Euro India Research Centre Information

For the implementation of the Ideas programme, a European Research Council (ERC), consisting of an independent Scientific Council and a dedicated implementation structure has been established by the European Commission to support investigator-driven frontier research. The main aim of ERC is to fuel scientific excellence by supporting and encouraging the very best, truly creative scientists, scholars and engineers to be adventurous and take risks in their research. The ERC complements other funding activities in Europe such as those of the national research funding agencies, and is a flagship component of the 'Ideas Programme' of the European Union's FP7. Early stage researchers, as well as experienced investigators, from across Europe can avail the ERC grants of € 7.5 billion over 7 years. The ERC aims to: Support the best scientific efforts in Europe across all fields of science, scholarship and engineering. Promote wholly 'investigator-driven' or 'bottom-up' frontier research. Persuade the work of the established and next generation of independent top research leaders in Europe. Reward innovative proposals by placing emphasis on the quality of the idea rather than the research area. Connect the diversity of European research talent and channel funds into the most promising or distinguished researchers. Raise the status and visibility of European frontier research and the very best researchers of today and tomorrow. Set an excellence at the heart of European Research. The EIRC aims to bring about a wide range of benefits: By creating open and direct competition for funding between the very best researchers in Europe, the ERC will enhance aspirations and achievements. It will enable the best ideas and talents to be recognized from a larger pool than exists at national level. The ERC's competitive funding will be able to channel funds into the most promising new fields, with a degree of agility not always possible in national funding schemes. The ERC aims to stimulate research organisations to invest more in ...