Identifier: ERC-2013-PoC
Publication Date: 10 January 2013
Budget: € 10 000 000
Final Deadline: 03 October 2013 at 17:00:00 (Brussels local time)
Intermediate Deadline: 24 April 2013 at 17:00:00 (Brussels local time)
Visit the respective webpages of the Participant Portal for further information and/or the ERC website
The (ERC) launches a new funding initiative, the “Proof of Concept”, that will contribute to stimulating innovation.
The European Research Council - ERC Proof of concept funding initiative provides additional funding to ERC grant holders to establish proof of concept, identify a development path and an Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) strategy for ideas arising from an ERC-funded project. The objective is to provide funds to enable ERC-funded ideas to be brought to a pre-demonstration stage where potential commercialisation opportunities have been identified.
Funding of up to EUR 150 000 per grant is made available to researchers to bridge the gap between their research and the earliest stage of a marketable innovation. By supporting outstanding research projects at the frontiers of knowledge, the ERC - the newest component of the 7th Research Framework Programme - already feeds into the EU’s Innovation Union. This targeted new initiative will capture the maximum value from frontier research by getting good ideas to market.