HORIZON EUROPE – ERC Starting Grant – 2026

Objective

The ERC Starting Grants are designed to support excellent Principal Investigators at the career stage at which they are starting their own independent research team or programme. Principal Investigators must demonstrate the ground-breaking nature, ambition, and feasibility of their research proposal

Topics

Open

• ERC-2027-STG: Call for Proposals for ERC Starting Grant

Additional information

• To find yout National Contact Points (NCPs): Click here
• ERC-2027-STG-APPLICANTS@ec.europa.eu

Useful

• Guidelines: Click here
• Other call documents: Click here
• ERC website: Click here
• More information: Click here

• Total call budget: 594.1 million euros
• Amount of the grant: up to 1.5 million euros

Additional funding can be requested see details on the call document.

• Funding rate: up to 100% of the total eligible costs