Individual Funding: European Research Council (ERC) and Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (MSCA-PF)
Individual funding in Horizon Europe comprises:
1. Renowned ERC grants, offering different opportunities for different career levels. Open ERC calls can be found in the funding & tenders portal.
| Starting Grant | Consolidator Grant | Advanced Grant | Syngergy Grant | ||
| Qualification | 2 - 7 years after PhD | 7 - 12 years after PhD | 10 year excellent track record | Groups of 2 - 4 excellent researchers | |
| Funding rate | Up to 1.5 million euro + up to 1 M� additional funding* | Up to 2.0 million euro + up to 1 M� additional funding | Up to 2.5 million euro + up to 1 M� additional funding | Up to 10 million euro + up to 4 M� additional funding | |
| Duration | Up to 5 years | Up to 5 years | Up to 5 years | Up to 6 years | |
| Deadline Call 2025 | October 14, 2025 | January 13, 2026 | August 27, 2026 | November 5, 2025 | |
| Antragsfrist Call 2027 | Mitte Oktober 2026 | Mitte Januar 2027 | Ende August 2027 | Anfang November 2026 | |
| https://www.eubuero.de/en/ncp-erc-erc-funding-lines-2428.html |
* Additional funding can be requested in the proposal to cover the following eligible costs when these are necessary to carry out the proposed work: (a) "start-up" costs for Principal Investigators moving to the EU or an Associated Country from elsewhere as a consequence of receiving the ERC grant, and/or (b) the purchase of major equipment, and/or (c) access to large facilities, and/or (d) other major experimental and field work costs, including personnel costs.
2. Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships (PF), available for experienced researchers (in possession of a PhD at the call deadline) with up to 8 years research experience after PhD . Open MSCA calls can be found in the funding & tenders portal.
| European Fellowship (EF) |
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| Global Fellowship (GF) |
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| Call Deadline | September 9, 2026 |
Financial support is provided in the form of allowances covering living, mobility and, if applicable, family costs. The host institutions receive fixed amounts for their administrative and indirect costs:
| per month | ||
| Researcher unit cost | Living allowance* (adjusted by a country correction coefficient : DE 101,2 %) | 6.350 euro |
| Mobility allowance | 710 euro | |
| Family allowance | 660 euro | |
| Institutional unit cost | Research, training, and networking costs | 1000 euro |
| Management / overhead | 650 euro |