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Today, the European Commission re-appointed Prof. Sylvie Lorente as a member of the Scientific Council, the governing body of the European Research Council (ERC). Following four years as a member of the Scientific Council, her mandate has now been…

The European Research Council (ERC) has today announced the names of its grantees to be awarded the Proof of Concept Grants. Funding for this first round of 2026, worth €27.3 million, will go to 182 researchers. Each grant is worth €150,000 and…

Protein analysis of 20 individuals from South Africa's Rising Star cave raises new questions about the species' biology and behaviour.

The European Research Council (ERC) has today announced the winners of its latest Advanced Grant competition. The funding, worth €838 million, will go to 319 leading researchers across Europe. The Advanced Grants give senior researchers the…

The European Research Council (ERC) has announced the awarding of 319 Advanced Grants to outstanding research leaders across Europe, as part of the Horizon Europe programme. To illustrate the variety of supported research, we selected five examples…

The EMBO Gold Medal 2026 has been awarded to ERC grantee Gautam Dey, Group Leader at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany, and to Omaya Dudin, University of Geneva, Switzerland, for their contributions to…

ERC President Maria Leptin spoke at the event “Boosting frontier research in Romania” held at the Polytechnica University in Bucharest. During this visit, she met with President of Romania Nicusor Dan and with the scientific community.

Five researchers supported by the European Research Council (ERC) are among the winners of the 2026 Kavli Prize, an award that recognises advances in astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience.