A complete proposal includes the following components:
- Part A: Administrative Forms (to be edited online via EPSS)
- Part B: Research Proposal (upload as PDF via EPSS)
- Supporting documentation: Binding statement of support by the host institution, PhD certificate, documents proving the extension of the eligibility period - if applicable (upload as PDF via EPSS)
N.B.: Proposals without the binding statement of support by the host institution will not be considered for evaluation.
Part A) The administrative forms ask for the following information:
- Administrative Data concerning the Principal Investigator as well as the scientific project (A1)
- Data concerning the host institution (A2) and the estimated research budget (A3)
Part B) The research proposal contains 2 sections
- The profile of the applicant including
- self assessement of the scientific achievements so far (Scientific leadership profile, max. 1 page)
- scientific CV with a list of the currently funded projects (Funding-ID, max. 2 pages)
- tabular list of publications, prizes etc. (Early achievements track-record, max. 2 pages)
- summary of the research project (Extended Project Synopsis, max. 5 pages)
- The description of the Research Project (max. 15 pages), in addition an Ethical-Issues-Table and - if applicable - explanations on how the project will deal with ethical issues (both table and explanations will not count towards the maximum page limit)
A detailed overview of the needed documents is available in the Guide for Applicants of the relevant call for Starting Grants (see documents).