Funding from the European Research Council (ERC), the EU body supporting excellent researchers finances unconventional multidisciplinary and bottom-up proposals. The ERC main objective is to strengthen the European "frontier" research, in support of pioneering projects on the initiative of researchers from different scientific, technical and academic fields.

The University of Bergamo offers:

• support for the development and writing of new applications and/or resubmissions in the research areas of the University;
• additional research funds for PhD scholarship, post-doctoral fellowship and scientific lab equipment;
• extra research fundings from Fondazione Cariplo and Regione Lombardia (this grant is subordinated to the approval of the funding Institutions).
• a dynamic and high-quality environment: University of Bergamo is in the top 100 of the Young University Ranking 2018.