
The Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM), the largest center for multidisciplinary marine science in Spain, with a leading role in Southern Europe and the Mediterranean region, is committed to attracting international talent, promising researchers who will lead our research in the future.
#theERCjourney is a ICM’s support programme which comprises a set of activites intended to help ICM researchers (current and potential) become more familiar with the ERC grants, and provide individual assistance to international researchers preparing an ERC Grant to be hosted at ICM.
The next offered support activity is the ERC Workshop – Writing a competitive proposal, an in-house/online training workshop to be held on October 31st 2024, from 9AM to 4:45PM (CET) by Mette Skraastad from Yellow Research.
How to apply to #theERCjourney support programme?
Candidates interested may apply* and send their expressions of interest by email to: talent-osr@icm.csic.es with a full CV accompanied by a motivation statement detailing: your relevant experience, interest for carrying out an ERC project in ICM**, the main topic of your proposal, if possible the name of an ICM researcher that will be your initial scientific ambassador and the chosen ERC funding scheme (Starting Grant, Consolidator Grant, Advanced Grant or Synergy Grant). The subject of the email should follow this format: “ICM Call 4 EoIs ERC Grants - NAME FELLOW”.
* The eligibility requirements can be checked for ERC Starting Grant, ERC Consolidator Grant, ERC Advanced Grant and ERC Synergy Grant.
** Candidates are invited to contact potential collaborators from the ICM research groups.
Each candidate’s expression of interest will be revised and, on the basis of the completeness and adequacy of the requested information, be assessed based on: (1) scientific track record; (2) personal motivation; and (3) topic and potential of the research proposal.