ERC Work Programme 2026

09.07.2025

Annual work programme for the European Research Council funded by the European Union’s Horizon Framework Programme for Research and Innovation

Please find here the ERC call deadlines under Work Programme 2026:

  • Starting Grant 2026:
    2025-10-14 [Deadline]
    [Call opens 2025-07-09]
    For promising early-career researchers with 2 to 7 years experience after PhD
    Cut-off dates: PhD successfully defended from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2023 (inclusive)
  • Consolidator Grant 2026:
    2026-01-13 [Deadline]
    [Call opens 2025-09-25]
    For excellent researchers with 7 to 12 years experience after PhD

    Cut-off dates: PhD successfully defended from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2018 (inclusive)
  • Advanced Grant 2026:
    2026-08-27 [Deadline]
    [Call opens 2026-05-28]
    For established research leaders with a recognised track record of research achievements
  • Synergy Grant 2026:
    2025-11-05 [Deadline]
    [Call opens 2025-07-10]
    To address ambitious research questions that can only be answered by the coordinated work of a small group of 2-4 principal Investigators
please notice the internal submission procedure:
  1. submit (electronically) your application (B1, Calculation-Tool, Description of resources, HI Letter, signed ERC-Statement) 2 weeks prior deadline to the University Office for Research Services & Career Development (eu.fsnf@univie.ac.at)
  2. Please have a closer look to the ERC WIKI-page of the Research Services & Career Development (University of Vienna)