ERC Starting Grant 2014 - Statistics

European Research Council
European Research Council
Established by
the European Commission
ERC Starting Grants 2014
Outcome: Indicative statistics
Reproduction is authorised provided the source 'ERC' is
acknowledged.
NB: In these graphs, 'grantee' refers to a candidate selected for ERC
funding. 'Country of Host Institution' refers to the country of the host
institution at the time of application to this ERC call. In very few cases
the institution may have changed in the meantime.
03/03/2015
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European Research Council
ERC Starting Grant 2014 call
Submitted and selected proposals by domain
Source: 375 grants
Established by
the European Commission
Submitted
proposals
Selected
proposals
Life Sciences
1037
142
Physical Sciences and
Engineering
1490
163
Social Sciences and
Humanities
746
70
Total
3273
375
Success rate ~ 11.5 %
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European Research Council
ERC Starting Grant 2014 call
Grantees by country of host institution & domain
Source: 375 grants
Established by
the European Commission
21 countries
80
Social Sciences and Humanities
72
70
Physical Sciences and Engineering
67
number of grantees
60
50
Life Sciences
49
41
40
30
28
22
20
10
15
13
13
10
10
8
6
6
6
3
2
1
1
1
1
0
DE UK FR NL IL ES IT DK AT BE IE FI SE NO PT HU TR CZ ROCH RS
country of host institution
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European Research Council
ERC Starting Grant 2014 call
Grantees by nationality and gender
Source: 375 grants
80
Established by
the European Commission
38 nationalities
71
Male grantees
60
50
40
30
20
10
Female grantees
41
36
28
232322
18
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DE
FR
IT
IL
US
NL
ES
UK
BE
PT
IE
FI
AT
CA
RO
CH
NO
EL
NZ
IN
SE
DK
HU
RU
PL
TR
CN
RS
JP
KR
CL
CZ
SG
HK
AU
AR
EE
LU
number of grantees
70
grantee nationality
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European Research Council
ERC Starting Grant 2014 call
Nationals in own country and abroad
Source: 375 grants
Established by
the European Commission
80
71
National in country
70
National abroad
60
40
30
20
10
41
36
28
232322
18
111010 9
6 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4
3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
0
DE
FR
IT
IL
US
NL
ES
UK
BE
PT
IE
FI
AT
CA
RO
CH
NO
EL
NZ
IN
SE
DK
HU
RU
PL
TR
CN
RS
JP
KR
CL
CZ
SG
HK
AU
AR
EE
LU
number of grantees
50
grantee nationality
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European Research Council
ERC Starting Grant 2014 call
Mobility: incoming and staying grantees
Source: 375 grants
Established by
the European Commission
Grantee staying in the country "non-European"
80
number of grantees
70
Grantee staying in the country "European"
72
67
Grantee moving to the country
60
50
Grantee in the country, national of the country
49
41
40
30
20
10
28
22
15 13 13
10 10
8
6
6
6
3
2
1
1
1
1
0
DE UK FR NL IL ES IT DK AT BE IE FI SE NO PT HU TR CZ ROCH RS
country of host institution
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European Research Council
ERC Starting Grant 2014 call
Grantees by panel and gender
Source: 375 grants
Established by
the European Commission
30
Males (254 = 68 %)
25
Females (121 = 32 %)
15
10
5
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences and
Engineering
SH1
SH2
SH3
SH4
SH5
SH6
PE1
PE2
PE3
PE4
PE5
PE6
PE7
PE8
PE9
PE10
0
LS1
LS2
LS3
LS4
LS5
LS6
LS7
LS8
LS9
number of grantees
20
Social Sciences
and Humanities
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European Research Council
Annex I
ERC panel structure 2014
Established by
the European Commission
Life Sciences
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LS1 Molecular and Structural Biology and Biochemistry
LS2 Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics and Systems
Biology
LS3 Cellular and Developmental Biology
LS4 Physiology, Pathophysiology and Endocrinology
LS5 Neurosciences and Neural Disorders
LS6 Immunity and Infection
LS7 Diagnostic Tools, Therapies and Public Health
LS8 Evolutionary, Population and Environmental Biology
LS9 Applied Life Sciences and Non-Medical
Biotechnology
Social Sciences and Humanities
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SH1 Markets, Individuals, and Institutions
SH2 The Social World, Diversity and Common Ground
SH3 Environment, Space and Population
SH4 The Human Mind and its Complexity
SH5 Cultures and Cultural Production
SH6 The Study of the Human Past
Physical Sciences and Engineering
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PE1 Mathematics
PE2 Fundamental Constituents of Matter
PE3 Condensed Matter Physics
PE4 Physical and Analytical Chemical Sciences
PE5 Synthetic Chemistry and Materials
PE6 Computer Science and Informatics
PE7 Systems and Communication Engineering
PE8 Products and Processes Engineering
PE9 Universe Sciences
PE10 Earth System Science
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European Research Council
Annex II
Country codes
Established by
the European Commission
EU Member States
H2020 Associated Countries
Other Countries
AT
BE
BG
CY
CZ
DE
DK
EE
EL
ES
FI
FR
HR
HU
IE
IT
LT
LU
LV
MT
NL
PL
PT
RO
SE
SI
SK
UK
AL
BA
IL
IS
FO
MD
ME
MK
NO
RS
TR
AR
AU
CA
CH
CL
CN
HK
IN
JP
KR
NZ
RU
SG
US
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Germany
Denmark
Estonia
Greece
Spain
Finland
France
Croatia
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Latvia
Malta
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Sweden
Slovenia
Slovakia
United Kingdom
Albania
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Israel
Iceland
Faroe Islands
Moldova
Montenegro
FYR of Macedonia
Norway
Serbia
Turkey
Argentina
Australia
Canada
Switzerland
Chile
China
Hong Kong
India
Japan
Korea
New Zealand
Russian Federation
Singapore
United States
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