Promoting ERC calls in the humanities and social sciences
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The SNSF introduces measures to encourage researchers in the humanities and social sciences to participate in ERC calls. Applications for research grants under the prestigious funding schemes of the European Research Council (ERC Starting, Consolidator and Advanced Grants) are evaluated by panels of international experts and compared with proposals from all over Europe. A study commissioned by the SNSF (published in July 2014) shows low participation in ERC calls for researchers in the humanities and social sciences in Switzerland. Participation is particularly low among women. Measures to improve participation. In coordination with EURESEARCH, the SNSF has approved several measures to improve the participation of researchers in the humanities and social sciences in European calls: - The SNSF encourages all Ambizione grantees and SNSF professors in the second or third year of their grant to submit an ERC proposal. The SNSF researchers whose proposals were considered outstanding by the Humanities and Social Science division and encourages them to submit an ERC proposal.
