We are excited that the European Research Council announced the ERC Synergy Grant 2025 deadline: 6 November 2024.
A full overview of ERC deadlines can be found in our ERC deadlines calendar.
ERC Synergy Grant 2025
The European Research Council (ERC) stands at the forefront of scientific research in Europe, providing robust support for groundbreaking research across diverse disciplines. Encouraging collaborative excellence, ERC Synergy Grants enable small groups of two to four principal investigators to jointly address ambitious research questions. This scheme is designed to bring together complementary skills, knowledge, and resources to tackle complex challenges
Importantly, ERC Synergy Grant candidates need to demonstrate an outstanding track record, the ability to perform top-tier science and a clear vision on a novel scientific niche that they will develop together.
For this round of calls, ERC allocated € 500M to fund approximately 48 projects.
ERC Synergy Grant 2025: all dates
For the ERC Synergy Grant 2025, these are the key dates:
- ERC Synergy Grant 2025 call opens: 11 July 2024
- ERC Synergy Grant 2025 call deadline: 6 November 2024
- Step 1 results: 14 April 2025
- Step 2 results: 15 August 2025
- Step 2 results: 27 October 2025
- Earliest date for signature of grant agreement: 24 March 2026
What has changed in ERC Synergy Grant 2025?
We are still awaiting full details on the call.
How we support ERC Synergy Grant 2025 candidates
You may intuitively know where exciting new insights await. You may have a majestic vision of an exciting future. But putting these in a coherent plan that fits ERC SyG and a scientifically mind-tickling narrative is not easy. That is where we as ERC.support come in: to write your winning ERC Synergy Grant.
Importantly, we do not just write well. Our grant services help to develop better ERC Synergy Grant projects that can really shape the future of science.
How our
grant writing services
work
Writing an ERC grant is a unique and intimate experience. To be successful, we need to bring together your scientific personality, leadership capacity and vision into a coherent and convincing ERC project. A winning ERC grant conveys a narrative that inspires a broad range of high-profile researchers while convincing top-tier experts.
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Explore
First we will clarify what excites you scientifically. What is it that you really want to explore as part of your ERC Grant? What is needed to stand out in your field? How is your track record perceived by the community and how do we leverage that in the ERC grant application?
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Strategise
Secondly, we will establish the overall research strategy for your ERC grant. This includes phrasing the core scientific questions and objectives for the ERC grant. In addition, we will build your profile to make sure your strengths are leveraged while the ERC project is still clearly novel for you and the world.
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Detail
Finally, we will bring together your profile, your vision and your ERC plan into one inspiring, accessible and convincing narrative. For this, we will leverage key writing and storytelling skills. What results is an ERC grant application that breaths you and your excellence.
Our comprehensive grant writing services include:
Benchmarking, gap analysis and experimental plans for the preliminary data that will be needed for the ERC grant application.
Workshops to build the work plan, detail your profile and construct the narrative for the ERC grant application.
Co-writing of the grant application, multiple rounds of review and submission of your winning ERC grant application.
In addition, we provide reviews, coaching and training.
UPDATE: Unfortunately our capacity for the 2026 deadlines has been completely filled.
We’ll let you know when things change!