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Moving around Africa – paths for people and products

03-07-2020 | © Paul Nugent

African countries, like all others, have been taking measures to restrict the spread of COVID-19. Their success partly depends on how the population and their goods move through the continent. As part of our series on the ERC’s Scientific Officers and their favourite ERC funded research, political scientist Inge Ruigrok reflects on her own work in Africa. In parallel, she takes a timely look at Paul Nugent’s research into transport hubs, corridors and borders in African states.

Plant Health: why research is so important

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Science is fundamental to protect plants. As an introduction to a new series of articles on plant health, plant genomics expert Pere Puigdomènech tells us why.

Piecing together Egyptian knowledge

26-06-2020 | Julie Baleriaux (L) and Verena Lepper (R). © Julie Baleriaux, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK

Classicist Julie Baleriaux, part of the ERC’s team of Scientific Officers, describes her career path and shares with us some fascinating ERC funded research. Egyptologist Verena Lepper is deciphering 4000 years’ worth of text to uncover the secrets of an Island.

Mathematical Mavericks

06-02-2020 | © picture

Apart from funding ground breaking research, the ERC also employs many excellent scientists to manage the grants that we support. We hear from mathematician Maria Teresa Gonzalez Cerveron who tells us how she came to work at the ERC and in turn introduces us to her favourite piece of ERC funded research, from Gil Kalai.

Thoughts on departure of ERC Director Pablo Amor

26-07-2019 | © picture

Pablo Amor, the first and longtime Director of the ERC is due to retire at the end of July. Before he left he gave us an insight into his career and what it is like managing such a singular Executive Agency.

Small miracle in science funding

14-12-2018 | © picture

“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.

Can European research form a community on its own terms ?

22-10-2018 | © picture

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.

It's not all about the money

Nektarios Tavernarakis, current ERC Scientific Council member, and past winner of ERC Advanced and Proof of Concept grants, gives a Greek perspective on the influence of the ERC.

Standing up for Science

Go beyond your lab, take part in the debate, share the passion for scientific pursuit. by Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, President of the European Research Council

Applying for ERC funding – myths vs reality

Researchers sometimes have certain incorrect ideas about the ERC grant application process – "myths" that discourage them from applying for funding. In this article, Giulio Superti-Furga responds to some common misperceptions he has encountered over the years. Professor Superti-Furga, a molecular and systems biologist, has experience from both sides of the fence: he won several ERC grants from 2009 to 2015 and became a member of the ERC's Scientific Council in 2017.

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