERC awards seek to recognize the contribution of scientists through their ERC-funded projects to promoting excellence in science. For this reason, ERC grants awards to the scientists who have managed to “involve,” “inspire,” and “influence” people outside of their domain or the scientific world.
If you are a researcher who has received ERC grants for your research projects, you should have a look at the following awards.
ERC awards you can find on EUcalls Platform
Title: INVOLVE (CITIZEN SCIENCE)
Programme: ERC-2022-PERA-1
Budget: € 10,000
Description: for activities conducted in collaboration or consultation with the public at any stage of the frontier research project, including its design. Citizen science initiatives comprise activities such as public consultations or citizen juries.
Objective: In view of its activity of supporting new ways of working in the scientific world, with particular attention to the open science approach, the ERC wishes to encourage outstanding science communicators among its Principal Investigators. The Public Engagement with Research Award is established to recognise those who successfully engage audiences outside their domain with ERC-funded research.
Public engagement is defined for the purposes of this prize as the involvement of the public in the design, conduct or dissemination of activities funded by the ERC. Engagement is a two-way process, involving interaction and mutual understanding for mutual benefit.
Deadline: 03/02/2022
Title: INSPIRE (PUBLIC OUTREACH)
Programme: ERC-2022-PERA-2
Budget: € 10,000
Description: for activities putting the spotlight on a research topic, by disseminating its content, promoting discussion, and/or inspiring potential future researchers. Public outreach initiatives can consist of diverse activities, such as art and science projects, educational programmes, exhibitions, and can include diverse audiences and venues such as students, schools, museums or science festivals.
Objective: In view of its activity of supporting new ways of working in the scientific world, with particular attention to the open science approach, the ERC wishes to encourage outstanding science communicators among its Principal Investigators. The Public Engagement with Research Award is established to recognise those who successfully engage audiences outside their domain with ERC-funded research.
Public engagement is defined for the purposes of this prize as the involvement of the public in the design, conduct or dissemination of activities funded by the ERC. Engagement is a two-way process, involving interaction and mutual understanding for mutual benefit.
Deadline: 03/02/2022
Title: INFLUENCE (MEDIA AND POLICY)
Programme: ERC-2022-PERA-3
Budget: € 10,000
Description: for activities that foster consultation and exchange with citizen groups to raise awareness on a topic, to address a societal challenge or to contribute to an issue in the public debate. These activities can be undertaken based on preliminary or final project results as well as any particular result or output generated in the context of an ERC frontier research project. Examples of people and organisations that are likely to be engaged under this category include journalists, policy makers at regional, national or international level, non-governmental organisations, citizen or patient groups, product users.
Objective: In view of its activity of supporting new ways of working in the scientific world, with particular attention to the open science approach, the ERC wishes to encourage outstanding science communicators among its Principal Investigators. The Public Engagement with Research Award is established to recognise those who successfully engage audiences outside their domain with ERC-funded research.
Public engagement is defined for the purposes of this prize as the involvement of the public in the design, conduct or dissemination of activities funded by the ERC. Engagement is a two-way process, involving interaction and mutual understanding for mutual benefit.
Deadline: 03/02/2022
Conclusion
The above ERC awards are excellent opportunities for researchers to receive recognition for the hard work they’ve put in the lab but also outside of it. Thanks to these scientists and their innovative research, they expand our frontier knowledge and create new possibilities for the world we have never imagined before.
On EUcalls platform, you can find all the available ERC grants andEuropean calls for researchers to submit your applications.
