Proof of Concept Grant Application Form 2026

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  1. Click ‘Get Form’ to open the Proof of Concept Grant Application Form in our editor.
  2. Begin by entering the UCR Disclosure Case number at the top of the form. This is essential for tracking your application.
  3. Fill in the Lead Inventor's details, including their full name and contact information. Ensure accuracy as this person will be the primary contact for the project.
  4. Next, provide the Technology Title and Title of Proposal. These should clearly reflect the focus of your grant application.
  5. Indicate the Total Amount Requested for funding. Be specific and ensure it aligns with your project budget.
  6. In the Personnel section, enter details for the Principal Investigator, including last name, first name, department, school or college, campus phone, email, appointment date at UCR, and present title.
  7. For Co-PIs, list their names and relevant details as required. If there are multiple Co-PIs, attach additional pages as needed.

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PIs may be of any age and nationality, and may reside in any country in the world at the time of the application. The ERC Starting Grant is open to researchers who have between 2 and 7 years of experience since the successful defence of their first PhD degree.
Proof of Concept Grants have a success rate between 32-48%.
Proof of Concept ( PoC ) funding supports early-to-mid stage commercialisation activities as part of the development of innovative ideas or technologies, bridging the Valley of Death between groundbreaking research and commercial applications.
At step 1 the success rate of cross-panel proposals has consistently been slightly lower across the main ERC calls (average of 23% for cross panel proposals versus 28% for single panel proposals). At step 2 the success rates have been 44% and 46% respectively.
The ERC Proof of Concept funding is made available only to those who already have an ERC award to establish proof of concept of an idea that was generated in the course of their ERC-funded projects.

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Statistics obtained from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) by Times Higher Education via a Freedom of Information request show that just 64 of the 547 applications for responsive mode grants it considered in 2022-23 were approved for funding a success rate of 11.7 per cent.
The ERCs 2023 work programme included three rounds of the Proof of Concept call. In total, 564 proposals were evaluated, and 240 projects were selected with the success rate of 43%.

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