Grant Information

European Grants, FP 7, IDEAS programme

Call for proposals ERC Advanced Investigator Grant (deadline 6-4-2011)

Grants: up to 2,5 M (100% of total eligible direct costs + 20% for indirect costs)

Researchers’ profile
* Active researchers (no age limit)
* Track-record of significant research achievement (last 10 years)
* Exceptional leaders in terms of the originality and significance of their research contribution
* One or more of the following benchmarks (depending on the research field): 10 publications as senior author, 3 major research monographs - 5 granted patents - 10 invited presentations - international recognition through scientific prizes/awards or membership in scientific academies
Evaluation criteria: excellence as sole criterion, to apply to: intellectual capacity and creativity,commitment, quality of the research project, ground-breaking nature of the research, potential impact, methodology and high risk/high gain balance
Total Budget: 6,6 M
Success Rate 2009:NL overall:22,5%, NL domain Social Sciences and Humanities: 17,8%

An information meeting will take place in February 2011.

Two new subsidy instruments NWO instead of the subsidy programme Free Competition:

Topsubsidie for research groups, deadline 7 April 2011
Research talent for promotion research, deadline 19 September 2011

Reminder: Call for proposals MOSAIC NWO

NWO awards scholarships (200.000 euro) to graduates from or final-year students at a Dutch university who are from ethnic minorities and have received their entire university education in the Netherlands or have been resident in the Netherlands for at least 5 years.

• The closing date for submitting brief research ideas is 11 January 2011 23:59 hrs

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Agenda (deadlines and events)

You can find the most up-to-date information about currently available schemes and deadlines on the webpage upcoming deadlines.
For information on training courses and workshops, please check the page events.

Awards and Prizes

Two researchers of the ESL recently received prestigious awards:

• Mr. dr. Xandra Kramer has been awarded a NWO VIDI grant.

• Mr. dr. drs. Jeroen Temperman has been awarded an EUR-FELLOWSHIP.

The Hall of Fame lists the top researchers who have received prestigious awards, grants, and prizes for their scientific achievements during their time at the Erasmus School of Law.

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