ERC publications

The projects presented in this brochure are investigating: how to model urban agglomerations; the development of “smart cities”; how the urban environment could affect cardiovascular health; energy poverty; anxiety, consumer culture and food safety and the role of space in policy making.

Cancer is among the leading causes of death worldwide, accounting for 8.2 million deaths in 2012 according to the World Health Organization. According to the same source, it is expected that annual cancer cases will rise from 14 million in 2012 to 22 million by 2030. Research on cancer development, treatment and prevention, as well as basic research in this area, is essential to reduce the burden of this disease. Research…

Annual report on the ERC activities and achievements in 2013

This folder gathers examples of projects from all three domains funded by the ERC: life sciences; physical sciences and engineering; and social sciences and humanities.

Many ERC projects in cell biology address key societal challenges. The projects presented in this brochure are investigating: the role of the cortex in cellular morphogenesis; the role of integrins in the development of cancer cells; the transition from single to multi-cellular organisms at the interface between physics, fluid dynamics and cell biology; the role of mitosis in chromosome formation; why some people age earlier than…

Città della Scienza Napoli/Naples - Italia/Italy

ERC-funded projects in the SSH are often led by multidisciplinary teams with strong links to other domains; they can range from archaeology, urban studies and linguistics to demography, the performing arts and law or economics. This collection of projects offers a taste of the breadth and depth of some research funded by the ERC in this field.

World Water Week 2013 - All about water by ERC projects

The ERC has put together this collection of ERC projects to give a taste of the breadth and depth of some of its funded research in cognitive psychology. You’ll read about: the acquisition of language in infants; the underlying mechanisms of reading; the way our brain computes numbers; the cognitive and neural substrate of social interactions or the influence of social context on our perception of the world.

In this brochure, the ERC presents several examples of excellent research conducted in Central and Eastern Europe. The projects featured address various challenges: from discovering novel types of antibiotics, developing innovative biochips that detect diseases or new techniques for weather predictability, to decoding the attitudes of citizens towards public goods.