Mid-career / consolidator

Funds high-quality, hypothesis-driven research in primary cancer prevention and population research; welcomes applications including prevention interventional studies.

Supports projects harnessing biological and mechanistic insights to provide new targets and approaches for cancer primary prevention.

Funds research projects linked to ERC proposals (Starting, Consolidator, Advanced Grants) that were positively evaluated and deemed eligible by the ERC but not funded due to budget constraints. Applicants must be public or private non-profit research/knowledge-dissemination organisations based in Spain. Covers personnel costs, minor equipment, materials, and related project expenses. Proposals must be submitted in Spanish.

Open to French or foreign researchers affiliated with a French public research institution who were ranked 'A' (but unfunded) in the ERC Advanced Grants 2025 call. Aims to help improve proposals for resubmission to ERC Consolidator or Advanced Grant. All scientific disciplines eligible. Proposals likely in French; simplified dossier based on prior ERC application documents.

Long-term support for broad, multidisciplinary programmes with transformative potential in primary cancer prevention and population research.

Main applicant must be an established investigator with primary employment at a university, hospital, or non-profit research institution in a Nordic country (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Greenland, Faroe Islands). Translational/applied focus on regenerative medicine (stem cell-based therapies); fundamental discovery, adult immune cell (CAR-T/NK), and gene therapy projects are out of scope. For-profit partners may collaborate but cannot receive direct funding (subcontractors excepted).

Funded by FCT under shared management with PRIMA. Portuguese national institutions eligible. Scope: water management, agricultural systems, and agri-food chain incorporating the water-energy-food-ecosystems nexus approach. FCT provides €1.2M total budget for Portuguese participants in transnational consortia.

Directly funded by the European Union and fully managed by the PRIMA Foundation. Supports transnational research and innovation projects among Mediterranean countries. Focuses on water management, agricultural systems, and the agri-food chain (water-energy-food-ecosystems nexus). Consortium of partners from Mediterranean/EU countries required.

Supports Danish primary and secondary school teachers (public or private) in STEM/natural science subjects to attend short continuing professional development courses in school year 2027/28. Individual applications only (one per teacher per year), with prior approval from school principal. Covers course fee, up to 5 course days (substitute cover), and 3 development days. Proposals must be in Danish.

Open to laboratories, organisations, or collaborative projects focused on fighting blindness and visual impairment, primarily in developing regions, and/or developing innovations/new technologies for the visually impaired (odd-year focus). Candidates may span multiple disciplines or institutions. Award funds may be used for research, clinical practice, or public health programmes (no commercial use).

Three funding instruments (Veni, Vidi, Vici) supporting researchers at various career stages to conduct curiosity-driven research. Tailored to early, mid, and senior career phases.

Open to UK research organisations for investigator-led biotechnology and biological research (plants, microbes, animals, humans, tools/technology). BBSRC funds 80% of FEC up to £1.6M; host institution covers 20%. International partners may be included but are funded by their own agency. Proposals must fall primarily within BBSRC's remit. No matched funding beyond standard 20% FEC required.

For female researchers (doctoral or postdoctoral level) employed in SNSF-funded projects or career funding schemes, with ≥60% work-time funded by SNSF (doctoral students exempt from this threshold). Funds mentoring, coaching, courses, workshops, and networking events. Not applicable to Eccellenza or SNSF Starting Grant beneficiaries. No separate application needed; claimed via final financial report.

NERC seedcorn fund for UK researchers to establish new sustainable international partnerships in environmental sciences. Applicants must demonstrate a new primary international partner bringing expertise not available in the UK. Co-funding options available with FAPESP (Brazil) or NSTC (Taiwan).

Priority notice (active since 2003) encouraging high-quality ME/CFS research applications across any MRC grant or fellowship scheme. Multidisciplinary teams required; patient and public involvement strongly encouraged. Applications in this priority area receive preferential funding consideration when tied on median ranking score. UK research organisations; international co-leads eligible for costs if providing expertise unavailable in the UK.

Promotes women researchers aiming for a permanent professorship in Switzerland. Applicants must be at least 2 years post-PhD and within the eligible academic age window (extendable for career breaks). Host institution must be in Switzerland. Mobility statement and net academic age calculation required. One resubmission allowed after rejection.

For Professors with their own research group, primarily employed in Denmark at a university or non-profit research institution. Covers data science, AI, computational science, and applications in life/health/sustainability sciences. Applicants must be full-time researchers and contribute to educational activities in data science in Denmark. Projects in finance, surveillance, defense, gaming, etc. are out of scope.

For Professors (all ages) with own research group, primarily employed in Denmark at a university or non-profit research institution. Covers data science, AI, computational science, and applications in life/health/sustainability. Applicants must contribute to educational/training activities in data science in Denmark. Full-time commitment required.

