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Overview
| Donor: | European Commission (EC) - HORIZON |
| Application procedure: | Online Application |
| Donor base: | Belgium |
| Reference number: | ERC-2026-ADG |
| Eligible applicants: | Non-Profit Organisation, Social Business |
| Deadline: | 27.08.2026 |
Financial details
| Grant size: | Large - more than $1,000,000 |
| Minimum grant size: | - |
| Total available budget: | - |
| Funding type: | Grants |
| Maximum grant size: | 3.500.000€ |
| Funding ratio: | up to 100% |
Sectors
- Research, Technology & Innovation
Project Locations
Africa
Tunisia
Asia
Israel, Turkey
Europe
Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine
Description
1) Objective
The European Research Council (ERC) was set up to support excellence in research through grants that tackle issues at the frontiers of existing knowledge. It provides flexible longer-term, portable funding, and independence for researchers and their teams to pursue ambitious and high-risk research. An ERC grant is awarded to a Host Institution that commits to engage and host a Principal Investigator(s) and their team(s), and to offer them appropriate conditions to manage the
ERC funded research.
The objective of the Advanced Grant is to support excellent Principal Investigators that are established research leaders. An ERC Advanced Grant Principal Investigator is expected to be an active researcher with a track record of significant research achievements.
2) Eligibility
The ERC actions are open to researchers of any nationality who intend to conduct their research activity in any EU Member State or Horizon Associated Country. Principal Investigators may be of any age and nationality and may reside in any country in the world at the time of the application. The host institution must engage and host the Principal Investigator for at least the duration of the project, as defined in the grant agreement.
3) Location
Actions must take place in EU member states or Associated Country.
4) Budget
Advanced Grants may be awarded up to a maximum of €2,500,000 for a period of 5 years. The maximum amount of the grants is reduced pro rata temporis for projects of a shorter duration. Additional funding up to €1,000,000 can be requested to cover further eligible costs (e.g. start-up costs, major equipment, access to large facilities, major experimental and field work costs) when these are necessary to carry out the proposed work.
5) Application
The submission deadline is 27 August 2026. All applications must be submitted via the online portal.