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New initiative encourages top Australian researchers to come to Europe
Today, the EU and Australia have launched a new initiative to provide opportunities for top Australian researchers to carry out research visits with teams funded by the European Research Council (ERC) in Europe. The National Health and Medical...Press release -
New opportunity for Japanese talent to join Europe-based ERC teams
The EU and Japan has concluded a new agreement to encourage top Japanese researchers to join teams in Europe that are funded by the European Research Council (ERC). The initiative is a collaboration with the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)...Press release -
Striking impact of ERC projects confirmed: 79% breakthroughs or major advances
A new independent study on the output of frontier research funded by the ERC shows that 79% of projects were of major impact: 19% led to a breakthrough and 60% to a major scientific advance. Almost half of the projects have already left their mark on...Press release -
European Commission news release: Search Committee for next ERC President
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Event: Investing in Young Researchers, Shaping Europe’s Future
Tomorrow's event hosted by the European Parliament – “Investing in Young Researchers, Shaping Europe’s Future” – is the first joint initiative of the Parliament's STOA panel and the European Research Council (ERC). Bringing together ERC grantees...Press release -
Members of European Parliament to meet Europe's top scientists: Energy, transport, health on agenda
Three Nobel laureates and 23 winners of the prestigious grants of the European Research Council (ERC) will meet with Members of European Parliament (MEPs) in Strasbourg on 31 May.Press release -
50 ERC grantees backed to bring research findings to market
The awarded projects cover a variety of topics: a promising advance in the development of a universal flu vaccine, an atlas of the human sub-cortex for deep brain stimulation of people suffering Parkinson's and other neurological diseases, a new...Press release -
Stephen Hawking's last paper co-authored with ERC grantee posits new cosmology
Watching this video you are accepting YouTube cookies policy Professor Stephen Hawking’s final theory on the origin of the universe, which he worked on in collaboration with Professor Thomas Hertog from KU Leuven, has been published this week in the...Press release -
From babies' brains to bacterial warfare: ERC invests €650 million in ground-breaking research
On this occasion, Carlos Moedas, European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, said: "The ERC's Advanced Grant scheme has supported outstanding and established research leaders since 2007. It provides a great example of how EU funding...Press release -
From blue-sky research to market: New independent review praises ERC innovation initiative
On the whole, ERC-funded projects prompt innovation, but the study found that those backed by Proof of Concept grants are even more effective in this respect. A survey compared the performance of Proof of Concept grantees to a control group of ERC...Press release