ERC Starting Grant Information Session – Friday 11th August

The European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant scheme is aimed at academics from any discipline who is between 2 – 7 years from the award date of their PhD (although extensions to this eligibility window are possible under certain circumstances).  Funding of up to €1.5M is available for projects up to 5 years and the call deadline is expected to be  17^th October 2017. More details about the scheme can be found at https://erc.europa.eu/funding/starting-grants.

The Research Operations Office is organising an information session on how to apply to the scheme

The session will include a brief overview of the scheme by Bethan Jones, the ERC Officer for the University of Cambridge, with hints and tips from current grant holders/reviewers as well insights from Dr Andrea Salter, Research Facilitator for the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.