ERC Grant Training
If you consider to apply for an ERC Independent Researcher Grant, the ERC Grant Training might be something for you. This training provides more in-depth information for excellent researchers with an excellent idea for frontier research, who consider applying for an ERC Independent Researcher grant.
Important issues that will be addressed are:
- What is ground-braking challenging frontier research?
- What constitutes an excellent young researcher?
- Writing an ERC Grant proposal
- The Evaluation Procedure
- From high-gain/high-risk idea to challenging proposal
- Demonstrating feasibility
- Writing outstanding personal track records
Training period: September - December 2021
If you consider to apply for an ERC Independent Researcher Grant, the ERC Grant Training might be something for you. This training provides more in-depth information for excellent researchers with an excellent idea for frontier research, who consider applying for an ERC Independent Researcher grant.
Detailed knowledge on how to write an ERC Grant will be provided by A. van den Kroonenberg from Yellow Research. Important issues that will be addressed are:
- What is ground-braking challenging frontier research?
- What constitutes an excellent young researcher?
- Writing an ERC Grant proposal.
- The Evaluation Procedure
- From high-gain/high-risk idea to challenging proposal
- Demonstrating feasibility
- Writing outstanding personal track records.
This year we included two sessions about graphic design (e.g. how to visualize your project idea). These sessions will be provided by Maaike de Backer van Studio Stillae.
The ERC starting and consolidator grant training consists of the following sessions:
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Introductory ERC -1 live webinar & 1 tutorial
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ERC candidates: Starting & Consolidator Grant |
2 Sept 2021, 10.00-12.00h
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A. van den Kroonenberg |
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Lecture: ‘Visual Communication for Grant Applications’ -live webinar: tips & tricks |
ERC candidates: Starting & Consolidator Grant |
23 Sept 2021, 9.00-10.00h
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M. de Backer |
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Individual clinics (45 min.) Max. 6 candidates |
ERC candidates: Starting Grant |
5 Oct 2021 Online |
A. van den Kroonenberg |
Project summary in 1-2 pages (if possible with conceptual figure) and a CV. |
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Workshop: ‘Making your figures for press-ready’ 2 Groups of max. 6 persons |
ERC candidates: Starting Grant |
12 Oct 2021, 9.00-10.30h (UM Randwijck) or 14 October, 2021 9.00-10.30h (UM Inner city) |
M. de Backer |
Conceptual figure, more information will be provided during first session of graphic design |
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Writing course
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ERC candidates: Starting Grant |
29 Oct 2021, 9.00-12.30 (UM Inner city))
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A. van den Kroonenberg |
PI part of the proposal (CV+funding ID+EATR) in the ERC format. |
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Individual clinics (45 min.) Max. 6 candidates |
ERC candidates: Consolidator Grant |
Nov 2021 (date to be announced later) Online |
A. van den Kroonenberg |
Project summary in 1-2 pages (if possible with conceptual figure) and a CV. |
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Workshop: ‘Making your figures for press-ready’ 2 Groups of max. 6 persons |
ERC candidates: Consolidator Grant |
30 Nov 2021 9.00-10.30h (UM Randwijck) or 2 Dec 2021 9.00-10.30h (UM Inner city) |
M. de Backer |
Conceptual figure, more information will be provided during first session of graphic design |
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Writing course |
ERC candidates: Consolidator Grant |
17 Dec 2021, 9.00-12.30h (UM Randwijck) |
A. van den Kroonenberg |
PI part of the proposal (CV+funding ID+EATR) in the ERC format. |
The workshop is in English. The maximum number of participants is 12 participants.
If you are interested in the first two sessions of this training: Introductory of ERC and Graphic Design, please register before August 2, 2021 via the following link: https://maastrichtuniversity.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_73awAq6GT6MMH7E
After the first webinar on September 2, it is possible to register for the other 3 sessions: the individual clinic, the writing course and the workshop: ‘Making your figures for press-ready’. Details will be announced in due course.
For more information about the ERC training, contact Vivian Braeken (v.braeken@maastrichtuniversity.nl), Funding advisor CAPHRI. For more information about the ERC (writing) sessions provided by Yellow Research see the leaflet.