European Research Council and IDEAS grants

I have been a member of the Italian delegation in the Programme Committee for this European funding scheme during 2006/2012.
Below you find some useful links and some documents we wrote.
DISCLAIMER: The ideas and opinions expressed in this pages are personal and do not necessarely represent the view of the Italian Ministery of Education, University and Research.

General Informations

• Homepage of the European Research Council; see in particular the sections: Library and Frequently Asked Questions


• Homepage of APRE: National Contact Points of all FP7 programmes.

Talks and Documents

• Risultati e prospettive dei grant IDEAS in Italia: talk at Turin Polytechnic, December 2011


• ERC - verso VIII programma quadro: document of APRE network, May 2011


• IDEAS in Italy:talk at APRE, Rome, January 2011


• Introductory talk at INFN, Frascati, December 2008


• Kafatos' (Former Head of ERC) talk in Paris, October 2008


• News on the schedule of IDEAS funds in 2008-2009, March 2008


• Introductory talk at the University of Florence, January 2008


• Personal comments on the IDEAS funds and the results of the first Starting Grant call, December 2007


• Document on the problems for implementing IDEAS funds in Italy, July 2007


• Comments of the Italian delegation to the first IDEAS Work Programme, December 2006