Horizon Europe – ERC Advanced Grants 2026
August 5, 2026Horizon Europe – MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026
August 5, 2026The European Research Council (ERC) has launched the first ERC Plus Grant call (ERC-2026-PLUS), a new instrument intended to fund exceptionally ambitious and transformative frontier research projects, whose scientific vision and scope go beyond what could be developed through conventional ERC funding.
The call is open to excellent researchers of any nationality, professional stage and area of knowledge, who have an outstanding scientific career and propose to address major scientific challenges capable of transforming a field or opening new lines of research.
Projects can receive up to €7 million in lump-sum funding for a duration of between four and seven years. This first edition is expected to award around 30 grants across all scientific fields, highlighting the highly competitive nature of the call for proposals.
Deadline: September 2, 2026, at 17:00 p.m. (Brussels time)