EU - Horizon Europe - ERC (European Research Council)

Calls and Deadlines

CALL INFORMATION AND SCHEDULE

See the indicative dates of evaluation results and grant agreements signature for 2023 calls.
See the indicative dates of evaluation results and grant agreements signature for 2024 calls.

Mode of Application

PROPOSAL PREPARATION AND SUBMISSION

The proposal should be prepared according to the detailed guidelines of the applicable ‘Information for Applicants’ document:

• Information for applicants to the 2024 Starting amd Consolidator Grant calls
• Information for applicants to the 2023 Advanced Grant call
• Information for Applicants to the 2024 Synergy Grant call
• Information for Applicants to the 2024 Proof of Concept Grant calls

Note: Applicants are required to declare having “…the explicit consent of all applicants on their participation and on the content of this proposal”. This refers to all researchers participating in the proposal such as team members, collaborators, other PIs or members of an advisory board. The ERC may request the applicant PI to provide the written consent of all participants at any time during the evaluation process, which was obtained prior to the call deadline. Therefore, please make sure to obtain written consent from any researcher who will participate in your proposed project.

For further guidance and support for the proposal registration, preparation and submission please contact the EU Desk.

Proposal templates

These templates are based on the official templates provided by the ERC in which we have incorporated some relevant detailed instructions from the ‘Information for Applicants’ document.

Ethics issues

The administrative forms include an ethics issues table, the completion of which is mandatory. If you have identified any ethics issues related to your proposal, i.e. have replied ‘YES’ to any of the questions in the table, you are required to provide a detailed ethics self-assessment describing how these issues will be addressed and what actions will be taken to ensure compliance with EU- and national laws and regulations. A detailed list of the required information and documents for each ethics issue can be found in the How to complete your Ethics Self Assessment document.

Note: In light of Europe's recent General Data Protection Regulation, should your proposal involve Human Subjects and/or Human cells/tissues that are not available commercially, the advice and assistance of Weizmann’s appointed DPO (Data Protection Officer) may be required for providing relevant information in the ethics self-assessment document. If this is relevant for you, please send Aviva Goldstein, the Research Ethics and Regulation Coordinator at the Research Grants and Projects Office, details concerning the human data aspect of the project in order to initiate this assistance. For example, what kind of data will you be obtaining, will it be anonymous or not, details about the methods that will be used to store and protect it, etc.

WEIZMANN INTERNAL PROCEDURES

As per WIS management instruction, grant proposals must be submitted for evaluation by the RGP, with a budget approved by Finance, at least one week to 10 days prior to the funding agency’s deadline.

Budget approval: Please make sure to obtain written approval from the Projects Section of the Finance Division for the budget before submitting the online application.

Internal Form: A direct link to a pre-filled online Internal Form will be emailed to you for completion.

Financial Info

COST MODEL

Under the Horizon Europe framework program the EU contribution for non-profit legal entities is 100% of the eligible costs. As a consequence, all costs related to a specific project including salaries of permanent personnel can be reported. For more information or questions about the eligibility of costs please contact your Departmental Administrator and/or EU Projects Team (Headed by Sima Cohen) at the Finance Division.

APPROVED OVERHEAD BY FOUNDATION

Indirect eligible costs will be determined by applying a 25% flat rate to the total direct eligible costs excluding subcontracting and internally invoiced goods and services.

SALARIES, TOSEFET MEHKAR AND EFFORT REPORTING

Salaries and wages: Salary costs of permanent workers including the PI can be declared.

Tosefet Mehkar Aleph allowance: The cost model under which ERC grants are awarded allows for the partial reimbursement of all salaries based on actual monthly effort reports (see EFFORT REPORTING below). Please note that further to VATAT regulations, if Tosefet Mehkar Aleph is not requested on a grant from an agency whose guidelines allow for the partial reimbursement of the PI salary, you will NOT be eligible to receive Tosefet Mehkar Bet on grants from this agency.

Effort reporting: Eligible personnel costs shall cover only the actual hours worked by the persons directly carrying out work under the action. Time records of the number of hours declared must be kept and approved by the persons working on the action and their supervisors. In the absence of reliable time records of the hours worked on the action, alternative evidence supporting the number of hours declared may be accepted, if it is considered to offer an adequate level of assurance.

SUBCONTRACTING

For advice on the inclusion of subcontracting costs in the project budget, please contact the EU Projects Team (Headed by Sima Cohen) at the Finance Division.

Intellectual Property

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (IP) AND ITS COMMERCIALIZATION

Please read an important message from the VP-TT to Scientists from December 2011 (applicable for multi-beneficiary ERC projects):

"You are hereby advised that it is Weizmann's policy to set out an agreement between all beneficiaries involved in a multi-beneficiary ERC Project. Such agreement will govern (among others): the Project's decision making procedures; rules on dissemination; consideration required by the Beneficiaries for use of their Background or Results, specific exclusion of irrelevant Background, settlement of disputes procedures; liability, indemnification and confidentiality arrangements. Most importantly, such agreement will enable us to safeguard Weizmann's existing intellectual property, which is not relevant to the project. It is therefore essential that you contact Yeda's Legal Department (Aaron.Jaffe@weizmann.ac.il, Tel: 4094) as soon as you are notified that the application is selected for funding and/or if you have any questions, whether you are the coordinator of the project or participate as a beneficiary."

SUPPLEMENTARY AGREEMENT

According to the ERC Regulations, a Supplementary Agreement should be signed between the Weizmann Institute (the beneficiary of the grant) and the principal investigator. The Supplementary Agreement covers the minimum contractual relation between the PI and the beneficiary. The grant under the ERC program is personal: it is given to the PI and continues even if he/she leaves the Institute. Among other things, the Supplementary Agreement defines "Background" (intellectual property, existing prior to the project and relevant to the project) and stipulates that if such Background is needed in order to carry out the project, then, access rights will be granted to the PI by the Institute, even if he/she leaves the Institute, on a royalty free basis. The Supplementary Agreement is prepared by the Research Grants and Projects (RGP) Office, and you will be requested to provide the RGP with the relevant list of Background. Should you have any questions regarding the list of Background, or the intellectual property provisions of the Supplementary Agreement, please contact Yeda's Legal Department (Aaron.Jaffe@weizmann.ac.il, Tel: 4094).

Consultancy Services

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