The ERC Consolidator Grants are designed to support excellent Principal Investigators at the career stage at which they may still be consolidating their own independent research team or programme. Principal Investigators must demonstrate the ground-breaking nature, ambition and feasibility of their research proposal. A competitive Consolidator Grant Principal Investigator should have already shown evidence of research independence. The Principal Investigators shall have successfully defended their first PhD at least 7 and up to 12 years prior to 1 January 2025. The eligibility period can be extended beyond 12 years in certain properly documented circumstances.

MSCA Staff Exchanges involve organisations from the academic and non-academic sectors (including SMEs) from across the globe. Support is provided for international, inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary mobility of R&I staff leading to knowledge transfer between participating organisations. MSCA Staff Exchanges can address three dimensions of mobility: international, inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary[2]. While exchanges between organisations within EU Member States and Horizon Europe Associated Countries should mainly be inter-sectoral, same-sector exchanges[3] are also possible under the condition that they are interdisciplinary. Interdisciplinarity is not required for same-sector exchanges with non-associated Third Countries. For participating staff members, the project should offer new skills acquisition and career development perspectives. Participating organisations must ensure that the seconded staff are adequately mentored.

The 5th call for proposals is targeted to thematic Strategic territorial projects focused on the Smarter and Greener Mediterranean Programme priorities and the related specific objectives. Smarter Mediterranean – Specific objectives: 1.1 “Developing and enhancing research and innovation capacities and the uptake of advanced technologies” Greener Mediterranean – Specific objectives: 2.6 “Promoting the transition to a circular and resource-efficient economy”, 2.4 “Promoting climate change adaptation and disaster risk prevention, resilience, taking into account eco-system-based approaches”, 2.7 “Enhancing protection and conservation of nature, biodiversity and green infrastructure including in urban areas and reducing all forms of pollution”. The call foresees a pre-application step and a full application step.