The European Research Council Executive Agency (ERCEA) has awarded 102 new Proof of Concept (PoC) Grants, worth €150,000 each, in the third round of the European Research Council (ERC) PoC 2023 call.
In the third round, UK-based ERC grant holders were awarded five ERC PoC grants, with Germany awarded the most (25).
The full list of winners by host institution and country is available on the ERC website.
ERC PoC calls in Work Programme 2023
The ERC’s 2023 Work Programme included three rounds of the Proof of Concept call. In total, 564 proposals were evaluated, and 240 projects were selected with the success rate of 43%.
The highest number of ERC PoC grants selected under the three rounds of the 2023 ERC Work Programme will be hosted in Germany (40), followed by Spain (30), the UK (26), Italy (25), France (22), the Netherlands (20), Israel (18), Belgium (15), Denmark (9), Austria (8), Sweden (8), Ireland (4), Portugal (4), Norway (3). Additionally, Czechia and Finland will host two grants each and Luxemburg, Hungary, Poland, and Greece one grant each.