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Up to €2M over 5 years
Plus up to €1M for justified extra costs; deadline 12 Jan 2027Up to €2M over five years for researchers five to fifteen years past their PhD
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The ERC Consolidator Grant pays up to €2 million over five years for a researcher who defended their PhD between five and fifteen years ago to consolidate their own independent research team and programme. Up to €1 million more can be requested for justified costs, and up to €2 million for a researcher relocating to Europe. Costs are reimbursed at 100% of eligible direct costs plus 25% for indirect costs.
ERC-2027-CoG is open now. It opened on 24 September 2026 and closes on 12 January 2027, with an indicative €618.5 million for about 296 grants. For this call the PhD must have been defended between 1 January 2012 and 31 December 2021, extended for documented leave. People who already held a Consolidator Grant cannot apply for another one.
Step 1 results are due 16 July 2027, final results 17 December 2027 and grant signature around 8 April 2028. Competition is stiff: the 2025 call funded 349 of 3,121 proposals (11.2%), with a record €728 million.
The deadline is 12 January 2027, so most of the writing happens over the holidays; start now if you have not.
This describes the stated cohort and evaluation stage, rather than the outcome of a future application.
Confirm your eligibility window and the host institution's support letter.
Write the extended synopsis (Part B1) and CV with track record, which decide step 1, then the full scientific proposal (Part B2).
Submit on the EU Funding & Tenders Portal by 12 January 2027, 17:00 Brussels time.
If invited to step 2, prepare for the panel interview.
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Up to €2 million for up to five years, plus up to €1 million for justified additional costs (up to €2 million for researchers relocating to Europe from elsewhere).
12 January 2027 at 17:00 Brussels time. The call opened on 24 September 2026.
Researchers whose first PhD was defended between 1 January 2012 and 31 December 2021, with extensions for documented leave. Former Consolidator Grant holders cannot apply again.
The 2025 call funded 349 of 3,121 proposals, an 11.2% success rate (ERC, December 2025).
Programme facts, dates and figures checked against the official sources on 2026-11-09.
Research updated: 2026-11-09
Official call documents take precedence. A listed reference is not necessarily indexed in full by the AI.
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