Proof of Concept

Sponsor: European Commission
Solicitation Title: Proof of Concept
Funding Amount: EUR 150 000
Sponsor Deadline: Thursday, October 14, 2021
Solicitation Link: https://erc.europa.eu/funding/proof-concept

Overview

<p>Frontier research often generates unexpected or new opportunities for commercial or societal applications. The ERC Proof of Concept Grants aim to maximize the value of the excellent research that the ERC funds, by funding further work (i.e. activities which were not scheduled to be funded by the original ERC frontier research grant) to verify the innovation potential of ideas arising from ERC funded projects. Proof of Concept Grants are therefore on offer only to Principal Investigators whose proposals draw substantially on their ERC funded research.</p>

Solicitation Limitations: <p>Collaboration with a foreign PI may be necessary to meet eligibility requirements. All Principal Investigators in one of the ERC frontier research main grants (Starting, Consolidator, Advanced or Synergy) are eligible to participate and apply for an ERC Proof of Concept Grant. Principal Investigators in an ongoing main grant are eligible to apply to both Proof of Concept calls. Principal Investigators in a main grant that has ended less than 12 months before 1 January 2021 are eligible to apply only to call ERC-2022-PoC1 Principal Investigators in a main grant that has ended less than 12 months before 1 January 2022 are eligible to apply to both calls ERC-2022-PoC1 and ERC-2022-PoC2. The Principal Investigator must be able to demonstrate the relation between the idea to be taken to proof of concept and the ERC frontier research project (Starting, Consolidator, Advanced or Synergy) in question.</p>

Last Updated: 07/16/2021

RODA ID: 1379