For researchers 7–12 years post-PhD (defence date 1 Jan 2014 – 31 Dec 2018). Host institution must be in an EU Member State or Associated Country. PI must commit ≥40% working time to project, ≥50% of total time in EU/Associated Country. Single-PI, no consortium required. Excellence is the sole evaluation criterion.

For researchers who have gained several years of research experience after their PhD. Individual grant for researchers at Dutch knowledge institutions in Applied and Engineering Sciences.

For researchers up to 8 years post-PhD (12 years for clinicians) who have never held a professorship. Applicants must have ≥2 years' research activity at a Swiss HEI, or be Swiss nationals/hold a Swiss degree. Targets researchers seeking their first independent professorial position in Switzerland. Proposals must not be submitted in parallel with an ongoing SNSF project under evaluation.

Supports Danish primary and secondary school teachers (public or private) in STEM/natural science subjects to attend short continuing education courses in school year 2027/28. Individual applications only (one per teacher per year), with prior approval from school principal. Covers course fee, up to 5 course days (substitute cover), and 3 development days. Proposals must be in Danish; Danish institutions only.

Open to researchers of any nationality with 7–12 years post-PhD experience (extensions allowed for parental leave, illness, etc.). Research must be conducted at a host institution in an EU Member State or Horizon Europe associated country. Single PI applies; any field of research ('bottom-up'). Up to €2M standard; up to €1M additional for equipment/facilities; up to €2M extra for PIs relocating from non-associated third countries.

For doctoral students and postdocs employed on SNSF-funded projects who need childcare support. Covers external childcare costs and/or a support person's salary to allow reduced work quota. Ambizione, PRIMA, Postdoc.Mobility return grant, and Doc.CH holders also eligible. Postdocs must work ≥80%; doctoral students may apply regardless of work-time percentage. Host institution must be in Switzerland.

Supports training for staff of core facilities at research institutions or universities via international exchanges of up to one month. Applicants must be employed at a core facility providing services to research institutions.

Open to assistant, associate, or full professors with permanent, tenure-track, or project-duration contracts at universities in the Danish Realm. Covers digital development, research infrastructure, and content upgrades for natural, technical, and health science educations aligned with NNF 2030 strategy. Primary target group: bachelor and master students. Requires support letter from pro-dean or equivalent educational leader.

For researchers who have gained several years of research experience after their PhD. Dutch knowledge institutions. Researchers develop their own innovative line of research in the Science Domain.

For researchers who have gained several years of research experience after their PhD. Individual grant for researchers at Dutch knowledge institutions to develop their own innovative line of research in the Science Domain.

New 2026 initiative providing dedicated financial support to leaders of ANR JCJC projects, available from 2 years before to 1 year after project end, conditional on submission to the next ERC call session. Applicant must be a current or recent ANR JCJC project leader based in France.

Supports Danish translational health research collaborations between one basic and one clinical researcher. Project must be anchored at a university, hospital, or non-profit research institution in Denmark; main applicant must have primary employment in Denmark (≥75%). Co-applicant may be based abroad. Focus areas: bioscience, basic biomedicine, clinical and translational medicine.

For researchers who have gained several years of research experience after their PhD. Dutch knowledge institutions. Researchers develop their own innovative line of research in Social Sciences and Humanities.

For researchers who have gained several years of research experience after their PhD. Dutch knowledge institutions. Researchers develop their own innovative line of research in Health Research and Development, administered by ZonMw.

For researchers who have gained several years of research experience after their PhD. Dutch knowledge institutions. Researchers develop their own innovative line of research in Applied and Engineering Sciences.

For researchers who have gained several years of research experience after their PhD. Individual grant for researchers at Dutch knowledge institutions in Social Sciences and Humanities.

For researchers with PhD awarded >7 and ≤12 years ago (between 1 Jan 2011 and 16 Oct 2016 for 2023 call), demonstrating research independence. Host institution must be in Switzerland; grant is transferable between Swiss institutions. Family allowances may be added above the CHF 1.75M cap.

For researchers who have gained several years of research experience after their PhD. Individual grant for researchers at Dutch knowledge institutions in Health Research and Development.

International collaboration funding scheme. Researchers who have previously received PRIMA or Eccellenza funding are now eligible to apply. Open to Swiss-based researchers.

Three funding instruments (Veni, Vidi, Vici) tailored to various phases in researchers' scientific careers, enabling them to conduct independent research. Targets early- to mid-career researchers at Dutch institutions.

ANR Tremplin-ERC programme to support French researchers preparing high-level ERC Consolidator Grant applications. Open to all disciplines (LS, PE, SH per ERC categories). Applicants must be hosted at a French institution. Aims to increase France's ERC success rate.

Supports early-stage independent group leaders in Chile, India, Singapore, or Taiwan for four years, providing funding for networking, collaboration, and training activities.