News

Displaying 33 - 40 of 44

Second round winners in 2019 - Proof of Concept call

The Proof of Concept grant scheme has reached a milestone - the 1000th project has been approved for funding since the scheme started in 2011. The winning project, to covert underwater communication cables for use in earthquake detection, is…
The Proof of Concept grant scheme has reached a milestone - the 1000th project has been approved for funding since the scheme started in 2011. The winning project, to covert underwater…
The Proof of Concept grant scheme has reached a milestone - the 1000th project has been approved for funding since the scheme started in 2011. The…
The Proof of Concept grant scheme has reached a milestone - the 1000th project has been approved for funding since the scheme started in 2011. The winning project, to covert…
The Proof of Concept grant scheme has reached a milestone - the 1000th project has been approved for funding since the…
Call highlights

First round winners in 2019 - Proof of Concept call

Projects awarded ERC Proof of Concept grants are extremely varied and this holds true for the first round of 2019 winners. Three examples from the latest batch of 54 research projects include a project to make antibiotic research programmes more…
Projects awarded ERC Proof of Concept grants are extremely varied and this holds true for the first round of 2019 winners. Three examples from the latest batch of 54 research projects…
Projects awarded ERC Proof of Concept grants are extremely varied and this holds true for the first round of 2019 winners. Three examples from the…
Projects awarded ERC Proof of Concept grants are extremely varied and this holds true for the first round of 2019 winners. Three examples from the latest batch of 54 research…
Projects awarded ERC Proof of Concept grants are extremely varied and this holds true for the first round of 2019 winners…
Call highlights

ERC 2018 Consolidator Grants highlighted projects

How does life start?The moment when life is made, when cells from two different individuals fuse together to create a new being, is as fascinating a moment as they come. It's at this point that the zygote, the most powerful type of cell, is formed…
How does life start?The moment when life is made, when cells from two different individuals fuse together to create a new being, is as fascinating a moment as they come. It's at this…
How does life start?The moment when life is made, when cells from two different individuals fuse together to create a new being, is as fascinating a…
How does life start?The moment when life is made, when cells from two different individuals fuse together to create a new being, is as fascinating a moment as they come. It…
How does life start?The moment when life is made, when cells from two different individuals fuse together to create a new…
Call highlights

ERC Proof of Concept grant - Examples of research projects (2 round)

DECIPHERING SOCIAL MEDIA ALGORITHMS© ShutterstockPersonalization algorithms—filtering content on the basis of someone's profile—increasingly mediate the web experience of users. By forging a specific reality for each individual, they determine which…
DECIPHERING SOCIAL MEDIA ALGORITHMS© ShutterstockPersonalization algorithms—filtering content on the basis of someone's profile—increasingly mediate the web experience of users. By…
DECIPHERING SOCIAL MEDIA ALGORITHMS© ShutterstockPersonalization algorithms—filtering content on the basis of someone's profile—increasingly mediate…
DECIPHERING SOCIAL MEDIA ALGORITHMS© ShutterstockPersonalization algorithms—filtering content on the basis of someone's profile—increasingly mediate the web experience of…
DECIPHERING SOCIAL MEDIA ALGORITHMS© ShutterstockPersonalization algorithms—filtering content on the basis of someone's…
Call highlights

Initial results of recent grant calls

Since the call opening in October 2017, 2018 Consolidator Grant competition is well under way.Some interesting initial statistics:2,389 applications were received by the cut-off date.The highest number of applications was submitted in the domain of…
Since the call opening in October 2017, 2018 Consolidator Grant competition is well under way.Some interesting initial statistics:2,389 applications were received by the cut-off date…
Since the call opening in October 2017, 2018 Consolidator Grant competition is well under way.Some interesting initial statistics:2,389 applications…
Since the call opening in October 2017, 2018 Consolidator Grant competition is well under way.Some interesting initial statistics:2,389 applications were received by the cut…
Since the call opening in October 2017, 2018 Consolidator Grant competition is well under way.Some interesting initial…
Call highlights

ERC Proof of Concept grant - Examples of research projects (1 round)

TERRA INCOGNITA: CONQUERING NEW BRAIN FRONTIERSFor sixteenth century explorers, the Americas were a large, unknown land to discover and map. Today, the subcortex is the "terra incognita" of twenty-first century neurology. Counting alone for about a…
TERRA INCOGNITA: CONQUERING NEW BRAIN FRONTIERSFor sixteenth century explorers, the Americas were a large, unknown land to discover and map. Today, the subcortex is the "terra…
TERRA INCOGNITA: CONQUERING NEW BRAIN FRONTIERSFor sixteenth century explorers, the Americas were a large, unknown land to discover and map. Today,…
TERRA INCOGNITA: CONQUERING NEW BRAIN FRONTIERSFor sixteenth century explorers, the Americas were a large, unknown land to discover and map. Today, the subcortex is the …
TERRA INCOGNITA: CONQUERING NEW BRAIN FRONTIERSFor sixteenth century explorers, the Americas were a large, unknown land to…
Call highlights

ERC Advanced Grants - Examples of research projects

High-fat diet and spread of cancerMetastasis, the spread of cancer to different parts of the body, is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths. Salvador Aznar Benitah from Institute for Research in Biomedicine in Barcelona has recently discovered…
High-fat diet and spread of cancerMetastasis, the spread of cancer to different parts of the body, is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths. Salvador Aznar Benitah from Institute…
High-fat diet and spread of cancerMetastasis, the spread of cancer to different parts of the body, is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths…
High-fat diet and spread of cancerMetastasis, the spread of cancer to different parts of the body, is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths. Salvador Aznar Benitah from…
High-fat diet and spread of cancerMetastasis, the spread of cancer to different parts of the body, is the leading cause of…
Call highlights