The document summarizes the European Research Council's IDEAS program, which funds frontier research projects led by independent investigators. Key points include: - It supports individual research teams without the need for transnational partnerships. Projects can be in new or emerging fields. - Principal Investigators of any nationality can apply for Starting or Advanced Grants of up to 1.5 million Euros over 2-10 years. - Evaluation considers the excellence of the PI and research project, as well as the research environment hosting the project. Only the most ambitious, ground-breaking projects are funded.