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E uropean R esearch C ouncil. Lessons Leant from ERC Grant writing course. FP7 Activities and Themes. Cooperation. Ideas. People. Capacities. 1. Health. 1. Starting. 1. Host driven actions. 1. Research infrastructures. 2. KBBE. 2. Consolidate. 2. Research for SMEs.
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European Research Council Lessons Leant from ERC Grant writing course
FP7 Activities and Themes Cooperation Ideas People Capacities 1. Health 1. Starting 1. Host driven actions 1. Research infrastructures 2. KBBE 2. Consolidate 2. Research for SMEs 2. Individual actions 3. ICT 3. Advance 3. Regions of knowledge 3. Policy actions 4. Nano 4. Synergy 4. Research potential 5. Energy 5. Proof of concept 5. Science in society 6. Environment 6. Coherence R&D 7. Transport 7. International cooperation 8. Socio-econ 9. Space 10. Security
High-risk/high-rewardfrontierresearch in any field (except nuclear energy) carried out in any EU member state by an independent PI • PHD 2-7 years before call • €1.5M • PHD 7-12 years before call • €2M • 10y Active research record • €2.5M Number of years PHD has been obtained prior to call and budget for a 5 year ERC grant Starting Consolidator Advanced
Lessons (1) • Independence • Highlight yourself • Commitment • Advisory boards • Feasibility analysis • Counter action • Gantt charts /Work schedules • Phdvs Doctoral students
Lessons (2) • Review the review board • Why people fail • Structural failure • Ideas (enticing, unique, novel, ambition, feasible) • cv • Impact/utility
Impact/utility: minor or huge? Adjacent fields Research field Your research Your career