ERC Grants: Switzerland re-associated to Horizon Europe

The highly competitive grants of the European Research Council (ERC) are aimed at outstanding researchers of all ages, sexes and nationalities. Scientific excellence is the only evaluation criterion.

Starting Grants and Consolidator Grants assist the best starting researchers with excellent ideas to make the transition to independence by providing adequate support at the critical stage when they are setting up or consolidating their own research team or programme.

The MSCA (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions) enable cross-border mobility and thus support researchers at all stages of their careers. Swiss institutions can only participate as the so-called “outgoing hosts” for Global Fellowships.

Advanced Grants  support outstanding and established research leaders to further expand their work.

Swiss researchers and inventors can once again submit applications for collaborative projects from Horizon Europe  - they must do so as “beneficiaries” (so that their share of the budget is counted towards the total project budget applied for). Project participants from Switzerland can now also coordinate projects.