Infoday European Research Council (ERC)

The European Research Council (ERC), through its different funding schemes (Starting- StG, Consolidator-CoG, Advanced -AdG), offers individual funding for frontier research on topics proposed by the researchers themselves.

The infoday, held in Italian and addressed to research fellows, researchers and professors of the Politecnico, will highlight the opportunities offered by the Programme, illustrate the key features of an ERC idea and profile, with a focus on the novelties introduced by the 2024 Work Programme, especially as to the evaluation criteria. The support offered by Ufficio finanziamenti individuali e per la ricerca di base (Individual Foundamental Research Grant Office) - RIMIN Division to applicants and winners will be also illustrated.

The workshop will be held by Maria Onorato and Valeria Di Caro of Ufficio finanziamenti individuali e per la ricerca di base, and will be attended by Prof. Francesco Scotognella (Polito), who will tell his experience as ERC Consolidator Grant winner in the Physical Sciences and Engineering (PE) panel and another PI tbd, an ERC winner in the Social Sciences (SSH) panel.

Agenda:
10,00 -11,00 am | Presentation of the main features of the ERC programme and of the support offered by the Politecnico to applicants and winners - Ufficio Finanziamenti Individuali e Ricerca di Base - RIMIN Division
11,00 - 11,30 am | The experience of an ERC winner in the PE field - professor Francesco Scotognella
11,30 - 12,00 pm | The experience of an ERC winner in the SSH field - PI tbd
12,00 - 12,30 pm | Q&A and conclusions

Participants must register at this link by May 6 (you will not receive any confirmation message).

For further information, please refer to Maria Onorato (int. 3307) and Valeria Di Caro (int. 5931) of the Investigator driven Research and Innovation Grant Office (RIMIN Division) or at erc@polito.it.