Event details

Aim of the event
The webinar will provide participants with a detailed practical overview of the ERC Starting Grant scheme. Viewers will gain a deeper understanding of the proposal format and the key issues they are required to address in planning, writing and costing a proposal.

The session will also include a testimonial from a Starting Grant holder.

Who should attend?
The sessions are aimed at researchers based in, or moving to, the UK who are planning to submit a proposal to the 2025 ERC Starting Grant call, and the research support staff who will be supporting these applications. Applicants are expected to be active researchers and to have a track record of excellent research.

Programme outline
The first session will provide an initial overview of the European Research Council and the nature of an ERC Starting Grant; UK participation in the ERC; eligibility criteria and proposal development.

Attendance is free of charge, but registration is mandatory.

Please note that this webinar is part one of a two-part series of information webinars on the 2025 Starting Grant call.