Advanced Grants are intended to promote substantial advances in the frontiers of  knowledge, and to encourage new productive lines of enquiry and new methods and techniques, including unconventional approaches and investigations at the interface between established disciplines.

The ERC is particularly keen to encourage excellent proposals which involve the establishment of a new research activity in the EU or the associated countries by a Principal Investigator who is moving from a third country into the EU or the associated countries.

• Area 1: Panels PE1 - PE10 (Physical Sciences & Engineering)
• Area 2: Panels LS1 – LS9 (Life Sciences)
• Area 3: Panels SH1 – SH6 (Social Sciences & Humanities)

The Community provisional funding available for the call for proposals is:

• 661,40 Million EUR (Global Budget)

• 09 February 2011 - 14 years ago (The deadline for the presentation of proposals for area 1)
• 10 March 2011 - 14 years ago (The deadline for the presentation of proposals for area 2)
• 06 April 2011 - 14 years ago (The deadline for the presentation of proposals for area 3)

• Official page of the Call

• Work Programme 2011 - Ideas (Work programme)
• Call Fiche - ERC-2011-AdG (Other)
• Call - ERC Advanced Investigators Grant (Legal base)

Opened to the following bodies or institutes with legal status established in the covered areas:

• Public authorities (all)
• Any legal organisation
• Enterprises
• SMEs

Bodies or institutes must have their registered legal seat in one of the countries taking part in the Programme which are:

• European Union (EU)
• Third countries

Directorate-General for Research

• Call for Proposals - ERC Proof of Concept
• Call for proposals - ERC Consolidator Grant
• Call for proposals - ERC Synergy Grant
• Call for proposals to support ERC monitoring and evaluation strategy (gender aspects) - Coordination and Support Action
• Call for Proposals - ERC Advanced Investigators Grant