The ERC supports investigator-driven frontier research across all fields. It awards research grants to scientists and scholars from all over the world, both early-career and senior researchers, carrying out their ambitious research projects in all scientific disciplines.

This information session will highlight how the ERC supports top researchers from anywhere in the world. Participants will learn about the different ERC Funding Schemes available and how to prepare a competitive application. Speakers include ERC grantees and evaluators of ERC grant proposals.

Keynote speaker ERC President Prof Jean-Pierre Bourguignon.

The session will entail information on the forthcoming opportunities for researchers in Singapore to conduct short-term study visits of ERC funded research teams in Europe under the impending Implementing Arrangement between the ERC and NRF.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Post-doctoral researchers and established researchers (PhD + 2 to 15 years experience) of all disciplines and all nationalities. We welcome university executives and administrators. Young scientists including doctoral students who want to join international collaboration between Singapore and EU will also benefit from the information provided.

PROGRAMME

14:00 Welcome

14:10 Opportunities for Frontier Science in Europe – Understanding the European Research Council Grants

Professor Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, President of European Research Council (including Q&A Session)

14:50 My ERC-funded research: Dialogue with ERC Grantees

Prof Dr Kevin Heng, Director of the Center for Space and Habitability, University of Bern, Switzerland, ERC Consolidator Grant 2017 (via Skype)

15.30 New opportunities for Singapore-based talents to join ERC research projects

Introduction to the ERC-NRF Implementing Arrangement: opportunities for Singapore-based researchers to collaborate with European peers in conducting frontier science

Ms Sabine Simmroß, Chief of Staff to the ERC President, European Research Council Executive Agency

16.00 ERC Grants in Practice: Application & Evaluation – Roundtable

Prof Ying Jackie Yi-Ru, A*STAR Senior Fellow, NanoBio Lab, Singapore

Prof Daniela Rhodes, School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Dr Nicholas Kurniawan, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands (ERC Starting Grant Winner 2019)

17.00 Support for mobile Researchers – EURAXESS

Dr Susanne Rentzow-Vasu, Regional Representative EURAXESS ASEAN

17.15 Refreshments & Networking