Pillar One

Activities under this Pillar I promote scientific excellence and maintain a bottom up approach, funding any area. Funding supports excellent basic and frontier research, reinforcing the link between research, innovation, and where appropriate, education and other policies.

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European Research Council

The European Research Council provides attractive and flexible funding to enable talented and creative individual researchers, with an emphasis on early stage researchers, and their teams to pursue the most promising avenues at the frontier of science, on the basis of EU-wide competition based solely on the criterion of excellence.

Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions are the EU flagship programme for doctoral and postdoctoral training, equipping researchers with new knowledge and skills through mobility across borders and exposure to different sectors and disciplines. 

Research Infrastructures

Research infrastructures are facilities that provide resources and services for the research communities to conduct research and foster innovation. They are open and accessible to the best researchers from Europe and beyond.