With all the cuts to research funding in European countries, everyone is turning to the ERC...
The ERC should be a source of supplementary funding, not a substitute.
Every country in Europe must invest in basic research and increase its budgets!!!!
Alexis Verger 🧬🧫🧪
I don’t know if you saw the MASSIVE news announced by @erc.europa.eu today: from now on, if you get a B at step 1 you are eligible to apply at N+3(!!!) years. Say you got a B in STG2026 step 1, you thought you could apply in STG2028, but no: only in STG2029! erc.europa.eu/news-events/...
The ERC plans to launch the grant competitions under its 2027 Work Programme between July 2026 and June 2027, with the calls for proposals introducing several changes to the eligibility rules for appl...