Proof of Concept Grant

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Ideas: Open topic (bring your own idea)

Funder: European Commission – Horizon Europe
Deadline: 10 Mar 2027
All deadlines: 10 Mar 2027; 16 Sep 2027
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Status: Opening soon (forthcoming)
Amount: Award: Up to EUR 150,000 per project
Checked: 12 Nov 2026 against the EU Funding & Tenders listing (listing facts confirmed; not every eligibility interpretation re-derived)
Region / eligibility: EU Member States & Horizon Europe associated countries
Fields: chemistry
Reference: ERC-2027-POC
Official call: EU Funding & Tenders listing

Application timeline

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Deadline 110 Mar 2027
Deadline16 Sep 2027
Today12 Nov 2026

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Stage	Date
Deadline 1	10 Mar 2027
Final deadline	16 Sep 2027
Today (not a deadline)	12 Nov 2026

Eligibility in plain language

ERC grant for a principal investigator hosted in an EU Member State or associated country; bottom-up (any field). See the ERC Work Programme for the experience window. Status: forthcoming — submission not yet open.

At a glance

Who submits: Only organisations can apply: Horizon Europe funds legal entities (universities, research organisations, companies), not individual researchers.
Your role: Through an eligible organisation application; individuals do not submit in their own name.
Funding figure: Stated as per-award / award-size wording: Award: Up to EUR 150,000 per project.
Next required milestone: 10 Mar 2027 (application deadline)
Unresolved conditions: None flagged from structured rules; still confirm on the funder page.

Listing facts checked: 12 Nov 2026. Eligibility interpretation date: not separately recorded (do not treat the listing check as a full rules re-audit).

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Who should apply

Synthetic, physical and analytical chemists — the organisation applies; individuals take part through it.

Summary from source

Objective: The ERC Proof of Concept Grant allows ERC main grant holders to explore the commercial and social innovation potential of their ERC-funded research. These grants are available only to Principal Investigators, whose proposals draw substantially on their ERC-funded research; therefore, applicants need to demonstrate the relationship between the idea to be taken to proof of concept and their main frontier research grant. Scope: Profile of the ERC Proof of Concept Eligible Principal Investigator : The ERC Proof of Concept Grant is open to Principal Investigators whose ERC main grant is ongoing, or Principal Investigators whose ERC main grant ends on or after the 1st of January 2026. For further information please refer to the ERC Work Programme 2027.

Raw eligibility text

General conditions 1. Admissibility conditions: Proposal page limit and layout The conditions specific to the ERC grants are described in the ERC Work Programme 2027 under the heading “ Admissibility, Eligibility, and Resubmission Restrictions” and in the ERC Rules for Submission and Evaluation . An overview is provided below: Eligible Principal Investigator : The ERC Proof of Concept Grant 2027 call is open to Principal Investigators whose ERC main frontier research grant is ongoing , or Principal Investigators whose ERC main frontier research grant ends on or after 1 January 2026 , subject to restrictions provided in Annex 3 of the ERC Work Programme 2027 . Resubmission Restrictions : Principal Investigators may submit ONLY ONE proposal under this Work Programme Proof of Concept 2027 call. If an applicant submits several proposals on different cut-off dates within the same call year, only the first admissible and eligible proposal will be evaluated. A Principal Investigator whose proposal was rejected on the grounds of a breach of research integrity in the calls for proposals under Work Programmes 2025 or 2026 may not submit a proposal to the ERC-2027-PoC call. Synergy Grant Principal Investigators are eligible to apply to the Proof of Concept call only with the written consent of all Principal Investigators in the same Synergy Grant project.