During the training, participants will have the opportunity to rehearse their presentation for the interview and the ensuing discussion session and to receive feedback and tips to support their preparation for the hearing. The training is organised as a mock interview in a more “generalistic setting“ with questions from fellow candidates and the trainer to prepare for core aspects of the interview, which may include surprising questions by panel members.

There will be three independent online training days (9 am – 5 pm CET), consisting each of a general part on the interview situation followed by two mock interview sessions (one in the morning and one in the afternoon). 

Since the number of training slots per day is limited and we would like to cluster the mock sessions around the ERC scientific domains (PE, LS, SH) as much as is viable, we kindly ask participants to register for the training by 30 March, indicating all training days and sessions (morning/afternoon) which are possible. We will send a confirmation of participation by 2 April.

Training dates

• 23 April 
• 24 April 
• 28 April 

Time plan per training day
9 am – 9:45 am What to keep in mind for the interview
9:45 am – 1 pm Mock Session A
1:30 pm – 5 pm Mock Session B

Please note that this training is for Principal Investigators who submitted their ERC Starting Grant Proposal with an Austrian host institution.