ERC grant funds frontier research which distinctly focuses on challenging novel concepts. The typical expectation in ERC is to present large-sized projects. Such projects justify a fairly high budget for a typical duration of 60 months (or 72 months for Synergy Grants). In this context, we wish to highlight a recurring phenomena regarding ERC projects that are rejected by the reviewers on the basis of being “fragmented projects”. “Fragmented projects in ERC” is an issue that tends to be overlooked. This is especially true when it comes to conce