ERC 7FP - launch strategy

European Research Council reveals its launch strategy [EurActiv]
The ERC Launch Strategy

Two funding streams, operating on a ‘bottom up’ basis across all research fields will be the core of the ERC’s operations for the period of FP7, 2007-2013:

ERC Starting Independent Research Grant Scheme: in the start up phase of the ERC, priority will be given to independent researchers who are at the stage of establishing their first research team or doing their own independent research. A detailed note on this grant has been published. This grant will represent around a third of the ERC’s annual budget (300-350 million euro a year). Around 200 grants are expected to be made annually, each for up to 5 years.

Advanced Investigator research Grant Scheme will be established later on for projects lead by researchers at all career stages. A detailed note on this grant scheme will be published as soon as its parameters have been developed.