The ERC funding scheme has a highly counterintuitive essence when compared to the rest of the EU grants. Our customized course helps you decipher the elusive nature of the ERC & firmly grasp the unwritten rules for success.

The objectives & added value:

The “ERC Beyond” course conveys to participants information that is beyond the ERC guide for applicants. From experience, we have come to understand and strongly believe that what sets apart less competitive ERC grant proposals from the highly competitive ones is a firm grasp of the programme’s elusive and unwritten conceptual rules.

 

Therefore, during this course we accelerate to the counterintuitive, elusive and conceptual parts of the ERC grant.

 

If you read the work program carefully you will surely notice the sole evaluation criterion is “excellence”. This is exactly where we come in. We decipher “excellence” for you, which is considered by many as counterintuitive, based on our hands-on experience working with thousands of projects in the last decade. Alongside this criterion, we’ll uncover additional unwritten and conceptual rules for success.

 

During the course, we keep in mind the most important grant writing aspect – the point of view of the reviewers. By knowing what reviewers are looking for, we know exactly what researchers should focus on and what they should avoid in the writing process, and make sure to focus on such tips and insights throughout the entire course.

 

Note: To achieve a competitive proposal, it is imperative to acquire a firm grasp at the funding scheme’s basic requirements and rules, as well as its more conceptual and unwritten expectations. To ensure this, we offer our “ERC Basics” course (which we recommend for first-time ERC applicants), as an important prerequisite to the “ERC Beyond” course.

 

The topics of this course include:

 

To allow considerable time for the proposal preparation phase, we recommend watching this course as soon as possible, and no later than 3 months before the relevant ERC deadline. The course is recommended for researchers in all levels, as well as for research managers and funding advisors. Both “ERC Basics” & “ERC Beyond” courses are available for either groups or independent participant.

 

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About our Online Academy

This course is provided through our online Enspire Science Academy. Participants receive access to our produced video segments, and can watch when most convenient and at their own dedicated pace! 

See what past participants have said about our course:

Carmela Lutmar

“It was very detailed, very clear, extremely informative, and very helpful.”

“I found the workshop very useful and at the right pace – in terms of understanding the overall structure, and then gradually getting into the nitty-gritty.”

“I was very pleased with the workshop. The presentation was clear and well structured. The presentor answered all the questions and also remained very focused on the content so that the questions contributed to everyone. An important workshop for anyone who is interested in writing grant proposals.”

“The workshop was very informative including tips and information that can not be obtained elsewhere.”

“I did not know anything about the ERC process and the workshop has taught me a lot.”

Elisabeth Tauber

“Yes very satisfied. Beyond, in defining the “risk” concept and in introducing the “structural logic” of an ERC application. It helped a lot in thinking how to structure the research idea. That as good as a proposal can be, there are the risk factors of human reviewers liking or not the proposal. That it is not necessary to have already… Read more > “Elisabeth Tauber”

“Yes, definitely satisfied. Difficult issues were explained in an easy yet comprehensive way.”

Raffaella Di Cagno

“In general I am quite satisfied with the event. Certainly for those who have no knowledge of this type of call the meeting goal has been centered, vice versa for those who are already familiar with or for those who have already applied (with failure), the expectation is higher. The ERC call’s mission was very well defined. Another well developed… Read more > “Raffaella Di Cagno”

Erwin Rauch

“Very clear and structured presentation, competence of consultant. Experience with proposals that cannot be found in the internet.”

Francesco

“It went beyond the already available information that is out there by modeling the scientific method that should be followed by a successful research project proposal.”

Madan K Suwal

“It was a very detailed training.”

Martin Miles

“Great seminar. Very satisfied. Definitely insightful. Beyond – and different from – the information that is already out there. Well-organized, comprehensive, and well-paced presentation. Useful and insightful information. Both representatives are are very knowledgeable, excellent communicators and interact well when questioned. It was also very good to receive a copy of the presentation before and after the seminar.”

“The presentation was very good in helping me to see how I should structure my application to fit in ERC.”

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