EU - Horizon 2020 - Ideas Program (ERC)

Calls and Deadlines

BUDGET

A total budget of 13,095 million euro is available for the implementation of the ERC funding schemes under Horizon 2020. The indicative budgets for each of the following calls are listed below.

CALLS FOR THIS ACTIVITY (with indicative budgets and deadlines)

Indicative dates of evaluation results and grant agreements signature for 2019 calls can be viewed here and for 2020 calls can be viewed here.

Mode of Application

Applicants are encouraged to join the ERC applicants mailing list for information and updates.
Please indicate which funding scheme (StG, AdG, CoG, SyG or PoC) you are interested in.

MODE OF APPLICATION

The information in this section highlights the main features of the application process. The application should be prepared according to the detailed guidelines of the following Information for applicants document (formerly 'ERC Guide for Applicants'):

1. Starting / Consolidator Grants (ERC-2020-StG / ERC-2020-CoG)
2. Advanced Grants (ERC-2020-AdG)
3. Synergy Grants (ERC-2020-SyG)
4. Proof of Concept Grants (ERC-2020-PoC)

Online Submission
Proposals shall be submitted electronically via the web-based Participant Portal Submission Service (PPSS), for which a User Manual is available. Applicants are strongly advised to submit proposals at least 48 hours in advance of the submission deadlines. Submitted proposals may be modified up until the deadline. Each time the proposal is submitted, the updated version is replaced with the previous one.
The PPSS can be accessed via the specific call in the Participant Portal, as follows:

• Choose 'Calls and Deadlines' from the menu on the left of this page and click on your chosen call.
• After being directed to the specific call’s ‘Submission Service’ tab, click ‘START SUBMISSION’.
• You will now be requested to login to the European Commission Authentication Service (ECAS) or to register if you do not yet possess a user ID.

User ID
Obtaining a user ID from ECAS is mandatory in order to login to the Participant Portal and to use its various functions, including the submission of proposals and at a later stage, receiving notifications of the evaluation results. The same user ID is used for all later interactions with the agency. Upon registration, when presented with the question "Where Are You From?", please select the option - "External – Partners, Researchers, Citizens”.

PIC Number
When creating the draft proposal, applicants are required to enter Weizmann’s PIC number in the submission system, after which the data concerning Weizmann’s legal status will automatically be completed in the A forms (the proposal’s administrative forms). In order to obtain Weizmann Institute's PIC number, please contact the EU Desk.

NOTE: The PI is required to declare in the proposal administrative forms that s/he has “the written consent of all participants on their participation and on the content of this proposal, as well as of any researcher mentioned in the proposal as participating in the project (either as other PI, team member or collaborator).” Accordingly, please make sure to obtain this consent from any researcher who will particpate in your proposed project.

PROPOSAL TEMPLATES

Use of the templates, their preset formatting and keeping within the page limits where defined is compulsory.

* The templates available here were prepared by the EU-Desk for your convenience. They are based on the templates provided by the ERC, in which, some of the detailed instructions from the ‘Information for applicants’ document have been incorporated.

WEIZMANN INTERNAL PROCEDURES

Proposals will be received by the RGP for processing only after the proposal financial sections have been checked and approved by the Projects Branch of the Finance Department and the Internal Form submitted.

• Internal budget approval: Please complete the Part B Resource section with your departmental administrator and obtain a budget approval from the Finance Division. We recommend that the budget be prepared and submitted for approval as early as possible, even before the scientific parts of the application are complete.
• Internal Form: A direct link to a pre-filled online Internal Form will be emailed to you for completion.
• The Host Institution Support Letter will be provided by the RGP. Please email the EU Desk at least two weeks before the deadline and include the proposal acronym and title. Please review the letter prior to its upload to the PPSS in ‘Part B and Annexes’ section.
• Internal review: Please provide the RGP with a copy of your application for a review a week prior to submission and of the final submitted application for follow up purposes.

ETHICAL ISSUES

For all activities funded by the European Union, ethics is an integral part of research and is addressed by the EU through the ‘Ethics Appraisal Procedure’ from the proposal stage onwards to ensure that all research activities under H2020 are conducted in compliance with fundamental ethical principles.

Ethics Self-assessment step by step guide  in the proposal preparation stage.

