The EACR-Mark Foundation-Pezcoller Foundation Rising Star Award is open to EACR members with an unfunded Score ‘A’ cancer-related project from the 2023 ERC Starting Grant calls.

Application deadline: 11 October 2023

The awardee will receive funding of up to €100,000 to begin their project. Institutional overheads of 10% will be added to this amount. The award is intended to bridge the period before re-submission to the ERC. The awardee will be invited to accept their award, and to give a talk, at the EACR Congress in Rotterdam, Netherlands, 10-13 June 2024, and also to give a lecture at the Pezcoller Foundation in Trento, Italy, at a date to be agreed.

Eligibility 

Applicants must be current EACR members. If you want to apply for this award but are not yet an EACR member, you can sign up to become a member now.

Applicants must have an unfunded Score ‘A’ cancer-related project from the 2023 ERC Starting Grant calls. The ERC defines Score 'A' as "Fully meets the ERC excellence criterion and is recommended for funding if sufficient funds are available".

How to apply

Application deadline: 11 October 2023

Download the Terms and Conditions

Download the Application Form

Please email your completed application form and the below accompanying documents as a single PDF to laura.kendrick@eacr.org. Applicants can expect to hear the result of the evaluation by 15 November 2023.

Documents to send:

1. Completed Application Form
2. Concise curriculum vitae (CV) [1 page maximum]
3. A copy of your ‘B1’ ERC Starting Grant application 
4. Confirmation of your unfunded 2023 Score ‘A’ cancer-related project