The year 2008 saw the first ever ERC Advanced Grants awarded. Details of projects funded under this scheme are now available on the Commission FP7 projects database. For those considering applying to the current open 2009 Advanced Grants Call this database is a good resource for getting started as it includes the abstracts of the projects.

There are currently over a hundred projects in the database. This will be added to over the coming months as more of the Grant Agreements are signed for the 2008 Advanced Grants Call. Around 275 proposals are expected to be funded in total. Search for projects related to your research interests at: http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/projects_en.html. (Note. When searching, under ‘Theme’ choose ‘FP7-Ideas’, and under Search Terms enter ‘ERC’.)