Grant directory

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Funds investigator-led frontier research across disciplines, enabling high-risk discovery with strong scientific autonomy.

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Funds frontier research by established researchers in Europe-backed programmes across any discipline with high-risk, high-impact ambitions.

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Funds existing ERC grant holders in testing the commercial or societal potential of already-funded research through a fixed EUR 150,000 top-up grant.

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Supports Romanian rare disease groups through ERDERA partnerships building stronger diagnostic and care innovation.

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Funds one centre that trains researchers in formal drug development for substance use disorder and pays to test their best ideas.

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Supports teams producing country-level estimates of major diarrheal diseases to inform global health planning and child health priorities.

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Funds PIANOFORTE’s 2026-27 continuation, an EU radiation-safety research partnership — only for its current members and any partner who joins them.

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Funds joint Swiss-Dutch R&D projects moving cell and gene therapies toward clinical use.

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Supports international consortia so small companies can turn joint innovation into export-ready products.

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Connects research teams and institutions for Europa Excelencia ERC Near Miss Supplement in artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and climate technology.

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Awards a €135,000 package of prizes and training to Medtech, Biotech and Digital health startups.

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Pays established research leaders up to EUR 2.5 million over five years to pursue ground-breaking, high-risk frontier research.

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Pays established research leaders up to EUR 2.5 million over five years to pursue ground-breaking, high-risk frontier research.

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Pays researchers consolidating their own independent lab up to EUR 2 million over five years for frontier research.

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Pays outstanding researchers up to EUR 7 million for a major scientific challenge a regular ERC grant couldn't fund.

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Pays existing ERC grant holders a EUR 150,000 lump sum to explore the commercial or social innovation potential of their ERC-funded research.

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Pays existing ERC grant holders a EUR 150,000 lump sum to test the commercial or social potential of their funded research.

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Awards ERC grant holders up to EUR 10,000 for outstanding public engagement with their ERC-funded research.

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Pays early-career researchers up to EUR 1.5 million over five years to launch their own independent research team.

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Pays a group of two to four Principal Investigators up to EUR 10 million to jointly tackle a research problem none of them could solve alone.

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Awards $3,000 to one or two Education for Sustainable Development projects that any organization worldwide has run for at least three years.

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Co-funds Polish SMEs and larger firms building market-ready tech with a partner in another EUREKA country.

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Funds EURES organisations to place and support around 4,000 mobile jobseekers and apprentices across the EU and EEA.

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Funds Canadian firms in EUREKA low-carbon energy R&D consortia.