Funding for successful ERC applicants

Starting from 2024, the School of Electrical Engineering has granted funding to researchers, who have fared well in European Research Council (ERC) application processes, if they meet the following criteria:

1. The applicant, having achieved an 'A' evaluation grade in the Starting, Consolidator, or Advanced Grant call, did not receive funding in the call. The School of Electrical Engineering grants funding of €100 000, which is based upon a separate research plan. This funding is intended to commence the research outlined in the ERC application and to enhance the applicant's possibilities of success in the upcoming ERC application round. The research plan should be at most two pages long, and in addition to the plan a signed application form should be submitted. The plan must include a description how the funding will be used and of expected improvements of the of the application for the next ERC call.  The documents will be submitted in PDF format to Development Manager Outi Elina Kansanen (outielina.kansanen@aalto.fi).
2. Should an applicant meet the criteria specified in paragraph 1 for the same project and funding instrument the Starting, Consolidator, or Advanced Grant twice, the school will allocate funding of €50000 based on a separate research plan and compliant with the requirements set forth in Paragraph 1.
3. For the ERC grantees the School of Electrical Engineering may grant funding as a ramp down / bridge funding after the ERC project. The grantee makes a ramp down plan at the latest during the third year of the project and the ramp down funding is negotiated with the dean and the department case-by-case.