ERC Advanced Grant
Funds frontier research by established researchers in Europe-backed programmes across any discipline with high-risk, high-impact ambitions.
The ERC Advanced Grant 2026 is the European Research Council's flagship funding instrument for established research leaders who wish to pursue ambitious, high-risk, high-gain frontier research in any scientific or humanities domain. The 2026 call deadline is 27 August 2026, with Step 1 results communicated on 29 January 2027 and Step 2 results on 11 June 2027. The grant funds a single Principal In…
Any domain of basic research — excellence is the sole criterion; no thematic restrictions.
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