Personnel costs in ERC projects: Are you calculating them accurately?

In this video, Paul Jacobs explains that personnel costs are a major part of your ERC project budget, but are you calculating them correctly?

🟠 What you’ll learn

🔸 How to calculate daily rates
🔸 How to apply maximum declarable days
🔸 What costs are eligible
🔸 What mistakes to avoid

🟠 Chapters

00:00 Introduction
01:21 Personnel costs for employees
02:52 Eligible salary components
05:01 Converting hours into days
06:29 Maximum declarable day-equivalents
08:48 Calculating the daily rate
10:02 Calculating personnel costs
12:13 Parental leave and sick leave
14:22 End-of-contract indemnities
15:57 Simplified calendar
17:15 Key takeaways

🟠 Further resources

🔸 ERC official website
https://erc.europa.eu

🔸 ERC Work Programme 2026
https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/wp-call/2026/wp_horizon-erc-2026_en.pdf

🔸 Information for Applicants
https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/guidance/information-for-applicants_he-erc-stg-cog_en.pdf

🔸 EU Funding & Tenders Portal
https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/home

🔸 Horizon Europe Annotated Grant Agreement
https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/common/guidance/aga_en.pdf

🔸 Contact ERC for grant management questions
https://erc.europa.eu/support/contact-us-page

🔸 Calculation of personnel costs in the Annotated Grant Agreement (pp 50-77)
https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/common/guidance/aga_en.pdf