Advanced@UNIPI 2025 - The call to support your application for the ERC Advanced Grant ~ UNIPI

With Advanced@UNIPI the University of Pisa supports researchers interested in submitting proposals to the ERC Advanced Grant 2025 call, which is open from May 22, 2025, with a deadline in August 28, 2025.

The recipients of the support service are researchers of any nationality who choose the University of Pisa as the host institution for their project proposal on the ERC-AdG 2025 call. It is not required to have an active contract with UNIPI.

The support will consist of a comprehensive and interactive review process on:

CV and scientific profile of the PI
Project idea and its presentation.

This support will be provided by a consulting agency selected by the University of Pisa in collaboration with the Research Promotion and Project Design Unit.

Submission procedure

The application consists of:

Letter of acknowledgment from the hosting Department (Attachment 1).
CV of the PI + project idea (Attachment 2).

All documents must be written in English and submitted in PDF format to the email address advanced@unipi.it.

The deadline for submitting applications is April 22, 2025, at 23:59 (the date of sending the email is binding).

Proposals evaluation

The selection, run by an external Commission for the three ERC domains, will be based exclusively on the scientific excellence and candidate’s profile, accordingly to the ERC-AdG criteria. Up to a maximum of 6 proposals will be retained.

Timelines

Opening of the call: March 20, 2025
Deadline for submitting applications: April 22, 2025
Evaluation of applications: end of April 2025
Start of support: May 2025

For projects that receive ERC funding with UNIPI as the Host Institution

The PI may be eligible for a permanent position at the University of Pisa in accordance with current regulations.
The PI will be supported throughout the negotiation phase with the ERCEA (European Research Council Executive Agency) and, subsequently, in project management and reporting by the University’s Research Services in collaboration with the Department hosting the research.

Results of the evaluation process

The results of the evaluation procedure for the applications received in response to the call have been published. Below is the list of the selected projects. Due to the presence of ex-aequo rankings, 8 projects have been selected for support.

Selected projects