ERC Grants: Info Session on Frontier Research Funding

November 5, 2026

Join EURAXESS North America and the European Research Council Executive Agency for a webinar on the bottom-up funding schemes that make up the European Research Council grants. The ERC is the premier European funding organization for excellent frontier research supporting investigator-driven frontier research across all fields. It awards research grants to scientists and scholars from all over the world, both early-career and senior researchers, carrying out their ambitious research projects in all scientific disciplines in Europe.

This free webinar is directed at postdoctoral researchers and established researchers (PhD holders) of all disciplines and all nationalities, as well as university staff promoting funding opportunities for their researchers. It will take place in English on Zoom on Tuesday, November 17th, 2026 at 12:30 PM ET (10:30 AM BC Pacific / 6:30 PM CEST (convert to your local time zone here) and last approximately one hour. The webinar is free but advanced registration is required.

Please note that, as Canada is associated only to Pillar 2 of the Horizon Europe programme, UBC applicants are only eligible to hold ERC Synergy grants.



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