As part of the ERC-UPSaclay support, two sessions for candidates from the Université Paris-Saclay perimeter (and Institut Polytechnique de Paris) wishing to apply to the ERC Starting Grant 2022 call are organised on September 29 & 30, 2021.

These sessions will be composed of two phases:

• Plenary session 1 on September 29th:
• 9.00am - 12.30pm: a general introduction of the ERC Starting Gant 2022. The objective of this session will be to provide an overview of the evaluation criteria, submission process, and ERC panels.

• Pleanary session 2 on September 30th:

• 9.00am - 11:30am: Advices on how to write a proposal. The aim of this webinar will be to provide writing guidelines and best practices to prepare and optimize your grant application: Parts B1 and B2. A time for questions and answers will be set at the end of the session.

• Round Table on September 30th:

• 11:30am - 1:00pm: There will be a round-table discussion, in which experts, laureates and European Affairs Officers will participate. This will be an opportunity for you to benefit from advice from different stakeholders and to ask any questions you may have.

The final programme will be sent to all registered participants a few days before the session.

You will also be able to benefit from a one-hour individual interview with one of our experts about your project idea. The interviews will take place from October 11th to October 15th. After registering, we will get back to you with the details of the interview. Due to the current context, all interviews will be conducted by videoconference. Please indicate in the "comments" part of the form if you have any particular availability during this period (morning, afternoon,...)

Please note: if you are not available from October 11th to 15th, you will be able to benefit from a session via Skype at a later date. Please make sure to indicate this on the registration form.

Registration is free but mandatory. Please note that the webinar as well as the individual interviews are reserved for researchers and teacher-researchers within the perimeter of the Université Paris-Saclay (as well as the Institut Polytechnique de Paris).

Please note: due to the situation related to COVID-19, the sessions will be held as a webinar. We will send the final program and the link to connect online to all registrants a few days before the session.

If you have any questions regarding the organisation of these days, please do not hesitate to contact Izabela Faguet: izabela.faguet@universite-paris-saclay.fr.