ERC Newsletter - English edition

[Susanne Henningsen]

28 July 2020


  NCP ERC Newsletter - English edition


    In this issue:

  *
    Professor Jean-Pierre Bourguignon appointed as interim President of
    the European Research Council <#headline1>
  *
    Proof of Concept 2020: Results of the 2nd round 2020 published
    Trainings <#headline2>
  *
    ERC Scientific Council: Commission seeks new experts <#headline3>
  *
    Did you know? <#headline6>


    Professor Jean-Pierre Bourguignon appointed as interim President of
    the European Research Council

The European Commission has appointed Professor Jean-Pierre Bourguignon 
as interim President of the European Research Council (ERC).
The mandate as ERC President ad interim started on 27 July 2020. The new 
ERC President is expected to take office in 2021.
The French mathematician Jean Pierre Bourguignon already was the 
President of the European Research Council from January 2014 until 
December 2019. His successor was Professor Mauro Ferrari, who was in 
office until April 2020.
Further information can be found here 
<https://ec.europa.eu/info/news/jean-pierre-bourguignon-appointed-interim-president-european-research-council-2020-jul-24_en>. 


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    Proof of Concept 2020: Results of the 2nd round 2020 published
    Trainings

In the second round of the Proof of Concept (PoC) Call 2020, 55 ERC PoC 
grants were awarded out of a total of 172 evaluated proposals. The 
success rate is approximately 32 percent.
Eight grants go to German institutions. Institutions in France and the 
UK also raised the same number of grants. No country was able to win 
more grants in this round.
The grants of up to EUR 150,000 can be used for the first steps towards 
research transfer. Only scientists who have already received a grant 
from the European Research Council are eligible to apply.
Info on the ERC website and list of all funded projects can be found 
here 
<https://erc.europa.eu/sites/default/files/document/file/erc-2020-PoC-second-round-list-of-selected-researchers.pdf>. 


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    ERC Scientific Council: Commission seeks new experts

An independent Identification Committee set up by the European 
Commission has begun the search for potential candidates for membership 
of the Scientific Council of the European Research Council (ERC). 
Nominations are accepted until 30 September 2020.
ERC Scientific Council members are appointed by the Commission on the 
basis of recommendations of the Identification Committee. The Committee 
is now directly asking the main representative organisations of the 
European research community through consultation letters for nominations 
of suitable candidates. However, it also welcomes nominations from other 
organisations representing European research.
Further information can be found here 
<https://ec.europa.eu/info/news/commission-seeks-candidates-erc-scientific-council-2020-jul-13_en>. 


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    Did you know?

/Do I have to conclude a Consortium Agreement in a SyG-project?/
In addition to the contracts that have to be concluded with the ERC 
Executive Agency upon a mandatory basis , the Grant Agreement, and the 
contracts, which are to be concluded with the respective institution 
Commitment of the Host Institution, the Supplementary Agreement, it may 
also make sense to conclude an additional voluntary contract, the so 
calledConsortium Agreement, between the institutions to regulate the 
internal relationship of the consortium. It is important that only rules 
can be included that complement the contracts mentioned above and do not 
contradict them. The DESCA model for collaborative projects in Horizon 
2020 http://www.desca-agreement.eu/) can be used as a template, but it 
should be adapted to the special conditions of the ERC Synergy Grant 
project.
Further frequently asked questions 
<https://www.eubuero.de/erc-faq_en.htm?pk_campaign=nl-nks-erc&pk_kwd=2020-07-28>

<#top>

Further information and useful links to the above topics are available at:
'Coming to Germany with an ERC Grant' 
<http://www.erc-germany.de?pk_campaign=nl-nks-erc&pk_kwd=2020-07-28>.

With best regards
from the NCP ERC team
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