European Commission/Horizon Europe upcoming proposal deadlines: ERC Synergy Grants

Horizon Europe (2021-2027) is the current framework of the European Commission.

ERC Synergy Grants (ERC-2025-SyG)

The European Research Council (ERC), under the European Commission, provides funding to excellent investigators and their research teams to pursue ground-breaking and ambitious research. Research funded by the ERC is expected to lead to advances at the frontiers of knowledge and to set a clear and inspirational target for frontier research across Europe. The European Commission has set aside €16B for ERC awards under Horizon Europe (2021-2027). Each Synergy Grant can be up to a maximum of €10M for a period of 6 years, with up to an additional €4M to cover certain eligible costs. Please note that all European Commission proposals require submission through Harvard Global.

The ERC has released its Work Programme for the 2025 Synergy Grant cycle, with applications due by November 6, 2024 at 17:00 Brussels time (due by Monday, October 29 for School-level and Harvard Global review).  ERC Synergy Grants are the only ERC funding mechanism which allows for one of the PIs to be based at a US host institution. ERC Synergy Principal Investigators that are based in the US are required to devote at least 30% effort (including summer months, total working time) to the project. To learn more about the call for proposal, visit the EU Funding and Tenders Portal.

If your faculty are interested in applying as part of an EU-based group of PIs, please reach out to Peggy Darnowsky (Peggy_Darnowsky@harvard.edu) or Krister Anderson (sponsored@harvardglobal.org) at Harvard Global soon as possible.