ERC Proof of Concept; Innovation from excellent science

The ERC Proof of Concept Grants (PoC) aim at facilitating exploration of the commercial and social innovation potential of ERC funded research. You may apply for a PoC if you are a Principal Investigator in a Starting, Consolidator, Advanced or Synergy Grant. 

Line Fredslund Volkers, call coordinator for PoC at the ERC, tells you what you need to know about PoC before you apply. We have a contribution from Kyrre Eeg Emblem who received an PoC project, and this year we also have a contribution from a PoC evaluator, Johan Blaus. We have challenged him to shed some light on how applicants from the SH-domain may increase the chance of success for their PoC application, in addition to talk about his general reflections.

It is expected that the ERC Proof of Concept Grant call will open in mid-January and the tentative deadlines are March 17th and September 17th.

The webinar will be in English.

Program

• Welcome and intro. NCPer Per Magnus Kommandantvold and Berit Sundby Avset
• The 2026 call of ERC Proof of Concept, Line Fredslund Volkers, ERC Executive Agency
• My experience with applying (and getting) an ERC PoC, Kyrre Eeg Emblem, Oslo University Hospital. PoC-project:  Accurate quantification of neurologic disease over time | CHRONOS
• A PoC evaluators´ reflections, with a special focus on SH domain proposals, with Johan Blaus, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
• Q&A