European Research Council
European Research Council Established by the European Commission
ERC Starting Grants 2015 Outcome: Indicative statistics
Reproduction is authorised provided the source 'ERC' is acknowledged. NB: In these graphs, 'grantee' refers to a candidate selected for ERC funding. 'Country of Host Institution' refers to the country of the host institution at the time of application to this ERC call. In very few cases the institution may have changed in the meantime.
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European Research Council
ERC Starting Grant 2015 Call Submitted and selected proposals by domain Established by the European Commission
Submitted Proposals
Selected Proposals
Life Sciences
940
114
Physical Sciences and Engineering
1269
156
711
80
2920
350
Social Sciences and Humanities
Total
Success rate ~ 12 % │2
European Research Council
ERC Starting Grant 2015 Call Grantees by Country of Host Institution & domain 350 grants
Established by the European Commission
65 60 55 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0
61 53 Social Sciences and Humanities 38
Physical Sciences and Engineering
35 30
Life Sciences
28 22 13
11 10
9
8
6
5
4
4
4
3
2
1
1
1
1
UK DE NL FR IL CH IT ES SE BE AT DK IE FI CZ PT TR HU PL EL MT NO RO
# of grantees
23 countries
Country of host institution │3
European Research Council
ERC Starting Grant 2015 Call Grantees by nationality and gender 350 grants
Established by the European Commission
60 55 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0
56
Male grantees
37 31
Female grantees
29 26 26 21
10 10 10
8 8 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
DE IT IL FR NL UK ES AT BE US IE PT SE CH EL CA FI HU PL RO TR AU BG CN DK IN RU CY CZ MT SK BR EE IS JP KR UA ZA
# of grantees
38 nationalities
grantee nationality
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European Research Council
ERC Starting Grant 2015 Call Nationals in own country and abroad
60 55 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0
Established by the European Commission
56 Nationals in own country Nationals abroad 37 31 29 2626 21
101010
8 8 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
DE IT IL FR NL UK ES AT BE US IE PT SE CH EL CA FI HU PL RO TR AU BG CN DK IN RU CY CZ MT SK BR EE IS JP KR UA ZA
Number of grantees
350 grants
Grantee nationality │5
European Research Council
ERC Starting Grant 2015 Call Mobility: Incoming and staying grantees
65 60 55 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0
Established by the European Commission
61
"Non-European" grantees staying in the country 53
"European" grantees staying in the country Grantees moving to the country 38
Nationals hosted in own country
35 30
28 22
13
11
10
9
8
6
5
4
4
4
3
2
1
1
1
1
UK DE NL FR IL CH IT ES SE BE AT DK IE FI CZ PT TR HU PL EL MT NO RO
Number of grantees
350 grants
Country of host institution
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European Research Council
ERC Starting Grant 2015 Call Grantees by panel and gender 350 grants
Established by the European Commission
Males (251 = 72 %)
25 Females (99 = 28 %)
15 10 5
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences and Engineering
SH1 SH2 SH3 SH4 SH5 SH6
PE1 PE2 PE3 PE4 PE5 PE6 PE7 PE8 PE9 PE10
0 LS1 LS2 LS3 LS4 LS5 LS6 LS7 LS8 LS9
# of grantees
20
Social Sciences and Humanities │7
European Research Council
Annex I ERC panel structure 2015 Established by the European Commission
Social Sciences and Humanities Life Sciences
SH1 Markets, Individuals, and Institutions SH2 The Social World, Diversity, Institutions and Values SH3 Environment, Space and Population SH4 The Human Mind and its Complexity SH5 Cultures and Cultural Production SH6 The Study of the Human Past
LS1 Molecular and Structural Biology and Biochemistry LS2 Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology LS3 Cellular and Developmental Biology LS4 Physiology, Pathophysiology and Endocrinology LS5 Neurosciences and Neural Disorders LS6 Immunity and Infection Physical Sciences and Engineering LS7 Diagnostic Tools, Therapies and Public Health PE1 Mathematics LS8 Evolutionary, Population and Environmental Biology PE2 Fundamental Constituents of Matter LS9 Applied Life Sciences and Non-Medical PE3 Condensed Matter Physics Biotechnology PE4 Physical and Analytical Chemical Sciences PE5 Synthetic Chemistry and Materials PE6 Computer Science and Informatics PE7 Systems and Communication Engineering PE8 Products and Processes Engineering PE9 Universe Sciences PE10 Earth System Science
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Annex II Country codes Established by the European Commission
EU Member States
H2020 Associated Countries
Other Countries
AT BE BG CY CZ DE DK EE EL ES FI FR HR HU IE IT LT LU LV MT NL PL PT RO SE SI SK UK
AL BA CH IL IS FO MD ME MK NO RS TR UA
AU BR CA CN IN JP KR RU US ZA
Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czech Republic Germany Denmark Estonia Greece Spain Finland France Croatia Hungary Ireland Italy Lithuania Luxembourg Latvia Malta Netherlands Poland Portugal Romania Sweden Slovenia Slovakia United Kingdom
Albania Bosnia and Herzegovina Switzerland Israel Iceland Faroe Islands Moldova Montenegro FYR of Macedonia Norway Serbia Turkey Ukraine
Australia Brazil Canada China India Japan Korea Russian Federation United States South Africa
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