EURYI

In 2003, the European Heads of Research Councils (EUROHORCs) developed the European Young Investigator Awards (EURYI) Scheme in cooperation with the European Science Foundation (ESF). The aim of the scheme is to attract outstanding young researchers from anywhere in the world to work in Europe and lead their own research team.

In an open competition funded by national research organisations in 16 European countries, the EURYI Awards Scheme provides the resources to pursue an independent research career, including the development and building up of a research group where appropriate.

The countries which have participated in the EURYI Scheme so far are: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

The European Commission is supporting the management and assessment process with a contract of about 1.8 MEUR for 5 calls, which allows all the money from the Participating Organisations to be spent on the funding of awards.