ERC Consolidator Grant
Scope: Objectives The Consolidator Grant supports excellent Principal Investigators who are consolidating their own independent research team or programme. A Consolidator Grant Principal Investigator should have already shown evidence of research independence. Size of ERC Consolidator Grants Consolidator Grants may be awarded up to a maximum of EUR 2 000 000 for a period of 60 months . The maximum amount of the…
Funding and competition
- 296grants expected (official)
- €1.6Mmedian EU grant of the most similar funded projects
Success rates vary widely between topics (often from below 5% to above 30%). Ask us for the success-rate history of this topic before you commit to a proposal.
Organisations with a track record in this topic
Organisations that took part in the EU-funded projects most similar to this call (Horizon Europe and Horizon 2020), ranked by how close those projects are to the call, how recent they are and whether the organisation coordinated them. Being listed does not mean an organisation is looking for partners: use the list to target your outreach.
Spanish organisations with experience in this field
The Spanish organisations that appear most often in the closest funded projects.
| Organisation | Country | Type | Similar EU projects | As coordinator | Examples (CORDIS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consorcio Centro De Investigacion Biomedica En Red M.P. Madrid | Spain | Research organisation | 1 | 1 | ARISTOS |
| Fundacion Espanola Para La Cienciay La Tecnologia, F.S.P., Fecyt Alcobendas | Spain | Other | 1 | 0 | mERCury |
| Universitat Politecnica De Catalunya Barcelona | Spain | University | 1 | 0 | PICTUS |
| Universidad Carlos Iii De Madrid Getafe (Madrid) | Spain | University | 1 | 0 | PICTUS |
| Fundacio Barcelona Mobile World Capital Foundation Barcelona | Spain | Other | 1 | 0 | BOOST |
| Fundingbox Communities Sl Madrid | Spain | Other · SME | 1 | 0 | BOOST |
| Splorotech Sl Pamplona | Spain | Company · SME | 1 | 0 | BOOST |
| Universidad Pompeu Fabra Barcelona | Spain | University | 1 | 0 | FRONTIERS |
What a typical winning consortium looks like
- 6partners (median)
- 4countries (median)
- 21%of partners are SMEs
Based on the 18 funded projects closest to this call. Use it as a benchmark, not a rule: always check the call conditions for the minimum consortium.
Most similar funded projects
Read their CORDIS pages to see the full consortium, results and deliverables.
- ERC VP CSA – Support to the Vice-Presidents of the ERC Scientific Council 2024-2025 (HORIZON · 2024 · HORIZON-ERC-2023-VICECHAIRS-IBA)
- VP2026 – Support to the Vice-Presidents of the ERC Scientific Council 2026 (HORIZON · 2026 · ERC-2025-VICECHAIRS-IBA)
- ScienceSquared – ERC = ScienceSquared (H2020 · 2015 · ERC-SUPPORT-2014)
- mERCury – Maximising excellence in research upskilling NCPs and raising the quality of their support to ERC applicants (HORIZON · 2025 · ERC-2025-NCPS-IBA)
- ERC VP CSA – Support to the Vice-Presidents of the ERC Scientific Council 2021-2022 (HORIZON · 2021 · HORIZON-ERC-2021-VICECHAIRS-IBA)
- ERC VP CSA – Support to the Vice-Presidents of the ERC Scientific Council 2020 (H2020 · 2020 · IBA-ERC-VPRES-SUP-20)
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Track-record data: CORDIS open data (European Commission), organisation level only, refreshed weekly. Rankings are calculated automatically by Ullswater Investments from text similarity between the call and funded projects; they are indicative.