National Information Centre for European Research

Back

ERA Chairs 2023 - ATTENTION - important information for applicants

28/02/2024

We would like to bring to the attention of the applicants preparing a project proposal to the ERA Chairs call (HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-TALENTS-01-01) with a deadline on 7 March 2024 to the fact that both required Letters of commitment have to be now uploaded as an annex to Part B as a single PDF document.

You can find this information in the ERA Chair specific proposal template:

ANNEXES TO PROPOSAL PART B 

For this topic, the following annexes must be added?

DETAILED BUDGET TABLE:

Annex enabling to present the detailed estimation of costs of the lump sum project and to calculate the lump sum breakdown per beneficiary and per work package.

LETTERS OF COMMITMENT:

1)     a letter signed by the prospective ERA Chair holder expressing his/her commitment to the proposal and willingness to take on the underlying tasks and obligations;

2)     a letter from the head of the coordinator institution committing to the proposal and stating that the ERA Chair holder will receive adequate support to take on her/his tasks and duties including, for example, access to research facilities, supervision of researchers, teaching duties (if any) and capacity to apply freely to national and international funding.

The letters must be uploaded as a single pdf document.

ERA CHAIR HOLDER CV:

Proposals should include a Curriculum Vitae in Europass form of the future ERA Chair holder and detail the scientific and technical support she/he will provide to the coordinator and how the proposed activities will upgrade from the current situation.

More

Study shows growing progress on research assessment reform across Europe

26/08/2026

The European Commission has published in June 2026 an independent expert study of 42 pages offering an evidence-informed baseline assessment of progress under the Agreement on Reforming Research Assessment (ARRA). The report reviews how organisations that signed ARRA —...

Call for application for EIT traineeship programme

25/08/2026

Deadline: 15 September 2026, 13:00 CEST Selected trainees will start during the first quarter of 2027 and during the six-months period they will support the daily operations of the Directorate & Administration as well as the Innovation, Education &...

Cluster hybrid event “Knowledge valorisation in action: from results to policy”

21/08/2026

Are you a researcher, policymaker or research organisation, that wants to learn how to bring results more efficiently to market, society and policy? This workshop will bring together EU projects that developed and tested innovative approaches to create value from knowledge....

You might be interested in

Project A to Z

Evaluation of Framework Programmes

Legal and Financial Aspects

Support to coordinators

Framework Programme 2028 - 2034