ERA Research Managers
ERA Chairs and Research Managers · HORIZON-CSA · Needs partners
What this call funds
This call funds a single research institution in a Widening country to recruit an experienced research manager, called an ERA Research Manager, who will build or strengthen a permanent research management team. The grant covers salaries, recruitment, travel and equipment, and helps the institution reform how it manages research, attracts talent, and competes for funding. Projects run for five years and aim to leave behind a lasting, self sustaining research management capacity.
research excellence · regional development · education skills
Who wins this
A university, research organisation or research infrastructure based in a Widening country that wants to professionalise its research management function by hiring a senior international research manager and building a permanent team around them.
Could you win this call?
Only the website is required.
The call in detail
- Indicative grant size
- €1.5M to €2.5M
- Funding model
- Budget-based. Reimbursement of actual eligible costs
- Submission
- Single-stage submission (full proposal at once)
- Type of action
- HORIZON Coordination and Support Actions
- Partners
- Required. The call asks for a consortium: a group applying together, typically 3+ organisations from 3+ countries.
- Eligible applicants
- research organisation, university, research infrastructure, public body
- Also required
- Applicant must be a legal entity established in a Widening country acting as sole coordinator and beneficiary, only one proposal per legal entity is allowed, and the proposal must include signed commitment letters from the prospective ERA Research Manager and the head of the coordinating institution.
- Eligible countries (45)
- Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Israel, Türkiye, Ukraine, Serbia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Georgia, Armenia, Moldova, Tunisia, New Zealand
Read the full conditions from the official call ›
General conditions 1. Admissibility Conditions: Proposal page limit and layout described in Annex A and Annex E of the Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes. Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System. 2. Eligible Countries described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes. A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon Europe projects. See the information in the Horizon Europe Programme Guide. 3. Other Eligible Conditions To achieve the expected outcomes, participation as coordinators to the call is limited to legal entities established in Widening countries, as defined in the Horizon Europe regulation. Applications may only be submitted by one legal entity (mono-beneficiary). The following additional eligibility criteria apply: As the ERA Research Manager and team is expected to operate at the level of the institute, only one proposal per legal entity can be submitted. The following additional eligibility criteria apply: To allow for the assessment of the commitment of the future ERA Research Manager and of the coordinator institution, proposals must include: 1) a letter signed by the prospective ERA Research Manager expressing their commitment to the proposal corresponding to at least 50% full time equivalent (FTE) at least until the appointment of a research management leader on a permanent basis by month 36, and their willingness to take on the underlying tasks and obligations and agreed contractual arrangements including salary and on-site presence at the host institution 2) a letter signed by the head of the coordinator institution committing to the proposal and confirming that the ERA Research Manager will receive adequate support for their tasks and duties including, for example, overseeing institutional and structural reforms, streamlining administrative processes, and facilitating collaboration. described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes. 4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion described in Annex C of the Work Programme General Annexes. 5a. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds Seals of Excellence will be awarded to applications exceeding all of the evaluation thresholds set out in this work programme but which cannot be funded due to lack of budget available to the call. The following rules for dealing with ex-aequo applications apply: in the first place, ex-aequo proposals will be prioritised according to geographical diversity criteria, defined as proposals with coordinators established in a Widening country, not otherwise represented as coordinator higher up the ranking list. The method described in Points 1), 2), 3) and 5) of General Annexes Part F (Procedure/Evaluation procedure and ranking) will then be applied to the remaining equally ranking proposals in the group. This rule establishing the priority order serves to better spread the impact of the action and to strengthen the efficiency of the ‘Widening participation and spreading excellence’ programme. are described in Annex D of the Work Programme General Annexes. 5b. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes are described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes and the Online Manual. 5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes. 6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants described in Annex G of the Work Programme General Annexes. Specific conditions described in the topic conditions
Who has won calls like this
Organisations that most often win this call family · 5 past winners