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The new European Research Council is Europe’s first funding organisation for basic research on a supranational level. The mission of the ERC is to fund pioneer research with excellence as the sole criterion. The selection procedure is in line with best practices among other funding agencies across the world. Meanwhile, the unique organisational structure with a strict separation of administrative and scientific tasks raises questions about the autonomy and efficiency of the ERC.
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Decision No 1982/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007–2013), OJ L 412, 30.12.2006, p. 1–43.
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Council Decision 2006/972/EC of 19 December 2006 concerning the specific programme: Ideas implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007–2013), OJ L 400, 30.12.2006, p. 243–271.
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The report is available under http://erc.europa.eu/pdf/final_report_erc_20062005_en.pdf. Accessed 12 April 2010.
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http://erc.europa.eu/pdf/final_report_230709.pdf. Accessed 12 April 2010.
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Groß, T., Karaalp, R.N. (2015). The European Research Council: A Legal Evaluation of Research Funding Structures. In: Jansen, D., Pruisken, I. (eds) The Changing Governance of Higher Education and Research. Higher Education Dynamics, vol 43. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09677-3_9
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