International Research Collaborations SIG Event - 19 Nov 2024

European Research Council Synergy Grants for Top Researchers from Anywhere in the World

The  European Research Council (ERC) is the premier European funding organisation for excellent frontier research. It 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.

For ERC Synergy Grant, a group of two (2) to maximum of four (4) Principal Investigators (PIs) work together and bring different skills and resources to tackle ambitious research problems. One PI per Synergy Grant group at any one time can be hosted or engaged by an institution outside of the EU or Associated Countries (e.g. Australia, New Zealand, Singapore). The session will delve into the grant description, admissibility and eligibility, evaluation criteria, process, panel structure, proposal structure etc.

Date: Tuesday, 19 November 2024 

Time: 12PM - 1PM AEDT (Check your time zone here)

Location: Zoom Meeting

Presenter:

Nishant Shandilya, Regional Coordinator - Australia & New Zealand, EURAXESS Worldwide

Nishant Shandilya is the Regional Coordinator for Australia & New Zealand at EURAXESS Worldwide, an initiative of the European Commission that addresses barriers to the mobility of researchers and seeks to enhance scientific collaboration between Europe and the rest of the world. He is also the Regional Manager for the Pacific for Centralised Support to the Network of Erasmus+ National Focal Points. (Erasmus+ is the EU's programme to support education, training, youth, and sport in Europe). He has prominently led strategy, innovation, and international research projects – including European Commission funded grants (FP7 & Horizon) and tenders, specifically in the fields of ICT, Internationalisation and Social Innovation. He has also led-wrote evaluation studies and impact assessment reports for several EC DGs. In addition to helping run a few Centres of Excellence’ in different parts of the world, he has advised private and public sector clients in different areas, including innovation, R&D support mechanisms and economic development.

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Please note that this session may be recorded and made availble to members of the SIG.