ERC Proposal Reading Days 20.8 (Helsinki) and 28.8 (Jyväskylä)

The Research Council of Finland is organizing two ERC Proposal Reading Days in August 2024. The first on 20 August will be held in Helsinki and the second on 28 August in Jyväskylä.

ERC Proposal Reading Days are organized for researchers who are planning an ERC application and the research services staff members are welcome to participate, too.

On the Proposal Reading Day (PRD) applicants will get the opportunity to read successful ERC grant proposals in order to see how a proposal might be structured. About 40 ERC grantees from Finnish Host Institutions have given their kind consent to make their proposal(s) available for the reading day.

• Proposal Reading Day is an on-site event.
• The PRD on 20 August will be held at the Research Council of Finland premises, Hakaniemenkatu 2, Helsinki.
• The PRD on 28 August will be held at the University Jyväskylä premises. It is reserved primarily for researchers and research services staff from the Universities of Jyväskylä and Eastern Finland.
• There will be two separate sessions on each PRD, at 9-12 and 13-16, both accommodating max 40 persons.
• One is allowed to register only to one PRD and to one session.

Practicalities:

• The proposals are available as paper copies on the PRD. One can preselect up to two proposals in the registration form. Subject to availability, it may be possible to read copies of other applications.
• Attendance only by registration which is binding. If one signs up, but cannot attend after all, one is requested to deregister before the registration deadline. After the registration deadline, one is requested to inform Coordinator Tiina Neuvonen (tiina.neuvonen@aka.fi) about the cancellation. 
• The participants must sign Declaration of Secrecy (attached) when they arrive and sign up to the PRD session.
• Photocopying or taking photos of the applications is not allowed.
• Applications cannot be taken out of the reading room.
• This is a quiet individual reading session. It does not include tutorials about the ERC. To participate one should be familiar with the ERC grant schemes, as well as the conditions for participation listed here.

Registration:

• The PRD on 20 August in Helsinki: https://www.lyyti.fi/reg/ERC_Proposal_Reading_Day_208_8556  - open until 6 August 2024.

• The PRD in Jyväskylä is reserved primarily for researchers and research services staff from the Universities of Jyväskylä and Eastern Finland. The registration link will be sent on 19 June to this email list, if there are vacant places.

Anna Kalliomäki

Senior Science Adviser, PhD

NCP for ERC funding, Horizon Europe

Research Council of Finland

Division of Natural Sciences and Engineering Research

Hakaniemenranta 6, POB 131, FI-00531 Helsinki

anna.kalliomaki@aka.fi, Tel: +358 (0) 29 533 5035

Annika Raitala

Senior Science Adviser, PhD

NCP for ERC funding, Horizon Europe

Research Council of Finland

Division of Biosciences, Health and Environmental Research

annika.raitala@aka.fi, Tel: +358 (0) 29 533 5097