Navigating the European Research Council’s Funding Schemes
Representative Office of the State of Hesse, Brussels
23–25 March 2026
Program Overview (tentative)
Monday
14:00 | Introduction and networking
14:30 | Introduction to EU & the Representative Office of the State of Hesse
Johannes Bade (Head of Unit Research Policy and the Arts)
15:30 | Overview of EU Research Funding Structure, Collaborative Research Funding and Policy Background
KoWi
Tuesday
10:00 | Call and Project Follow-up Coordination
ERC Executive Agency
11:15 | How EU Institutions use Scientific Expertise
Joint Research Centre
16:00 | EU Science Policy Processes
Helga Schmidt (WDR)
Wednesday
09:00 | Overview of Individual Research Funding
KoWi
10:30 | ERC funding, use of GU funding opportunities
Rikki Dean (ERC StG Grantee)
11:45 | Introduction to Goethe University Funding Support Structures
Elsa Müller, Emine Şahingöz, Katharina Welling (Goethe University)
Registration
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Registration deadline: 30.11.2025
The target group for this event is R2–R3 researchers of Goethe University, however, all interested researchers are welcome to apply.
More information
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