European Reintegration Grants (ERG)

Many researchers have already benefi ted from training within a Marie Curie Action.

Naturally and positively, most of them will want to enter or re-enter long-term research employment as soon as possible after their training. Marie Curie’s European Reintegration Grants (ERGs) help them to do just that.

Who can apply?

To qualify for an ERG, you must be a researcher from an EU Member State or an Associated Country with at least 4 years’ full-time research experience or a doctoral degree. And you must have benefited from a Marie Curie training and mobility action lasting at least 18 months.

Which topics can be funded?

ERG proposals are welcomed from all areas of scientific and technological research. But there is one exception: research areas covered by the EURATOM Treaty cannot be funded.

What does the funding cover?

The reintegration grant is a flat-rate contribution towards your project costs. These may, for example, contribute to the salary costs of the researcher or other staff employed for the project, travel costs, consumables, patent costs and publication costs. The grant will be paid for 2-3 years. If your grant application is successful, the European Commission will establish a grant agreement with your host organisation in Europe. The host will then reach an employment agreement with you and is expected to pay your salary. Your host organisation must be a university, a research centre or an enterprise in an EU Member State or Associated Country.

The grant must be used within 2-3 years for a research project. Your host institution must give a contractual undertaking to ensure your reintegration for at least the duration of the grant.

Who decides?

ERG proposals are selected in an open competition. Selection is through transparent, independent peer review, based on excellence using a series of predetermined criteria.

How do we apply?

Your application for an ERG should be made in liaison with your reintegration host organisation.

Calls for ERG proposals are announced on the CORDIS website: http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/dc/index.cfm

Proposals can be submitted online at: http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/dc/index.cfm?fuseaction=UserSite. FP7SubmitProposalPage

For more information about Marie Curie Actions see: http://ec.europa.eu/mariecurieactions