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Research Advancement Centre

EU Research Funding Programmes

Find out more about funding opportunities for individual and collaborative research projects within the EU. We will be happy to advise you on the individual programmes and help you find suitable funding.

Consolidator Grant

  • For researchers up to 7 to 12 years after completion of their doctorate
  • Any field of research
  • Goal: carrying out a time-limited research project to strengthen academic independence
  • Funding amount: up to €2 million
  • Funding period: up to 5 years

Advanced Grant

  • For established researchers with significant research achievements within the last 10 years
  • Any field of research
  • Goal: long-term funding for pioneering and risky projects
  • What is funded: up to €2.5 million
  • Funding period: up to 5 years

Synergy Grant

  • For groups of 2 to 4 Principal Investigators
  • Any field of research
  • Goal: conducting a research project in a team
  • What is funded: up to €10 million
  • Funding period: up to 6 years

Doctoral Networks

  • For international and intersectional consortia consisting of at least 3 institutions from 3 different EU Member States
  • All areas of research
  • Goal: improving the career prospects of researchers through international, interdisciplinary and intersectoral mobility
  • What is funded: doctoral programmes with a duration of up to 4 years

Pathfinder

  • Eligible to apply: consortia of at least 3 partners from 3 different countries
  • Any field of science or technology
  • Goal: to promote projects for the development of technological ideas (TRL 1 to 3)
  • What is funded: €3 to €4 million; application for further funds for commercialisation possible

Transition

  • For individual applicants as well as consortia of at least 5 partner organisations
  • Any field of science, technology or application
  • Goal: to support research activities for the validation and demonstration of advanced technologies (TLR 4 to 6) of EIC Pathfinder projects or ERC Proof of Concept projects
  • What is funded: up to €2.5 million; application for further funds to implement portfolio activities possible