INFODAY: ERC news and views

Next 23rd May of 2024, IDIBAPS will host a regional infoday on the upcoming 2025 European Research Council (ERC) calls. At the event, Leticia Riaza, ERC National Contact Point (NCP), will summarize the main features of ERC calls together with news regarding the 2025 work program, she will also discuss how health-related projects may fit into the program. At the end, during an interactive round table, three ERC grantees and evaluators will share their experiences and discuss key success factors and pitfalls to avoid. On the same day, from 11h to 13h, Leticia Riaza (NCP) will be available for bilateral meetings with the researchers who are preparing an ERC grant application for the 2025 calls.  

It is necessary to fill this registration form for all attendants before May 10, 2024. 

Program

23rd May of 2024, Auditorium Esteve at CEK (C/Rosello 149, 08036, Barcelona) 

11.00 - 13.00h Bilateral meetings with Leticia Riaza, National Contact Point (NCP) (available upon prior request) 

15.00 - 15.10h Welcome, Elías Campo, Director of IDIBAPS 

15.10 - 16.00h Presentation of the ERC 2025 calls, Leticia Riaza, expert and NCP ERC, FECYT, MCIN (Chair: Juan Abolafia, Head of European and International Projects Office of IDIBAPS) 

16.00 - 16.50h The ERC journey: experiences from awarded researchers and evaluators. Round table (Chair: Michela Bertero, Strategy Director of IDIBAPS) 

• Núria Montserrat, Group Leader at Pluripotency for organ regeneration at IBEC, ICREA Research Professor. (Starting Grant 2014, Consolidator Grant 2020) 

• Cary Esselens, Scientific Officer Neuroscience at the European Research Council

• Mª Victoria Sánchez-Vives, Group Leader at Systems Neuroscience at IDIBAPS, ICREA Research Professor (ERC Synergy Grant 2022) 

16.50 - 17.00h Questions and answers

This event is organized by IDIBAPS, the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) and the Agency for Management of University and Research Grants (AGAUR)

Acknowledgements

This activity is part of the action GPE2022-000975, funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033

With the support of Departament de Salut (project code SLT028/23/000056)