University of Melbourne  European Research Council: Starting Grants (Australia)

Application for the 2022 European Research Council Grants is ongoing!

The University of Melbourne is proud to offer the European Research Council Starting Grants to talented students in Australia. This grant is open for the academic year 2022/2023.

To apply successfully, kindly read through this piece to learn the full details about this award- the eligibility criteria, requirements, application deadline, and more. The table below will give you an overview of what you should expect.

Aim and Benefits of European Research Council

The University of Melbourne will provide an award amount up to $4,000,000 to the successful candidates. Starting Grants may be awarded up to €1.5 million for a period of 5 years (pro-rata for projects of shorter duration).

However, an additional €1 million can be made available to cover eligible start-up costs for researchers moving from a third country to the EU or an associated country and/or the purchase of major equipment and/or access to large facilities and/or other major experimental and fieldwork costs.

Requirements for European Research Council Qualification

To be eligible for this scholarship, you need to:

  • Have 2 – 7 years of experience since the completion of a PhD
  • Present a project which is conducted in a public or private research organisation. This could be where the applicant already works, or any other host organisation located in one of the EU Member States or Associated Countries
  • Researchers from anywhere in the world can apply for ERC grants provided the research they undertake will be carried out in an EU Member State or Associated Country.

For further information refer to the European Research Council’s Starting Grants website.

Selection criteria

Peer reviewers are in charge of assessing and scoring the proposals. Those who pass the quality threshold are ranked. Depending on the call budget available, a budgetary cut-off applies to the ranking list and only the highest-ranked proposals are offered an ERC grant until the call’s budget has been used.

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Application Deadline:

The closing date for this award application entry is January 13, 2022.

Please see the European Research Council website for further details.

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