Reproduction is authorised provided the source “ERC” is acknowledged NB: In these graphs, “grantee” refers to a candidate selected for ERC funding. Also, “Country of Host Institution” refers to the country of the Host Institution indicated at the time of the application to this ERC call. In very few cases the institution may have changed in the meantime.
30/08/2012
│1
European Research Council
ERC Starting Grant 2012 Call Submitted and selected proposals by domain Established by the European Commission
Submitted proposals
Selected proposals
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences & Engineering
Social Sciences & Humanities
1653 (34.9%)
199 (37.1%)
2058 (43.4%)
237 (44.2%)
1030 (21.7%)
100 (18.7%)
Total = 4741
Success rate ~ 11.3 %
Total = 536
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European Research Council
ERC Starting Grant 2012 Call Grantees by country of Host Institution & domain Source: 536 proposals Established by the European Commission
140
131 Social Sciences and Humanities
Number of grantees
120 21 countries
100 80 60 40 20
78
Physical Sciences and Engineering Life Sciences
73 51 33
29
24 23 22
18
13
9
8
6
5
0
4
3
2
2
1
1
UK DE FR NL CH ES IT IL SE BE DK AT FI NO PT IE EL HU TR PL SK
Country of Host Institution │3
European Research Council
ERC Starting Grant 2012 Call Grantees by nationality and gender Source: 536 proposals
DE UK FR IT NL ES IL BE US DK SE CH PT AT IE EL FI CA IN RU AR CN HU JP NO PL RO UA HR NZ RS TR AU CO CR CY IR KR LT ME SK
Number of grantees
90
Nationality of grantees
│4
European Research Council
ERC Starting Grant 2012 Call Nationals in own country and abroad Source: 536 proposals Established by the European Commission
80 National in country National abroad
40 20 0
UK DE FR NL IL IT ES BE SE CH DK FI PT HU NO EL AT IE TR PL SK US CA IN RU AR CN JP RO UA HR NZ RS AU CO CR CY IR KR LT ME
Number grantees
60
-20 -40
Grantee nationality │5
European Research Council
ERC Starting Grant 2012 Call Mobility: Incoming and staying grantees Source: 536 proposals
140
Established by the European Commission
131 Grantee moving to the country - all nationalities
Number of grantees
120
Grantee staying in the country - "non-Europeans"
100 80 60 40 20
Grantee staying in the country - "Europeans" 78
Grantee staying in the country - nationals of that country
73 51 33
29
24 23 22
18
13
9
8
6
5
0
4
3
2
2
1
1
UK DE FR NL CH ES IT IL SE BE DK AT FI NO PT IE EL HU TR PL SK
Country of Host Institution │6
European Research Council
ERC Starting Grant 2012 Call Grantees by panel and gender Source: 536 proposals
Established by the European Commission
40
Ca. 25% female
35
Male
Female
25 20 15 10
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences and Engineering
SH6
SH5
SH4
SH3
SH2
SH1
PE10
PE9
PE8
PE7
PE6
PE5
PE4
PE3
PE2
PE1
LS9
LS8
LS7
LS6
LS5
LS4
LS3
0
LS2
5 LS1
Number of Grantees
30
Social Sciences and Humanities
European Research Council
Annex I ERC panel structure
Established by the European Commission
Social Sciences & Humanities Life Sciences
LS1 Molecular & Structural Biology & Biochemistry LS2 Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics & Systems Biology LS3 Cellular and Developmental Biology LS4 Physiology, Pathophysiology & Endocrinology LS5 Neurosciences & neural disorders LS6 Immunity & infection LS7 Diagnostic tools, therapies & public health LS8 Evolutionary, population & environmental biology LS9 Applied life sciences & biotechnology
SH1 Individuals, institutions & markets SH2 Institutions, values, beliefs and behaviour SH3 Environment, space & population SH4 The Human Mind and its complexity SH5 Cultures & cultural production SH6 The study of the human past
PE1 Mathematics PE2 Fundamental constituents of matter PE3 Condensed matter physics PE4 Physical & Analytical Chemical sciences PE5 Synthetic chemistry and materials PE6 Computer science & informatics PE7 Systems & communication engineering PE8 Products & processes engineering PE9 Universe sciences PE10 Earth system science
European Research Council
Annex II Country codes
Established by the European Commission
EU Member States AT BE BG CY CZ DE DK EE EL ES FI FR HU IE IT LT LU LV MT NL PL PT RO SE SI SK UK
Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czech Republic Germany Denmark Estonia Greece Spain Finland France Hungary Ireland Italy Lithuania Luxembourg Latvia Malta Netherlands Poland Portugal Romania Sweden Slovenia Slovakia United Kingdom
FP7 Associated Countries
Other countries
AL BA CH HR IL IS FO LI MD ME MK NO RS TR
AR AU CA CN CO CR IN IR JP KR NZ RU UA US
Albania Bosnia and Herzegovina Switzerland Croatia Israel Iceland Faroe Islands Liechtenstein Moldova Montenegro FYR of Macedonia Norway Serbia Turkey
Argentina Australia Canada China Colombia Costa Rica India Iran Japan Republic of Korea New Zealand Russian Federation Ukraine United States
