ERC Consolidator Grants 2025: Facts and figures on applications

The ERC has published facts and figures on applications for the 2025 Consolidator Grants call, which closed for applications on 14 January 2025. The ERC states that preliminary data reveal a 35 percent increase in the number of applications compared to the previous call, with a total of 3,121 submissions. This marks a 46 percent increase compared to the 2023 call. The highest number of applications came from the Physical Sciences and Engineering domain, with 1,268 submissions (41 percent), followed by Social Sciences and Humanities (1,033 submissions, 33 percent) and Life Sciences (820 submissions, 26 percent). Women submitted 38 percent of proposals, slightly down from 38.9 percent in the 2024 call, but higher than the 35.7 percent in 2023.