ERC Consolidator Grant
ERC Consolidator Grant is a funding call from European Commission – Horizon Europe that closes 12 January 2027. Funding: Up to EUR 2 million for 5 years (plus up to EUR 1 million for justified extra costs). Eligibility: Single principal investigator of any nationality with 5–15 years since completion of the PhD (defence date; extensions possible), hosted by an organisation in an EU Member State or associated country. Bottom-up: any field. Up to EUR 2 million for 5 years (ERC Consolidator Grant page).
- Funder
- European Commission – Horizon Europe
- Deadline
- 12 Jan 2027 (89 days)
- Status
- Open
- Amount
- Up to EUR 2 million for 5 years (plus up to EUR 1 million for justified extra costs)
- Region / eligibility
- EU Member States & Horizon Europe associated countries
- Career stage
- established / PI
- Fields
- chemistry
- Reference
- ERC-2027-COG
- Official call
- EU Funding & Tenders listing
Eligibility in plain language
Single principal investigator of any nationality with 5–15 years since completion of the PhD (defence date; extensions possible), hosted by an organisation in an EU Member State or associated country. Bottom-up: any field. Up to EUR 2 million for 5 years (ERC Consolidator Grant page).
Who should apply
Synthetic, physical and analytical chemists — best fit for PIs and research groups.
Summary from source
Scope: Objectives The Consolidator Grant supports excellent Principal Investigators who are consolidating their own independent research team or programme. A Consolidator Grant Principal Investigator should have already shown evidence of research independence. Size of ERC Consolidator Grants Consolidator Grants may be awarded up to a maximum of EUR 2 000 000 for a period of 60 months . The maximum amount of the grants is reduced pro rata temporis for proposals of shorter duration. Additional funding up to EUR 1 000 000 *1 can be requested to cover further eligible costs for any cost category when these are necessary to carry out the proposed work. The request for additional funding must be duly justified in the proposal. The maximum amount of the grant is reduced pro rata temporis for proposals of shorter duration. Additional funding is not subject to pro rata temporis reduction for proj…