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ERC Starting Grant Project Proposal

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An ERC Starting Grant proposal on A4 laid out as Part B1 (extended synopsis, CV, early track record) and Part B2 (the scientific proposal and implementation).

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article [11pt, a4paper]
Compiles with
pdfLaTeX
Pages in the compiled PDF
6
Bibliography
None
Files
2 files: 1 .tex, 1 image
Packages
  • fontenc
  • inputenc
  • lmodern
  • microtype
  • geometry
  • xcolor
  • amsmath
  • amssymb
  • graphicx
  • booktabs
  • tabularx
  • array
  • multirow
  • multicol
  • enumitem
  • fancyhdr
  • titlesec
  • lastpage
  • tcolorbox
  • tikz
  • fontawesome5
  • hyperref
  • eurosym
The start of the preamble of main.tex, from its \documentclass line.
\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{article}

% --- Core Packages ---
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage{microtype}
\usepackage[margin=2.2cm,headheight=15pt,headsep=18pt]{geometry}
\usepackage[table]{xcolor}
\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage{array}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{multicol}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\usepackage{titlesec}
\usepackage{lastpage}
\usepackage[most]{tcolorbox}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{positioning,calc,shapes.geometric,backgrounds}
\usepackage{fontawesome5}
\usepackage[colorlinks=true,linkcolor=ErcNavy,citecolor=ErcNavy,urlcolor=ErcTeal]{hyperref}

% --- Color Palette (Modern ERC Style) ---
\definecolor{ErcNavy}{RGB}{16, 37, 66}
\definecolor{ErcGold}{RGB}{197, 155, 39}
\definecolor{ErcTeal}{RGB}{24, 119, 140}
\definecolor{ErcLightBg}{RGB}{245, 247, 250}
\definecolor{ErcDark}{RGB}{40, 44, 52}
\definecolor{ErcGray}{RGB}{100, 110, 120}
\definecolor{ErcBorder}{RGB}{210, 220, 230}

% --- Header & Footer Configuration ---
\pagestyle{fancy}
\fancyhf{}
\fancyhead[L]{\small \textbf{\color{ErcNavy}ERC-2026-STG | Proposal Acronym: QUANTUM-CELL}}
\fancyhead[R]{\small \color{ErcGray}European Research Council}

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