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Unconscious bias – avoidable or inevitable?

All decisions we make as humans are subject to implicit bias - simply a distortion in our thinking process, a cognitive shortcut we take to come to a decision. It comes in many forms, but all have the consequence of error prone decisions.It can be…
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Secrets of the PoC proposal evaluation process

Have you ever wondered what a grant proposal evaluator is looking for in a successful application? An evaluator for the ERC's Proof of Concept (PoC) grants gives her views. Maria Moura Oliveira is Director of technology commercialisation at the…

Proof of Concept: ERC awards 60 grants for innovation

Sixty ERC grant holders receive top-up funding to explore the commercial or innovation potential of the results of their EU-funded frontier research. The selected innovative projects cover a variety of topics, ranging from new health therapies to…
Sixty ERC grant holders receive top-up funding to explore the commercial or innovation potential of the results of their EU-funded frontier research. The selected innovative projects…
Sixty ERC grant holders receive top-up funding to explore the commercial or innovation potential of the results of their EU-funded frontier research…
Sixty ERC grant holders receive top-up funding to explore the commercial or innovation potential of the results of their EU-funded frontier research. The selected innovative…
Sixty ERC grant holders receive top-up funding to explore the commercial or innovation potential of the results of their EU…
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New ERC Vice Presidents and Scientific Council members appointed

Today, three new members of the European Research Council (ERC)'s governing body, the Scientific Council, have been appointed by the European Commission: Ben L. Feringa, Nobel Prize winner from the University of Groningen; Lene Vestergaard Hau,…
Today, three new members of the European Research Council (ERC)'s governing body, the Scientific Council, have been appointed by the European Commission: Ben L. Feringa, Nobel Prize…
Today, three new members of the European Research Council (ERC)'s governing body, the Scientific Council, have been appointed by the European…
Today, three new members of the European Research Council (ERC)'s governing body, the Scientific Council, have been appointed by the European Commission: Ben L. Feringa,…
Today, three new members of the European Research Council (ERC)'s governing body, the Scientific Council, have been…
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Small miracle in science funding

“A small miracle” – this is how Professor Klaus Bock, a long serving Vice-President of the ERC, describes the ERC's progress during its short existence. We asked the organic chemist to explain the six most decisive factors in its success.

ERC awards €573 million to mid-career researchers from 40 countries

Beetle compasses, wage inequality, metasurfaces and multi-limbed robots – these are just some of the areas that will now be explored by mid-career researchers, thanks to newly awarded investigator-led funding.
Beetle compasses, wage inequality, metasurfaces and multi-limbed robots – these are just some of the areas that will now be explored by mid-career researchers, thanks to newly awarded…
Beetle compasses, wage inequality, metasurfaces and multi-limbed robots – these are just some of the areas that will now be explored by mid-career…
Beetle compasses, wage inequality, metasurfaces and multi-limbed robots – these are just some of the areas that will now be explored by mid-career researchers, thanks to…
Beetle compasses, wage inequality, metasurfaces and multi-limbed robots – these are just some of the areas that will now be…
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ERCcOMICS moves to the front page

In some western countries, graphic storytelling was in the past delegated to the comic strips covering overlooked back pages of the newspaper. In recent years it has become increasingly recognised as an important visual art form with the ability to…

Starting Grants applications: fact and figures

The ERC Starting Grants 2019 call closed for applications on 17 October 2018.These are the preliminary data on submitted proposals: This year the ERC received 3,106 applications, a slight decrease (around -2%) compared to the previous Starting…
The ERC Starting Grants 2019 call closed for applications on 17 October 2018.These are the preliminary data on submitted proposals: This year the ERC received 3,106 applications, a…
The ERC Starting Grants 2019 call closed for applications on 17 October 2018.These are the preliminary data on submitted proposals: This year the ERC…
The ERC Starting Grants 2019 call closed for applications on 17 October 2018.These are the preliminary data on submitted proposals: This year the ERC received 3,106…
The ERC Starting Grants 2019 call closed for applications on 17 October 2018.These are the preliminary data on submitted…
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Female Spanish scientists bridge the communication gap

Meet fifteen women. Fifteen ERC grantees ready to tell their story in simple words. Based in Spain, they all share a passion for science and one common challenge: taking basic science out of the lab and bringing it closer to citizens, via schools,…
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Can European research form a community on its own terms ?

Martin Stokhof, ERC Vice-President and Scientific Council member, explores the idea that some of the ERC's added value is the contribution it can make to the creation of a European identity.
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