ERC-PT

Both the application template to be submitted to the ERC and useful information regarding the Calls Grant, Consolidator Grant, and Advanced Grant Calls will be made available and continuously updated on the ERC-PT Pre-Assesmment page, in the section “ERC | Information and Useful Links.”

If the ERC has not yet made available guidance documentation for completing the application, proposals submitted to ERC-PT Pre-assessment should use the documentation for one of Calls 2023 Work Program. If the ERC makes this documentation available in the meantime, researchers may choose either model.

In the case of narrative CVs, which will undergo changes as indicated in the news item available here – in line with guidelines that FCT has already introduced in programs such as RESTART – it is suggested that they be adapted to this new format in order to better benefit from the pre-assessment and comments from evaluators. It should be noted that, if you decide not to do so, your applications will continue to be considered under the ERC-PT Pre-Assessment.

The Declaration of Commitment to Submit an Application to be sent to the Program address must include the researcher's commitment to submit an application to Call to which the ERC-PT Pre-Assessment edition relates. Express mention of Call to which the application will be submitted is an essential element for compliance with the Program's eligibility conditions.

The Declaration of Support for the application should simply formalize the legally constituted host institution's acknowledgment of the future submission of the application to the ERC.

No. The mandatory submission elements are: (i) pre-assessment template step 1, part B1; (ii) pre-evaluation form step 2, parts B1 and B2.

Proposals for ERC-PT Pre-assessment may be submitted at any time deemed appropriate by the applicants. Notwithstanding that early submission may also mean early submission of the evaluators' reports, ERC-PT Pre-assessment undertakes to send these reports approximately one month before the submission deadline set by the ERC. It should be noted that only one proposal will be considered in each edition of ERC-PT Pre-assessment, so early submission of a proposal will prevent it from being updated or resubmitted.

Yes. At the end of each year of the Program—that is, of the three editions relating to Calls , CoG, and AdG Calls —the FCT will publish the composition of the ERC-PT Pre-assessment Annual Panel of Evaluators for all scientific areas.

No; in this case, the researcher will be released from this commitment. As the aim of the Program is to contribute to the success of applications submitted by researchers at SNCT institutions, this requirement will not apply.

This new FCT Program is independent from Calls European Research Calls – to which each of its editions relates – and aims to contribute to the process of preparing applications from the national scientific community to Calls European research funding agency.