The European Research Council (ERC) has provided further information on the 9,167 applications received for the ERC’s first round of grants, the Starting Grants for independent researchers.
In April the ERC’s Scientific Council announced how many applications had been received, and the figure of 9,167 was much higher than many were expecting. Now the Scientific Council has given details of how many of the applications address each of the three domains outlined in the call for proposals, which countries the applications have come from, and how many people have applied to be a member of the evaluation panels charged with reviewing the proposals.
More information at the CORDIS news website and in the ERC statement.
