The European Reintegration Grants (ERG) and the International Reintegration Grants (IRG) have been refocused with the Marie Curie Work Programm 2011 in order to reinforce the attractiveness of the European Research Area by merging and rebranding them into the Career Integration Grants (CIG).
The Integration Grants assist researchers who have been offered a stable position in an EU Member State or Associated Country (including the home country of the researcher) in establishing themselves in Europe with their own research budget. This action, thus, contributes to the permanent integration of researchers who are taking up, for the first time, a stable research position in Europe e.g. after a period of mobility.
Researchers of any nationality with a PhD or at least 4 years of research experience are eligible. They must furthermore comply with the mobility rule. Funding comprises a flat-rate contribution of EUR 25,000 per year for the implementation of a research project in an EU-Member State or Associated Country for a period of 2 to 4 years. The grant can be used to pay costs relating to the researcher's project (including the researcher's salary) such as consumables, publication- and patent costs etc.
CIG in brief:
Type of action: Integration Grant
Who is qualified: Postdocs and researchers with at least 4 years of research experience (full-time equivalent) after their graduation
Mobility rule: Researchers of any nationality who have spent less than 12 months in the last 3 years prior to the deadline in the country of the host institution
Duration of the funding: 2-4 years
Topic of the project: open to all fields of research
What will be funded: fixed amount of EUR 25,000 per year as contribution towards salary, research, publication and travel expanses etc. for the researcher
Host organisation: universities/universities of applied sciences, research institutes, companies and international organisations with registered offices in an EU Member State or Associated Country
Application: online, 2 cut-off dates per year