ERC Starting Grant

European Research Council (European Commission)

Bottom-up grants for individual researchers starting their own independent team, in any field including social sciences and humanities. No predetermined research priorities.

Indicative award

up to $1.6M (total award)Page publishes up to EUR 1.5 million for 5 years, plus up to EUR 1 million additional where justified, or up to EUR 2 million for PIs relocating from non-associated third countries. USD maximum approximates the EUR 1.5 million headline; no USD figure is published.

Timing

Annual cycleAnnual cycle · OctPublished deadline: 2026-10-14 — 60 days awayStarting Grant 2027 call opens 22 July 2026 with a 14 October 2026 deadline, per the funder's page.

Who can apply

Early-career faculty, Postdoctoral

Eligibility

Principal investigator must have 0-10 years of experience since PhD award (extensions apply); any nationality; the research must be hosted by an institution in an EU Member State or a Horizon Europe associated country.

SSWR clusters

Topics

frontier research · independent team · europe · horizon europe

Apply at

https://erc.europa.eu/apply-grant/starting-grant

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Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.

Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.

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