ERC PROOF OF CONCEPT GRANTS
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Objective:
The ERC Proof of Concept Grants aim at facilitating exploration of the commercial and social innovation potential of ERC funded research and are therefore available only to Principal Investigators whose proposals draw substantially on their ERC funded research.
Scope:
Size of ERC Proof of Concept Grants: The financial contribution will be awarded as a single lump sum of EUR 150 000 for a period of eighteen months. Extensions of the duration of Proof of concept projects may be granted only exceptionally.
The lump sum will cover the beneficiaries' direct and indirect eligible costs for the project: if the project is implemented properly the amounts will be paid regardless of the costs actually incurred. The lump sum is designed to cover the beneficiaries’ personnel costs, subcontracting costs, purchase costs, other cost categories, and indirect costs.
Profile of the ERC Proof of Concept Eligible Principal Investigator
The ERC Proof of Concept Grant 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 2025. For further information please see the ERC Work Programme 2026.
- Status
- Closed
- Deadline
- (time not stated)
- Opens
- Published
- Total budget
- €60,000,000
- Grant range
- €150,000 – €150,000
- Country
- European Union (EU-wide)
- Programme
- Horizon Europe (HORIZON)
- Funder
- European Commission
- Official page
- Open at the source portal
What applying involved
9 steps, all of them taken from this call's own documents.
This call is closed. The steps below show what applying involved, and are kept for reference only.
Understand the call
- Read the call on the source portal and download its documents
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Check the grant's legal and financial set-up
standard for this programme
is described in the ERC Work Programme 2026 , under the heading “Grant size and Duration”. See also: Multi & Mono Grant Agreement for Lump Sum Grants . Specific conditions Beneficiaries of a Proof of Concept Grant must meet the same obligations concerning gender balance, open access and intellectual property rights as recipients of ERC main frontier research grants (see sections 1.7.2 Gender Balance, 1.7.3 Open Science, and 1.7.4 Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) of the ERC … — conditions §6
- Check the amount you plan to request against the call's range
Check you are eligible
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Check every partner is established in an eligible country
The conditions specific to the ERC are described in the ERC Work Programme 2026 . under the heading “Admissibility, Eligibility, and Resubmission Restrictions” and in Annex — conditions §2
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Be able to show financial and operational capacity
Financial capacity: Please refer to the ERC Rules of submission and evaluation under Horizon Europe section 4, Award Decision and Preparation of Grant Agreements. Operational capacity : As indicated in the ERC Work Programme 2026 , page 41 (footnote 79): Applicants that are subject to the administrative sanction of exclusion or are in one of the exclusion situations set out by the EU Financial Regulation are banned from receiving EU grants and can NOT participate. See … — conditions §4
Prepare the documents
- Complete the ethics issues table standard for this programme
- Prepare the data management plan standard for this programme
- Confirm your organisation has a gender equality plan standard for this programme
Submit
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Submit before the closing date shown above
The source states the closing day but no closing time — check the portal before the last day. — calls.deadline
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Where this came from
- Source document
- https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/data/topicDetails/erc-2026-poc.json
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