Thanks to the progress in the negotiations between CH and EU, researchers in CH can participate in the ERC Consolidator Grant 2025 call. Their proposals are evaluated by the ERC Executive Agency. In case of approval, if an association agreement is not in place, SERI will fund the projects.
ERC CoG supports individual researchers with and excellent track-record that are consolidating their own independent research team or programme. Applicants should have already shown evidence of research independence.
Applicants must have successfully defended their PhD thesis between 1 January 2013 and 31 December 2017 included (ref. PhD defence/viva date). Both applicants with and without professorial position are eligible.
ERC funds frontier research in any discipline. It welcomes proposals addressing new and emerging fields of research, or introducing unconventional, innovative approaches and scientific inventions. Applicants must demonstrate the ground-breaking nature, ambition and feasibility of their proposal.
Up to € 2 million for a period of 5 years (pro rata for projects of shorter duration). Budget covers 100% of the direct costs plus a contribution of 25% towards indirect costs.
Proposals are evaluated by selected international peer reviewers and by discipline-specific panels in a two-step evaluation procedure. Selected applicants are invited for an online interview in front of the panel (taking place in early autumn 2025).
Proposals are evaluated on the basis of excellence as the sole criterion that will be applied to both the evaluation of the project and the PI. Reviewers evaluate the ground-breaking nature, ambition, and feasibility of the project, as well as the intellectual capacity, creativity, and commitment.
External candidates, and internal candidates without a professorial position, must send a complete CV + publication list, a motivation letter and letters of support from USI professors to servizio.ricerca@usi.ch by the 1st of October for an internal assessment.
Have a look at projects approved at the last call. The ERC database allows you to filter by discipline and grants you access to the abstracts.
