I've just had an email from our lovely research services people suggesting that I might repurpose an existing grant application to apply for an @ERC_Research Starting or Consolidator grant. Unfortunately, ERC uses "years since PhD" as its metric of experience, so I'm ineligible.
I'm *just* in the eligibility window for Consolidator (it's up to 12 years post-PhD), but my application won't be competitive due to lack of track-record.
It's so frustrating that grants that are explicitly intended to help people get established in academia often exclude those who've had a career in industry. UKRI, at least, is better about this.
It would be an easy thing for ERC to change in order to encourage mobility between academia and other sectors - which can only be a good thing, right?
For anyone else in this position:
Eligible grants include: all UKRI early career grants/fellowships; 1851 Fellowships; Royal Society fellowships.
Ineligible: Royal Academy of Engineering fellowship; British Academy postdoctoral fellowship; Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship.
Eligible grants include: all UKRI early career grants/fellowships; 1851 Fellowships; Royal Society fellowships.
Ineligible: Royal Academy of Engineering fellowship; British Academy postdoctoral fellowship; Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship.
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