The aim of this call is to provide additional funding to ERC grant holder to establish proof of concept, identify a development path and an Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) strategy for ideas arising from ERC-funded projects. Principal investigators that currently benefit from an ERC grant or those whose project has ended less than 12 months before the publication date of this call are eligible. Participants need to be at least one independent legal entity established in one of the member states or associated countries.

Budget: EUR 10 million

Deadline: 24 April 2013 (first deadline); 3 October 2013 (final deadline)

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