Celebrating 1000 Innovative Ideas

Just over three years after its launch, the European Research Council (ERC) has reached a new milestone: the 1000th top researcher funded by the ERC to perform innovative blue sky research in Europe.

To mark this event a ceremony was organised to celebrate the signing of the 1000th ERC grant, awarded to immunologist and paediatrician Prof. Dr. Erika von Mutius of the Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.

In the presence of the 1000th ERC grantee as well as distinguished representatives from the scientific community and political research scene, the ceremony took place on Thursday 24 June 2010 at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in München, Germany.