ERC National Contact Points online meeting

On April 18, an online meeting of representatives of the ERC National Contact Points was held. The event was also attended by the Head of Horizon Europe Office in Ukraine as the Coordination Center of the Horizon Europe and Euratom Programme, PhD in Economics, Associate Professor Igor Taranov.

Representatives of the National Contact Points of the participating countries in the Horizon Europe discussed a number of issues related to the researchers and innovators’ participation in the calls.

The parties shared the latest news and the state of involvement of participants in the Programme, the results of applications for participation in this year’s calls, and also considered an update of the ERC lump sum model for the Advanced Grant 2024 pilot. In addition, the participants raised the issue of the ethics review process: recommendations for supporting applicants.

Finally, a workshop on ERC Dashboard was held for the participants.

The meeting was initiated by the European Research Council, established by the European Commission.