During an interactive webinar Angela Liberatore, Head of Scientific Management Department, and Jose Labastida, Head of Unit “Support to the Scientific Council” of the ERC Executive Agency will present the novelties of the ERC work programme 2024. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions about the current and upcoming grant competitions. The ERC 2024 work programme includes new elements in the assessment of research proposals and candidates’ CVs, and in the evaluation process and structure of evaluation panels. In this work programme lump sum funding in Advanced Grants is introduced. More information can be found in the summary of the main features of the 2024 ERC work programme. In the latest issue of the ERC magazine with focus on research assessment Maria Leptin, president of the ERC’s Scientific Council, explains why the changes to the assessment of ERC grant proposals were introduced.