Applications for ERC Synergy Grants 2026: Facts and figures
The ERC Synergy Grants 2026 call closed for applications on 5 November 2025.ย These are the preliminary data on the submitted proposals:
๐"To infinity and beyond!" Glad to see the exponential interest for the Synergy grants, unfortunately it will mean a much lower success rate ๐
"The ERC received 957 proposals, the highest number since the launch of the call in 2012."
bit.ly/49I0LZ2
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And...back โค๏ธ
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The list of new #ERC #Synergy projects has been published. Congratulations to all the new grantees and a huge thank you to our evaluators ๐ You are doing an amazing job.
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And deadline is over. Good luck everyone ๐ค
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Deadline for #Synergy grant applications is approaching!
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5 November 2025, 17:00 (Brussels time)
โ ๏ธPlease ensure you use the most recent application templates, as there have been significant updates.โ๏ธ
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We received the new batch of StG applications. Here, a few facts ๐
Good luck๐ค
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To 10 more years of fun and science together my friend โค๏ธ
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Call to our Grantees ๐
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Are you an ERC funded researcher?
Join up to share your passion for science with pupils and students! ๐๐ง ๐ญ๐งฌ
Apply to showcase your project at #ScienceisWonderful!2026
Deadline: 20 October.
All the details ๐ link.europa.eu/vgTTr4
@ercgrantees.bsky.social #SciComm
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Weโre live!
A powerful line up of speakers will delve into the topic competitiveness and frontier research - timely to take stock a year after the #DraghiReport and look ahead.
Livestream
m.youtube.com/watch?v=4fLC...
Programme
erc.europa.eu/news-events/...
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Happening now!
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Hopefully, this year Nobel Prize will inspire the next generation of immunologists.
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๐ฃThe 2026 ERC Consolidator Grant competition is now open! ๐ฃ
Already preparing your proposal? Info links โฌ๏ธ
Info for applicants ๐ buff.ly/PSbeUxX
Application portal ๐ buff.ly/mauZoqo
Deadline: 13/01/26
General info on #ERCCoG ๐ buff.ly/KCN6GTh
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๐ ERC Scientific Council member Geneviรจve Almouzniโs latest #ERCMagazine editorial shows how inclusive research cultures drive excellence, creativity, and discovery - & what the ERC is doing to make it happen ๐ bit.ly/4n8usX4
#DiversityInScience #ScienceForSociety #FrontierResearch
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โStarting at 9:30 CEST this morningโ Are you applying for an ERC research grant and looking for practical guidance?
Join our hands-on, online info session ๐ europa.eu/!hMhKRn
Hear from ERC experts ๐ and get actionable tips to strengthen your application!
#AcademicSky
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Are you planning to apply for an ERC grant? Do you need some guidance? This hands-on session is for you!
On 24 September, ERC representatives will guide you through the changes in the 2026 calls for the Starting, Consolidator & Advanced Grant.
๐ europa.eu/!hMhKRn
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Preparing an @erc.europa.eu application? Make sure you use the latest templates for 2026 calls!
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If you are considering applying, have a look at the last changes. ๐
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Thanks for your time and commitment. It means a lot to many. Even better if you appreciated the experience โบ๏ธ
14.09.2025 10:56 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Interviews of the #SyG2025 are in full speed this week!
If you are preparing a proposal for the #SyG2026 call, this video will help you get the overview ๐๐
Deadline 5 November - 17h (Brussels time) ๐๐๐ Good luck!
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How do we evaluate your ERC proposal?
In this video, Lucรญa Rubio Fernรกndez walks you through the entire ERC evaluation process โ from panel selection to interviews. Learn who reviews your proposal, how decisions are made, and how to bestโฆ
Today Lucรญa takes you by the hand and walks you through the entire ERC #evaluation process โ from panel selection to interview.
