Welcome to Enspire Science’s ERC eligibility window calculator.


This eligibility calculator was developed to assist researchers, research managers and funding advisors to determine:

This calculator applies the current official ERC guidelines for calculating the PI's eligibility window and includes all eligible extensions (maternity leave, paternity leave, long-term illness, national service and clinical training). The calculator also takes into account possible personal blocking of the PI as a result of unsuccessful past and future ERC submissions.


In order to use the calculator, simply complete the requested data fields below. Based on your input, the calculator will generate the various ERC submission options for the upcoming 5 years.


PhD defence date Recent ERC experience
Date of successful defence of PhD (or equivalent)
 Do you have an ongoing ERC grant?
Yes No     When does it end?
Extension for Medical degree ONLY Note 12 years shift of the eligibility window
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 		Did you submit an ERC application in the past three years?
Yes No     Call: Program year:
Career breaks
Did you pass the first stage?
Yes No Pending
Maternity leave (number of children)     Note 218 month extension of eligibility window for each child born
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What was the score of your application?
B C No grade yet
Clinical training (number of days)           Note 3Clinical training received by the PI after the successful defence; max extension of 4 years.
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Other eligible leave (number of days)   Note 4Documented leaves including:
  • Maternity leave longer than 18 months (before or after defence date)
  • Paternity leave (before or after defence date)
  • Long-term illness\ national service (after defence date)
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Calculated number of leave days        
Hypothetical future submission Expected call eligibility (Based on current ERC regulations)
Submitting to upcoming: StG  CoG  AdG  SyG

With score of:

Call

StG

CoG

AdG

SyG

Legend


Eligibility window calculator - Notes

The main reference document is the ERC Information for Applicants. We advise to consult this document for complete information, including special cases and the required supporting documentation per case.

Note 1 - Applicable only for Medical Doctors (MD) or applicants holding a degree in medicine. In case the MD is the first/only eligible degree, an automatic shift of 2 years of the eligibility window is given (for StG: 4-9 years past MD degree, and for CoG: 9-14 years past MD degree). Read more about this in our dedicated article.

Note 2 - Career break due to maternity leave. Please indicate the number of children. The effective elapsed time for eligibility will be considered reduced by 18 months for each child born before or after the PhD defence.

Note 3 - Eligible career break due to clinical training of the PI. This includes a documented clinical training after the defence of the first eligible degree, and up to 4 years maximum.

Note 4 - Other eligible career breaks. Please indicate the documented amount of actual leave taken (in days) until the call deadline, in line with the following instructions:

In any case, the extension requested may not exceed the time between the start date of the documented circumstance and the relevant call deadline.

Disclaimers

  1. This calculator is available for use for free.
  2. Enspire Science Ltd. is not liable for any decision or other act made based on any use of this calculator.
  3. This calculator is not an official calculator by the ERC and should not be regarded as such.
  4. The official references are the published ERC work programme and the ERC Information for Applicants.
  5. This calculator was developed and is owned by Enspire Science Ltd. As such – it is protected by copyright laws.