Ben Turner

ERC Executive Agency

November 2013

ERC Work Programme

2014Update

Final trilogue meeting 25 June 2013: the co-legislators reached a political agreement covering the Framework Programme, the Rules for Participation and some elements of the Specific Programme of Horizon 2020 as well as the EIT.

Next steps:• Vote in EP plenary (19 – 21 November 2013) on the H2020

package.• Adoption by the Council (2 December 2013).• 16 further Commission Decisions required for Horizon 2020.

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Horizon 2020 timeline

ERC Work Programme 2014 timelineScientific Council 18 June 2013• Budget two-thirds for StG & CoG/one-third for AdG; review of SyG;

extended restrictions on submissions from 2015.

Commission• Inter-services Consultation for all WP parts by the end of October.• Planned adoption for all WP parts 10 December 2013.• "Behind the scenes" formal (re-)adoption of all WP parts in early 2014.

Programme Committees• Three meetings of "shadow" Programme Committee scheduled before

the end of the year (24/9, 11/10, 12/11).• Written procedure early next year.

ERC applications continue to rise?

ERC budget for Horizon 2020

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ERC 2014 calls   

Starting Grant

Consolidator Grant

Advanced Grant

Proof of Concept Grant

Call identifier ERC-2014-StG ERC-2014-CoG ERC-2014-AdG ERC-2014-PoC

Publication date

11 December 2013

11 December 2013

17 June 2014

11 December 2013

Deadline(s) 25 March 2014

20 May 2014

21 October 2014

1 April 2014

1 October 2014

Budget million EUR

(estimated number of grants)

485(370)

713(400)

450(200)

15(100)

Planned dates to inform applicants

21 July 2014

21 November

2014

31 October 2014

15 January

2015

10 March 2015

28 April

2015

31 July 2014

13 January

2015

Indicative date for signature of

grant agreements

21 March 2015

15 May 2015 28 August 2015

31 November 2014

13 May

2015

ERC 2014 and 2015 call budgets

StG CoG AdG

budget % apps grants success budget % apps grants success budget % apps grants success

2013 398 0,25 3400 304 8,94 523 0,33 3673 294 8,00 662 0,42 2235 294 13,16

2014 485 0,29 4080 370 9,07 713 0,43 4405 401 9,09 450 0,27 2460 200 8,13

2015 411 0,25 4900 314 6,40 603 0,36 5290 339 6,40 640 0,39 2705 284 10,52

ERC further restrictions on submissions First eligible call

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018Final outcome of evaluation

2013 A P B P C X P 2014 A P B X P C X X P 2015 A P B X P C X X P2016 A P B X PC X X