ERC Starting Grant 2023
Research proposal [Part B1]
(Part B1 is evaluated both in Step 1 and Step 2,
Part B2 is evaluated in Step 2 only)

Proposal Full Title

PROPOSAL ACRONYM

Cover Page:
-	Name of the Principal Investigator (PI) 
-	Name of the PI's host institution for the project 
-	Proposal duration in months

Text highlighted in grey should be deleted. 

Proposal summary (identical to the abstract from the online proposal submission forms, section 1). 

The abstract (summary) should, at a glance, provide the reader with a clear understanding of the objectives of the research proposal and how they will be achieved. The abstract will be used as the short description of your research proposal in the evaluation process and in communications to contact in particular the potential remote referees and/or inform the Commission and/or the programme management committees and/or relevant national funding agencies. It must therefore be short and precise, and should not contain confidential information. 

Please use plain typed text, avoiding formulae and other special characters. The abstract must be written in English. There is a limit of 2000 characters (spaces and line breaks included).

Explain and justify the cross-panel or cross domain nature of your proposal, if a secondary panel is indicated in the online proposal submission forms. There is a limit of 1000 characters, spaces and line breaks included.

Section a: Extended Synopsis of the scientific proposal (max. 5 pages, references do not count towards the page limits)

[The Extended Synopsis should give a concise presentation of the scientific proposal, with particular attention to the ground-breaking nature of the research project, which will allow evaluation panels to assess, in Step 1 of the evaluation, the feasibility of the outlined scientific approach. Describe the proposed work in the context of the state of the art of the field. References to literature should also be included. Please use a reference style that is commonly used in your discipline such as American Chemical Society (ACS) style, American Medical Association (AMA) style, Modern Language Association (MLA) style, etc. and that allows the evaluators to easily retrieve each reference.]

Please respect the following formatting constraints: Times New Roman, Arial or similar, at least font size 11, margins (2.0cm side and 1.5cm top and bottom), single line spacing.

Section b: Curriculum vitae (max. 2 pages)

[Please follow the template below as much as possible. Please note that the CV part has been slightly modified compared to 2022 calls (“Supervision of Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Students” has been removed from the structured CV for Starting Grant and Consolidator Grant applicants).] 

PERSONAL INFORMATION
Family name, First name:
Researcher unique identifier(s) (such as ORCID, Research ID, etc. ...):
Date of birth: 
Nationality: 
URL for web site: 		

•	EDUCATION
200? 	PhD
	Name of Faculty/ Department, Name of University/ Institution, Country
	Name of PhD Supervisor
199? 	Master
	Name of Faculty/ Department, Name of University/ Institution, Country

•	CURRENT POSITION(S)
201? –	Current Position
	Name of Faculty/ Department, Name of University/ Institution/ Country
200? – 	Current Position
	Name of Faculty/ Department, Name of University/ Institution/ Country

•	PREVIOUS POSITIONS
200? – 200? 	Position held 
	Name of Faculty/ Department, Name of University/ Institution/ Country
200? – 200? 	Position held
	Name of Faculty/ Department, Name of University/ Institution/ Country

•	FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
200? – 200? 	Scholarship, Name of Faculty/ Department/Centre, Name of University/ Institution/ Country 
200?	Award, Name of Institution/Country
199? – 199? 	Scholarship, Name of Faculty/ Department/Centre, Name of University/ Institution/ Country

•	TEACHING ACTIVITIES (if applicable) 
200? – 	Teaching position – Topic, Name of University/ Institution/ Country
200? – 200? 	Teaching position – Topic, Name of University/ Institution/ Country

•	ORGANISATION OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS (if applicable)
201?	Please specify your role and the name of event / Country 
200? 	Please specify type of event / number of participants / Country

•	INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES (if applicable)
201? – 	Faculty member, Name of University/ Institution/ Country
201? – 201? 	Graduate Student Advisor, Name of University/ Institution/ Country
200? – 200? 	Member of the Faculty Committee, Name of University/ Institution/ Country 
200? – 200? 	Organizer of the Internal Seminar, Name of University/ Institution/ Country
200? – 200? 	Member of a Committee; role, Name of University/ Institution/ Country

•	REVIEWING ACTIVITIES (if applicable)
201? – 	Scientific Advisory Board, Name of University/ Institution/ Country
201? – 	Review Board, Name of University/ Institution/ Country
201? –	Review panel member, Name of University/ Institution/ Country
201? – 	Editorial Board, Name of University/ Institution/ Country
200? – 	Scientific Advisory Board, Name of University/ Institution/ Country
200? –	Reviewer, Name of University/ Institution/ Country 
200? –	Scientific Evaluation, Name of University/ Institution/ Country
200? –	Evaluator, Name of University/ Institution/ Country

•	MEMBERSHIPS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES (if applicable)
201? –	Member, Research Network “Name of Research Network”
200? –	Associated Member, Name of Faculty/ Department/Centre, Name of University/ Institution/ Country
200? –	Founding Member, Name of Faculty/ Department/Centre, Name of University/ Institution/ Country 

•	MAJOR COLLABORATIONS (if applicable)
Name of collaborators, Topic, Name of Faculty/ Department/Centre, Name of University/ Institution/ Country

•	CAREER BREAKS (if applicable)
Exact dates	Please indicate the reason and the duration in months.

•	COVID-19 IMPACT TO SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTIVITY (if applicable)
Please specify which of the following situations apply to you:
•	Increased caring responsibility for dependent person, including home schooling of children;
•	No access to laboratory facilities, archives, or other necessary facilities;
•	No access to field work;
•	Adaptation to online teaching;
•	Physical and/or mental health issues;
•	Other(s) _________
(optional)
Explain with objective facts how your productivity was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. There is a limit
of 300 characters, spaces and line breaks included.

Appendix: All current grants and on-going / submitted grant applications of the PI 
(Funding ID)
Mandatory information (does not count towards page limits)

Current research grants (Please indicate "No funding" when applicable):
Project Title	Funding source	Amount
(Euros)	Period	Role of the PI	Relation to current 
ERC proposal	

						

On-going / submitted grant applications (Please indicate "None" when applicable):
Project Title	Funding source	Amount
(Euros)	Period	Role of the PI	Relation to current 
ERC proposal2	

						

Section c:  Early achievements track-record (max. 2 pages)

[Provide a list of achievements reflecting the Principal Investigator’s track record. 
You may include a short narrative describing the scientific importance of the research outputs and the role that the Principal Investigator played in their production.]

(see ‘Information for Applicants to the Starting and Consolidator Grant 2023 Calls' for completing this section)

Do NOT split the sections and/or references in Part B1 and do NOT upload them as separate documents. The peer reviewers will only receive one single document for evaluation at Step 1. Hence, Part B1 should contain all elements as explained in this template and if some parts of Part B1 are uploaded as separate attachments, the peer reviewers will not have access to them.