ERC Starting grant training

For whom?
This training is for excellent young researchers with 2 to 10 years experience after obtaining their Ph.D. and who plan to write an application for the ERC Starting grant.
This training is explicitly not for grant consultants or support staff.

Objectives of the training
You will gain insight in the European Research Council’s view on “excellent young scientists” and “frontier” research.
You will learn how to make an assessment of your own excellence.
You learn how to structure and describe your research idea in a clear way.
You will learn how the ERC Starting grant application procedure works.

Training setup
The training takes one day. The training is based to a large extent on practical exercises. In the morning you will discuss and thereby gain insight in abstract concepts like “excellent researcher” and “frontier” research. You will learn the rules of the ERC and learn how to apply them to your own situation.
In the afternoon you will learn how to transform your research idea into a clearly structured research proposal using the “logical framework method”. You will learn to look at your own project proposal through the eyes of an evaluator.
Finally you will gain hands-on experience for the dreaded interview round.

This training will be entirely in English.

A maximum of 20 persons can attend the training.

Costs
The costs for this training are €125. No VAT will need to be payed.

Dates and registration
You can register through the on-line registration form. For dates and the registration forms please go to the EGL-agenda. 

More info?
For more information you can contact Andreja Zulim de Swarte or Esther Verhoeven tel. 088-602 52 50.