Time is running out – scientific cooperation is needed to address global challenges
Nobel Prize winner and President of the Australian National University urges governments to strengthen their commitment to science cooperation. As an astronomer, international research cooperation is part of my DNA. When we were awarded the Nobel…
Science knows no borders
The ERC was, from the outset, a global endeavour. Stimulating scientific excellence in Europe by funding the very best, creative researchers of any nationality is at its core - ERC grants are open to researchers from anywhere in the word, provided…
Science is essentially international – how the ERC promotes scientific cooperation
The European Research Council has come a long way in terms of global outreach since its launch fifteen years ago, when it was set up to put Europe on the map in terms of scientific excellence. ERC funding, offering substantial and attractive grants…
Insider view: How the ERC mapped science frontiers
Just as a digital picture has thousands of pixels that are necessary to build up its final image, the ERC aimed to see what type of pictures it could build up using the thousands of projects it has funded. Specifically, the 6,707 frontier research…
External opinion: Mapping of ERC funded projects
An external perspective on the recent exercise to map ERC frontier research projects, from information science experts Cassidy R. Sugimoto and Vincent Larivière.A defining feature of the European Research Council (ERC) funding programs are that they…
Mapping the frontiers of science - ERC Scientific Council editorial
The ERC’s bottom-up approach to funding research has sparked 6700 projects under the Horizon 2020 framework programme, many of which have pushed scientific frontiers and advanced knowledge in fields varying from mathematics to linguistics and from…
How the pandemic shaped the research environment
A perspective from Dr Mostafa Moonir Shawrav, Chair of the association for alumni of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) programme, the European Union’s flagship fund for doctoral education and postdoctoral training of researchers. Members of…
Tackling Covid-19 – the role of European research
The effects of the pandemic
Two years after the COVID-19 pandemic abruptly changed the way we live and work, it is timely to reflect on its impact on the world of research, how we adapted and coped, and what we have learnt. That’s what this issue of the ERC Magazine is about…
