{"id":8102,"date":"2026-01-15T09:45:41","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T09:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/?p=8102"},"modified":"2026-02-06T08:36:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T08:36:49","slug":"erc-support-scheme-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/mt\/2026\/01\/15\/erc-support-scheme-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"ERC Support Scheme 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Xjenza Malta is receiving proposals under the ERC Support Scheme. The Scheme aims to strengthen the opportunities for talented researchers to obtain grants from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/erc.europa.eu\/homepage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ERC (European Research Council)<\/a>\u00a0for excellent and ground-breaking research based on researchers\u2019 own ideas within all areas of research. The Scheme is divided into two options. Applicants are to fill in the appropriate sections of the form; they may select either Option A or Option B, or both:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Option A:<\/strong>\u00a0Mentoring initiative<\/p>\n<p>The mentoring initiative will support potential ERC applicants by helping to identify international experts to provide coaching and advice.<\/p>\n<p>Applicants interested to benefit from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/erc.europa.eu\/news\/new-mentoring-scheme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ERC Mentoring Initiative<\/a>\u00a0are to indicate their interest and detail the mentoring activities they require. An expected workload and envisaged compensations for the mentors are to be specified.<\/p>\n<p>The maximum cost for Option A should be up to \u20ac5000 (inclusive of VAT). The Mentors are to be selected by a list of Mentors which will be provided by Xjenza Malta.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Option B:<\/strong>\u00a0Proposal writing trainings.<\/p>\n<p>The objective of this activity is to raise the capabilities of potential ERC candidates to prepare successful ERC grant applications through attending ERC proposal writing trainings.<\/p>\n<p>The training activities may take place in any EU Member State or Associated Country physically or online. The trainers must have extensive experience and proven track record in running ERC workshops and helping successful ERC grantees. The duration of the physical trainings should be of minimum 1 day and maximum 5 days. No restrictions apply for the online trainings.<\/p>\n<p>Interested Applicants are to contact Lili Kankaya\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:lili.vasileva@gov.mt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lili.vasileva@gov.mt<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The call will be open until 25<sup>th<\/sup> September 2026 (final deadline) with a cut off on 15<sup>th<\/sup> May 2026 in between.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qxl0WQobgK0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">For more information about the scheme, please click here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ERC_Support-Scheme-2026_Application-Form.doc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Application Form<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ERC-Support-scheme-2026_-State-Aid.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">State Aid Rules<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ERC-Support-scheme-2026_-Rules-Non-State-Aid.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Non State Aid Rules<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Annex-De-minimis-Declaration-1.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Annex-De-minimis-Declaration<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/RKDO-declaration-form-1.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RKDO Declaration Form<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Non-RKDO-Declaration-Form-1.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Non RKDO Declaration Form<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload  wp-image-8103 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ERC_web-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ERC_web-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"641\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27641%27%20height%3D%27427%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20641%20427%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27641%27%20height%3D%27427%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ERC_web-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ERC_web-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ERC_web-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ERC_web-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ERC_web-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ERC_web-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ERC_web-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ERC_web-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ERC_web-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ERC_web-scaled.jpg 2560w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 641px) 100vw, 641px\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Xjenza Malta is receiving proposals under the ERC Support Scheme. The Scheme aims to strengthen the opportunities for talented researchers to obtain grants from the\u00a0ERC (European Research Council)\u00a0for excellent and ground-breaking research based on researchers\u2019 own ideas within all areas of research. The Scheme is divided into two options. Applicants are to fill in the<\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":8103,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-open-funding-schemes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8102"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8226,"href":"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8102\/revisions\/8226"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}