ERC Starting Grant information session reminder – 11th August 2017

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 session next week is being run by the Research Operations Office (ROO) and 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, Dr Ana Cvejic and Dr Matthew Machin-Autenrieth, as well insights from Dr Andrea Salter, Research Facilitator for the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.