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Call for Proposals for ERC Consolidator Grant — ERC Consolidator Grant
Open
The EU's Horizon Europe programme expects to make 296 awards, from a total budget of €618.5 million. Applications close on 12 Jan 2027 (EU calls usually close at 17:00 Brussels time).
- Deadline
- 12 Jan 2027 (in 58 days)
- Grant amount
- €618.5 million total budget
- Funding rate
- Varies by programme — see the call conditions
- Total budget
- €618.5 million
- Expected awards
- 296
- Type of action
- HORIZON ERC Grants · HORIZON Action Grant Budget-Based
- Likely applicant types
- Universities & research, Non-profits From source categories or programme rules; the call decides.
- Funder
- Horizon Europe (HORIZON)
- Reference
- ERC-2027-COG
- Call
- ERC-2027-COG
- Last checked
- 14 Nov 2026
Scope
Objectives
The Consolidator Grant supports excellent Principal Investigators who are consolidating their own independent research team or programme. A Consolidator Grant Principal Investigator should have already shown evidence of research independence.
Size of ERC Consolidator Grants
Consolidator Grants may be awarded up to a maximum of EUR 2 000 000 for a period of 60 months . The maximum amount of the grants is reduced pro rata temporis for proposals of shorter duration.
Additional funding up to EUR 1 000 000 *1 can be requested to cover further eligible costs for any cost category when these are necessary to carry out the proposed work. The request for additional funding must be duly justified in the proposal.
The maximum amount of the grant is reduced pro rata temporis for proposals of shorter duration. Additional funding is not subject to pro rata temporis reduction for projects of shorter duration.
Read the full text
Both the grant amount and any additional funding requested are assessed during evaluation.
*1 Except for Principal Investigators in Starting, Consolidator, or Advanced Grant re-locating to the EU or an Associated Country from elsewhere to take up their ERC grant. In this case, the maximum additional funding shall be EUR 2 000 000. Applicants requesting more than EUR 1 000 000 as additional funding must be based outside the EU or an Associated Country at the time of the call deadline for the increased maximum additional funding to apply.
Profile of the ERC Consolidator Grant Principal Investigator
The Principal Investigators will be eligible for a Consolidator Grant if they have defended their PhD in the five to fifteen-year period preceding the 1st of January 2027. Cut-off dates: Successful defence of PhD between 1 January 2012 and 31 December 2021 (inclusive) * 2 . Principal Investigators who have already held a Starting or a Consolidator Grant in the past will not be able to apply for the same type of grant. Other eligibility or resubmission criteria might also apply.
The eligibility period may be extended beyond 15 years in some well-documented circumstances or events. See section 1.4 Admissibility, Eligibility, Resubmission Restrictions of the ERC Work Programme 2027 .
*2 A Principal Investigator applying for an ERC Starting or Consolidator Grant must hold a PhD or an equivalent doctoral degree at the time of the call deadline.
Topics
Consolidator Grants ERC European Research Council Excellent Science Frontier Research
Timing
Single-stage call. Next deadline 2027-01-12. The portal states the exact cut-off time (EU calls usually close at 17:00 Brussels time).
How to apply
- Application route stated by the funder: “Read the topic conditions on the EU Funding & Tenders Portal for eligible countries, consortium requirements, budget and the application route.”
- Check the eligibility, documents and deadline on the official page (link below) before you start.
From the call text
- Who can apply
- Not stated in the call text we hold — check the official page
- Company stage
- Not stated in the call text we hold — check the official page
- Single applicant or consortium
- Read the topic conditions on the EU Funding & Tenders Portal for eligible countries, consortium requirements, budget and the application route.
- Where applicants must be based
- Read the topic conditions on the EU Funding & Tenders Portal for eligible countries, consortium requirements, budget and the application route.
- Where to apply
- Read the topic conditions on the EU Funding & Tenders Portal for eligible countries, consortium requirements, budget and the application route.
Where these facts come from
| Fact | Value | How we know | Taken from the source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deadline | 12 January 2027 “Single-stage call. Next deadline 2027-01-12. The portal states the exact cut-off time (EU calls usually close at 17:00 Brussels time).” | official data field | 15 Nov 2026 |
| Amount per applicant | Unknown — not stated in the source we hold | unknown | — |
| Total budget | €618.5 million | official data field | 15 Nov 2026 |
| Funding rate | Unknown — not stated in the source we hold | unknown | — |
| Who can apply | Unknown — not stated in the source we hold | unknown | — |
| Where to apply | Read the topic conditions on the EU Funding & Tenders Portal for eligible countries, consortium requirements, budget and the application route. | read from the official text | 15 Nov 2026 |
Official sources
Facts on this page come from the funder’s official data, taken on 14 Nov 2026. The funder's own documents, including later amendments, always take precedence.
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