Financial Info

COST MODEL

Under the H2020 framework program including the ERC, the EU contribution will be 100% of the eligible costs. As a consequence all costs related to a specific project can be reported, including salaries of permanent personnel. For more information or questions about the costs eligibility, please contact your Departmental Administrator and/or EU Projects Team (Headed by Sima Cohen) at the Projects Branch in Weizmann’s Finance Division.

APPROVED OVERHEAD BY FOUNDATION

A 25% flat rate of the total eligible costs should be used for indirect costs (excluding direct costs of subcontracts).

SALARIES AND WAGES

All costs can be declared in H2020 projects, including salaries of permanent workers (including the PI).

TOSEFET MEHKAR ALEPH ALLOWANCE

The cost model under which H2020 grants are awarded allows for the partial reimbursement of all salaries, based on actual monthly effort reports (see EFFORT REPORTING below). Please note that further to VATAT regulations, if Tosefet Mehkar Aleph is not requested on a grant from an agency whose guidelines allow for the partial reimbursement of the PI salary, you will NOT be eligible to receive Tosefet Mehkar Bet on grants from this agency.

EFFORT REPORTING

The EU H2020 Rules for Participation indicate that "Eligible personnel costs shall cover only the actual hours worked by the persons directly carrying out work under the action.” The beneficiary must keep time records for the number of hours declared in writing and approved by the persons working on the action and their supervisors. In the absence of reliable time records of the hours worked on the action, alternative evidence supporting the number of hours declared may be accepted, if it is considered to offer an adequate level of assurance.

SUBCONTRACTING IN H2020

For advice on the inclusion of sub-contracting costs in the project's budget, please contact the EU Projects Team (Headed by Sima Cohen) at the Projects Branch in Weizmann’s Finance Division.

Intellectual Property

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (IP) AND ITS COMMERCIALIZATION

Please read an important message from the VP-TT to Scientists from December 2011 (applicable for multi-beneficiary ERC projects):

"You are hereby advised that it is Weizmann's policy to set out an agreement between all beneficiaries involved in a multi-beneficiary ERC Project. Such agreement will govern (among others): the Project's decision making procedures; rules on dissemination; consideration required by the Beneficiaries for use of their Background or Results, specific exclusion of irrelevant Background, settlement of disputes procedures; liability, indemnification and confidentiality arrangements. Most importantly, such agreement will enable us to safeguard Weizmann's existing intellectual property, which is not relevant to the project. It is therefore essential that you contact Yeda's Legal Department (Aaron.Jaffe@weizmann.ac.il, Tel: 4094) as soon as you are notified that the application is selected for funding and/or if you have any questions, whether you are the coordinator of the project or participate as a beneficiary."

SUPPLEMENTARY AGREEMENT/CONSORTIUM AGREEMENT

According to the ERC Regulations, a Supplementary Agreement should be signed between the Weizmann Institute (the beneficiary of the grant) and the principal investigator. The Supplementary Agreement covers the minimum contractual relation between the PI and the beneficiary. The grant under the ERC program is personal: it is given to the PI and continues even if he/she leaves the Institute. Among other things, the Supplementary Agreement defines "Background" (intellectual property, existing prior to the project and relevant to the project) and stipulates that if such Background is needed in order to carry out the project, then, access rights will be granted to the PI by the Institute, even if he/she leaves the Institute, on a royalty free basis. The Supplementary Agreement is prepared by the Research Grants and Projects (RGP) Office, and you will be requested to provide the RGP with the relevant list of Background. Should you have any questions regarding the list of Background, or the intellectual property provisions of the Supplementary Agreement, please contact Yeda's Legal Department (Aaron.Jaffe@weizmann.ac.il, Tel: 4094).

Websites and Links

WEBSITES and LINKS

• EU Ideas (ERC) webpage
• ERC funded projects search
• Indicative Statistics
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) on the ERC website
• Evaluation Panel - Panel Chairs and Panel Members Lists for All ERC calls
• ERC-PoC presentation by Ms. Veronica Beneitez Pinero PoC call coordinator, held at Weizmann on 4 March 2014

OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS

ERC Under H2020:

• Open access guidelines for researchers funded by the ERC

ERC Under FP7:

• ERC grants extension of duration policy (as of 1 July 2014)
• ERC Guide for Grant holders

Consultancy Services

INFORMATION TO BE UPDATED