Press Releases and Updates

02 February 2010 Contribution from the ERC to the Consultation on EU 2020: a new strategy to make the EU a smarter, greener social market
22 January 2010 Prof. Fotis Kafatos steps down as ERC President
Announcement
Press Release
14 January 2010 Top research leaders selected in second ERC Advanced Grant competition
Statistics
List Advanced Grants - All domains by country
List Advanced Grants - PE 
List Advanced Grants - LS 
List Advanced Grants - SH 
18 December 2009 Third ERC Starting Grant call attracted 2873 proposals
29 October 2009 Additional researchers selected in second ERC Starting Grant competition
08 September 2009 New top researchers selected in second ERC Starting Grant competition: Results
Statistics
List Starting Grants PE updated on 29/10/2009
List Starting Grants LS updated on 29/10/2009
List Starting Grants SH updated on 29/10/2009
15 July 2009 ERC Executive Agency reaches autonomy
02 July 2009 New Secretary General of the European Research Council
18 May 2009 Second ERC Advanced Grant Call: 512 proposals in the LS domain
17 April 2009 Second ERC Advanced Grant Call: 335 proposals in the SH domain
31 March 2009 Second ERC Advanced Grant Call: 736 proposals in the PE domain
12 December 2008 Second ERC Starting Grant call: 927 proposals in Life Sciences
27 November 2008 Second ERC Starting Grant call: 464 proposals in Social Sciences and Humanitites
18 November 2008 Second ERC Starting Grant call: 1112 proposals in Physical Sciences and Engineering
7 November 2008 The European Research Council concludes first Advanced Grant competition: Full results
Statistics updated on 10/11/2008
List Advanced Grants PE, List Advanced Grants LS, List Advanced Grants SH,
List Advanced Grants Interdisciplinary
13 October 2008 ERC Advanced Grants competition: first winners in the Life Sciences domain
27 August 2008 ERC Advanced Grants competition: first winners in the Social Sciences and Humanities domain
31 July 2008 ERC Advanced Grants competition: first winners in the Physical Sciences and Engineering domain
26 June 2008 First ERC Advanced Grants competition
23 May 2008 Identification process for new ERC Scientific Council members to be set up
15 May 2008 Signing of the first ERC Starting Grants
25 April 2008 766 proposals submitted for ERC Advanced Grants in Life Sciences and Medicine
28 March 2008 Financial support from the national level to ERC Starting Grant finalists - Updated version 19/06/2008
27 March 2008 403 proposals submitted for ERC Advanced Grants in the Social Sciences and Humanities
11 March 2008 997 proposals submitted for ERC Advanced Grants in the Physical Sciences and Engineering
24 January 2008 The ERC publishes the results of the first ERC Starting Grant competition - Updated version 08/05/2008
14 December 2007 European Research Council awards its first prestigious grants to top researchers - FR - DE
21 November 2007 4bn Euro for Europe's far-reaching research
1 October 2007 ERC Scientific Council publishes interim results of first: Starting Grant competition
26 July 2007 ERC Starting Grants - first stage evaluation process concluded
22 June 2007 2007 Starting Grant Competition: State of Evaluation
04 June 2007 ERC Statement on the 2007 Starting Grant
26 April 2007 Impressive demand for first European Research Council grants
27 February 2007 Berlin Statement of Scientific Council on ERC Starting Grants
22 December 2006 ERC Scientific Council Statement on Open Access
30 August 2006  ERC Secretary General announced
- Commissioner Potocnik welcomes selection of the Secretary-General
(from the Commissioner's web site)
14 July 2006  Scientific Council announces ERC peer review panel structure
29-30 May 2006 Scientific Council meeting
28 April 2006 Call for applications for the position of ERC Secretary General
26-27 April 2006  Scientific Council meeting
24-25 January 2006  Scientific Council meeting
2 December 2005  Chairman and officers of ERC Scientific Council announced (PDF 161 kB)
19 October 2005  Inaugural Meeting of the ERC Scientific Council