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Established by the European Commission
Monique Smaihi
Call CoordinatorERC Executive Agency
Scientific Department
Paris, 27 Novembre 2013
L'ERC dansHorizon 2020
The European Research Council
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Outline
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Ø Evaluation Process
Ø Preparing an application
Ø ERC and Horizon 2020
Ø Statistics
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Eligibility check (PI, HI, submission restrictions)
Step 1 (remote) evaluation on the basis of section 1 of
proposal* by panel members
Proposals passing to step 2
Individual assessment of full proposal by panel members &
referees
Submission of full proposal (strict deadline!)
Proposals selected for funding based on
call budget
Submission, evaluation and selectionStarting, Consolidator and Advanced Grants
*) Profile of PI, project extended synopsis (Part B1)
1st Panel meeting
StG, CoG: 2nd Panel
meeting incl. interviews of
applicants
AdG: 2nd Panel
meeting
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• Ineligibility
o Submission after the deadline.
o Incomplete proposals.
o No commitment letter from the HI.
o PhD award date outside the window.
• Re-submissions
o If applied in 2013 – only apply to 2014 if awarded atleast an A or a B in Step 1.
o Only one application per PI under the same WP.
Eligibility
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Feedback to Applicants
End of Step 1:
A Proposal is of sufficient quality to pass to Step 2 of theevaluation.
B Proposal is of high quality but not sufficient to pass to Step 2 ofthe evaluation. The applicant may also be subject to resubmissionlimitations in the next call(s).
C Proposal is not of sufficient quality to pass to Step 2 of theevaluation. The applicant may also be subject to resubmissionlimitations in the next call(s).
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Feedback to Applicants
End of Step 2:
A Proposal fully meets the ERC's excellence criterion and isrecommended for funding if sufficient funds are available.
B Proposal meets some but not all elements of the ERC'sexcellence criterion and will not be funded. The applicant mayalso be subject to resubmission limitations in the next call(s).
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2014 Resubmission restrictions
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• Increasing number applications causes low success rates and high panel workload
• Currently 2013 applicants who received "C" at step 1 cannot resubmit in 2014
• For 2014 applicants, tighter resubmission rules can be expected:
o those who receive B (Step 1 or Step 2) have to wait out one year
o those who receive a C will have to wait out two years
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Outline
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Ø Evaluation Process
Ø Preparing an application
Ø ERC and Horizon 2020
Ø Statistics
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StG 2014Important changes from last year
Ø More stringent resubmission restrictions
Ø Eligibility rules for MDs
Ø Simplified budget table (Parts A and B)
Ø Ethics table Part of the online submission forms
Ø Funding ID – changed format
Ø Model CVs provided
Ø Reason for exclusion of reviewers and other changes
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StG/CoG Applicants with MDs (1)
MD applicants need to provide :
• certificates of MD basic studies and
• proof of an appointment that requires doctoralequivalency (e.g. post-doctoral fellowship,professorship appointment).
Time reference for calculation of the eligibility time-window = the certified date of the MD completion plustwo years
For further details, see ERC WP 2014 – Annex II
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Simplified budget table – Part A
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For each participant only total costs and requested EU contribution is asked
NB. Calculation of indirect costs will follow the general H2020 flatrate of max. 25% of the total eligible direct costs.
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Ethics table :Part of Online Submission Forms
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New Funding ID table for Part B1
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§ Table format (provisional) under Section b: Curriculum Vitae
§ To give comparable level of details to the reviewers
Project Title Funding source Amount Period Relation to ERC project
Project Title Funding source Amount Period Relation to ERC project
Ongoing grants
Applications
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New Model CVs for Part B1
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§ Provided as examples in the Guide for
applicants
§ Final format still pending decision
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Simplified budget table – Part B2
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(Provisional example)
Ø Financial reporting periods
disappear
Ø Detailed budget breakdown
will be asked at granting
Ø Max 25% indirect costs
Ø Only bottom two figures
will be asked in A forms
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• Applicants can nominate up to three persons to beexcluded from the evaluation of their proposal, specifying :
o Name
o Institution, City, Country
o Webpage
• The concerned persons will be excluded from theevaluation of the proposal assuming that the ERCEA is stillin a position to evaluate the proposal properly.
Reviewer Exclusion
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Other changes
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Ø Possibility to provide a Researcher ID (e.g. ORCHID) in A-
and B-forms
Ø Interdisciplinary projects : justification paragraph in partB1
Ø The security scrutiny procedure will be abandoned
Ø Changes in the panel descriptors for all SH panels (please
see the WP and the GfA when published)
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Preparing an application (1)
• Register early, get familiar with the system and templates
and start filling in the forms
• Have all your documentation ready in time.
• Follow the formatting rules and page limits.
• Proof-read the proposal well.
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• Check coherency of figures, justify requested resources
and involvement of team members
• Submit your proposal and relevant annexes well in
advance before the deadline to avoid last minute errors
• ! A submitted proposal can be revised until the call
deadline by submitting a new version and overwriting the
previous one
Preparing an application (2)
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• Read the Guide for Applicants and the Ideas Work Programme.
• Any doubts about your eligibility or any other questions, contact one of the NCPs or the ERCEA.
• Have a look at what is already funded and the profile of the grantees.
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Guidelines and Other Resources
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ERC Funded Projectshttp://erc.europa.eu/erc-funded-projects
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Ø Evaluation Process
Ø Preparing an application
Ø ERC and Horizon 2020
Ø Statistics
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ERC calls Budget Call Publication*
Submission Deadline(s)*
Starting GrantsERC-2014-StG
485 M€ 11 December 2013
25 March 2014
Consolidator GrantsERC-2014-CoG
713 M€ 11 December 2013
20 May 2014
Advanced GrantsERC-2014-AdG
450 M€ 17 June 2014 21 October 2014
Proof of ConceptERC-2014-PoC
15 M€ 11 December 2013
DL1: 1 April 2014DL2: 1 Oct. 2014
ERC in H2020Work program 2014, indicative planning
* Pending the adoption of the WP 2014
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Outline
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Ø Evaluation Process
Ø Preparing an application
Ø ERC and Horizon 2020
Ø Statistics
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ERC panel members by country of HI and genderERC Starting and Advanced Grant calls 2007 – 2012
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MERCI!
More information on
http://erc.europa.eu
To subscribe to the ERC newsletter http://erc.europa.eu/keep-updated-erc
National Contact Points
http://cordis.europa.eu/national_service/home_en.html
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A few examples of ERC projects in France
Optimised crowd and traffic management: QED!
Animal urine provides a unique insight into long-term African climate change
Project: Traffic Management by Macroscopic Models (TRAM3)PI: Paola GoatinHI: Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (INRIA) Call: Starting grant 2010Funding: € 800 000 for 5 years
Project: Rock hyrax middens and climate change in Southern Africa during the last 50,000 years (HYRAX) PI: Brian M. ChaseHI: CNRSCall: Starting grant 2010 Funding: € 1.48 million for 5 years
Project: Terpenoylation: an original concept for the discovery of new nanomedicines (TERNANOMED)PI: Patrick CouvreurHI: University Paris-Sud XI Call: Advanced grant 2009Funding: € 2.2 million for 5 years
Nanomedicines hold promise against cancer
Regards croisés sur l’ERC
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