ERC Starting Grants 21 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. 1
ERC Starting Grant 21 Call Submitted and selected proposals by domain Submitted Proposals Selected Proposals Life Sciences 94 114 Physical Sciences and Engineering Social Sciences and Humanities 1269 16 711 8 Total 292 3 Success rate ~ 12 % 2
UK DE NO # of grantees ERC Starting Grant 21 Call Grantees by Country of Host Institution & domain 3 grants 6 6 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 23 countries 61 3 Social Sciences and Humanities 38 Physical Sciences and Engineering 3 3 Life Sciences 28 22 13 11 9 8 6 4 4 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 Country of host institution 3
DE UK US CA AU BG CN IN RU CY SK BR EE IS JP KR UA ZA # of grantees ERC Starting Grant 21 Call Grantees by nationality and gender 3 grants 6 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 6 37 31 29 26 26 21 38 nationalities Male grantees Female grantees 8 8 7 6 6 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 grantee nationality 4
DE UK US CA AU BG CN IN RU CY SK BR EE IS JP KR UA ZA Number of grantees ERC Starting Grant 21 Call Nationals in own country and abroad 3 grants 6 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 6 Nationals in own country Nationals abroad 37 31 29 26 26 21 8 8 7 6 6 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Grantee nationality
UK DE NO Number of grantees ERC Starting Grant 21 Call Mobility: Incoming and staying grantees 3 grants 6 6 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 61 3 38 3 3 28 22 13 11 9 8 6 "Non-European" grantees staying in the country "European" grantees staying in the country Grantees moving to the country Nationals hosted in own country 4 4 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 Country of host institution 6
LS1 LS2 LS3 LS4 LS LS6 LS7 LS8 LS9 PE1 PE2 PE3 PE4 PE PE6 PE7 PE8 PE9 PE SH1 SH2 SH3 SH4 SH SH6 # of grantees ERC Starting Grant 21 Call Grantees by panel and gender 3 grants 2 2 Males (21 = 72 %) Females (99 = 28 %) 1 Life Sciences Physical Sciences and Engineering Social Sciences and Humanities 7
Annex I ERC panel structure 21 Life Sciences LS1 Molecular and Structural Biology and Biochemistry LS2 Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology LS3 Cellular and Developmental Biology LS4 Physiology, Pathophysiology and Endocrinology LS 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 SH1 Markets, Individuals, and Institutions SH2 The Social World, Diversity, Institutions and Values SH3 Environment, Space and Population SH4 The Human Mind and its Complexity SH Cultures and Cultural Production SH6 The Study of the Human Past Physical Sciences and Engineering PE1 Mathematics PE2 Fundamental Constituents of Matter PE3 Condensed Matter Physics PE4 Physical and Analytical Chemical Sciences PE Synthetic Chemistry and Materials PE6 Computer Science and Informatics PE7 Systems and Communication Engineering PE8 Products and Processes Engineering PE9 Universe Sciences PE Earth System Science 8
Annex II Country codes EU Member States BG CY DE EE HR LT LU LV SI SK UK 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 H22 Associated Countries AL BA IS FO MD ME MK NO RS UA Albania Bosnia and Herzegovina Switzerland Israel Iceland Faroe Islands Moldova Montenegro FYR of Macedonia Norway Serbia Turkey Ukraine Other Countries AU BR CA CN IN JP KR RU US ZA Australia Brazil Canada China India Japan Korea Russian Federation United States South Africa 9