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Chart 4
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Number (& %) of Greek proposals submitted & evaluated per ERC call & ERC funding scheme
Chart 4 shows a similar pattern in the evolution of the number and % of Greek applications to that of ERC ap-
plications per call and grant scheme (see Chart 1). As in the rest of the EU & Associated Countries, there is a
significant drop in Greek applications of 74% and 69% between the first and second ERC Starting & Advanced
calls, respectively. There is also a recovery in Advanced Grant applications from 2010 with an increase in Greek
submissions of 33% and 42% between the second and third calls and between the third and fourth calls, respec-
tively. However, the Starting funding scheme still exhibits a significant decrease of 58% in Greek applications be-
tween the second and third calls and the recovery did not materialise until the fourth call, which saw an increase
in Greek submissions of 94% compared to the previous year. The establishment of benchmark features related
to the profile of the applicant (Principal Investigator) incorporated in order to encourage ambitious proposals and
researchers at the right competitive level, together with the low Greek success rate, seems to have significantly
discouraged Greek participation in ERC Grant calls.
ERC Competition:
Success Rates at First & Second-Stage Evaluation
The competition for ERC Grants has been intense, with the selection for funding based on a rigorous high-quality
peer review procedure. The average success rates are about 14% and 10% in the Advanced and Starting funding
schemes respectively.
Greek average success rates are about 5% in both the Advanced and Starting Grants (see Table 2). However,
if the first Starting Grant call is not taken into consideration due to oversubscription, the overall and Greek aver-
age success rate of the Starting Grants rise to 13 % and 6%, respectively. Table 3 provides information on the
ERC proposals submitted by Greek Host Institutions per domain as well as their outcome in the first and second
stage evaluation procedure.
ERC Starting
Grant Calls
ERC Advanced
Grant Calls
ERC identifier call
327
85
36
70
88
27
36
51
(3,7%)
(3,6%)
(1,3%)
(1,7%)
(4,3%)
(1,8%)
(1,8%)
(2,3%)
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
ERC-2007-
StG
ERC-2009-
StG
ERC-2010-
StG
ERC-2011-
StG
ERC-2008-
AdG
ERC-2009-
AdG
ERC-2010-
AdG
ERC-2011-
AdG
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