Learn who reviews your #proposal, how decisions are made, & how to best increase your chance of success. ๐
#research #funding #grant #AcademicSky
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Planning on watching the ERC's webinar this Thursday 11 September? It's for grant applicants with in-depth questions on the ERC process.
But, before you tune in:
Make sure you know the basics ๐น bit.ly/463AbYl
Get answers to some extra questions ๐ europa.eu/!y49yxF
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Wishing you a lot of success with your grant!
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And a million thanks to our panel members and reviewers for their support throughout these evaluations!! ๐
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The list of @erc.europa.eu #StG2025 awardees is out. For LS6, congrats to: Linda Grillova, Jean-Christophe Beltra, @nanaborsa.bsky.social, Claudia Giesecke-Thiel, @jenshoer.bsky.social, Marko Sestan, Rajagopal Murugan, @consigliocr.bsky.social, Yi-Ling Chen, Laura Martin-Sancho, Joao Monteiro.
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That is why we are advocating for an increased budget ๐ค
02.09.2025 15:02 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Submissions in LS6 almost doubled. Happy to see so much motivation in the communities.
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Applications for ERC Advanced Grants 2025: Facts and figures
The ERC Advanced Grants 2025 call closed for applications on 28 August 2025. These are the preliminary data on the submitted proposals:
In 2025, the ERC received 3,329 proposals for Advanced Grant funding โ 31% more than last year!
The selected projects will likely be announced in the spring of 2026.
More facts and figures on #ERCAdG applications ๐ europa.eu/!bm9gPT
#FrontierResearch
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๐๐๐๐๐ what she says!
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NYC ๐ The Daily Show Hostess
Interested in how genome regulation and genetics shape ฮฒ cells and diabetes pathways (and just as excited about each of these on their own)
Centre for Genomic Regulation โ CRG, Barcelona.
Imperial College London; CIBERDEM
Group Leader at KCL studying host pathogen interactions
Neuroscientist @crick.ac.uk asking how information is processed in the brain.
Odours. Circuits. Neurotechnology. Synchrotrons. BCIs.
Co-founder Paradromics
Twitter: @AndreasTSchafer
Neuroscience, meninges, blood-brain barrier, cake (or cookies)
http://siegenthalerlabcu.weebly.com/
Pragmatic idealist ๐ |personal account | RT โ endorsement ๐ฎ๐ช๐น๐ฟ #biodiversity conservation #SustainableDevelopment, #FoodSystems, Equity & Tech.
Member of the European Parliament. Centerpartiet, Sweden.
typing...
(also active on X as @cees_dekker)
Official BlueSky account for the Lab of Pamela Bjorkman at the California Institute of Technology. Structural Biology ๐ฌ Immunology๐ฅผVirology ๐ฆ Vaccine ๐ www.its.caltech.edu/~bjorker
Action is the offspring of dark pessimism.
https://www.biofisika.org/en/research/rna-pirate-republic
enthusiast of transposable elements, genetic conflicts, small RNAs, Drosophila, and funky germline biology
running a lab at IMBA, Vienna BioCenter
https://www.oeaw.ac.at/imba/research/julius-brennecke
Molecular Principles of RNA Phages | Junior Professor @uni-wuerzburg.de | Group Leader @helmholtz-hiri.bsky.social
๐ง๐ท Scientist. Cell biologist of T cells. Metabolic organelles and ageing. ๐ฌ๐ง Wellcome Trust Fellow @University of Oxford | Simon Lab. Former SNSF and Marie Skลodowska-Curie Fellow. ๐จ๐ญ PhD @ETH | Oxenius Lab. She/her
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1519-2597
The Sorek Lab
Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
https://www.weizmann.ac.il/molgen/Sorek/
Assistant Professor at Cambridge University, Fellow of Downing College. Health security and infectious disease epidemiology with a focus on early detection of emerging & high-consequence infectious diseases.
IDEA Lab
https://hammercc.github.io
This is the IUIS Junior Community, led by Early Career Committee! Follow-us for events and updates for early- and mid-career immunologists around the globe!
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