ERC | Advanced Grant
ERC Advanced Grants are designed to allow outstanding research leaders of any nationality and any age to pursue ground-breaking, high-risk projects in Europe.
 The scheme targets researchers who have already established themselves as top independent research leaders. 
 ERC Advanced Grants in brief: 
  - Eligibility  : any  nationality, any age. Applicants must be leaders in their respective  field(s) of research and must demonstrate significant achievement in the  last 10 years 
  - Location:  research  must be conducted in a public or private research organisation (known  as a Host Institution/HI). It could be the HI where the applicant  already works, or any other HI located in one of the EU Member States  or Associated Countries 
  - Funding:  up to € 2.5 million per grant 
  - Duration:  up to 5 years 
  - Sole evaluation criterion:  scientific excellence of researcher and research proposal
 More information on the Call here:   https://erc.europa.eu/funding/advanced-grants