Are you a dedicated and creative researcher with a highly innovative research idea?
Ghent University invites you work in a first-class research environment in the vibrant city of Ghent.
Ghent University actively promotes its participation in the ERC-programme. The university offers long-term a long term research professorship to both young and established researchers who successfully obtained an ERC Grant.
ERC provides funding for the implementation of ground-breaking research for a period of 5 years.
This programme, managed by the European Research Council (ERC) provides a distinctive funding mechanism devoted to scientific excellence for all scientific fields.
The following types of grants are available:
ERC Starting Grants
up to 1.5 mio euro for 5 years, for researchers with 2-7 years postdoctoral experience*
*Extensions of the eligibility period are possible based on documented absence for parental leave, long-term illness, military service or clinical training. Check the ERC Work Programme on the ERC website for more details.
ERC grants awarded to Ghent University Principal Investigators