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Heritage at Risk: EU research and innovation for a more resilient cultural heritage

Neglect, pollution, natural hazards and climate change are all playing their part in the damage to cultural heritage. This non-renewable resource, in all its diverse physical forms, needs safeguarding for future generations. EU-funded research…
Neglect, pollution, natural hazards and climate change are all playing their part in the damage to cultural heritage. This non-renewable resource, in all its diverse physical forms,…
Neglect, pollution, natural hazards and climate change are all playing their part in the damage to cultural heritage. This non-renewable resource, in…
Neglect, pollution, natural hazards and climate change are all playing their part in the damage to cultural heritage. This non-renewable resource, in all its diverse physical…
Neglect, pollution, natural hazards and climate change are all playing their part in the damage to cultural heritage. This…

Four ERC grantees awarded highest distinction in Dutch science

The prizes honour the researchers' outstanding, pioneering and inspiring work. The key focus of both prizes is the quality of the researcher. While the Spinoza Prize emphasises scientific work and fundamental questions, the Stevin Prize primarily…
The prizes honour the researchers' outstanding, pioneering and inspiring work. The key focus of both prizes is the quality of the researcher. While the Spinoza Prize emphasises…
The prizes honour the researchers' outstanding, pioneering and inspiring work. The key focus of both prizes is the quality of the researcher. While…
The prizes honour the researchers' outstanding, pioneering and inspiring work. The key focus of both prizes is the quality of the researcher. While the Spinoza Prize…
The prizes honour the researchers' outstanding, pioneering and inspiring work. The key focus of both prizes is the quality…
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ERC grantee wins European Inventor Award

Over her thirty-year career to date, Ursula Keller developed compact, efficient and powerful laser designs, which are instrumental in fields ranging from scientific research to telecommunications and consumer electronics.Prof. Keller's most famous…
Over her thirty-year career to date, Ursula Keller developed compact, efficient and powerful laser designs, which are instrumental in fields ranging from scientific research to…
Over her thirty-year career to date, Ursula Keller developed compact, efficient and powerful laser designs, which are instrumental in fields ranging…
Over her thirty-year career to date, Ursula Keller developed compact, efficient and powerful laser designs, which are instrumental in fields ranging from scientific research…
Over her thirty-year career to date, Ursula Keller developed compact, efficient and powerful laser designs, which are…
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European Commission proposes research and innovation programme for 2021-27

From animal behaviour to football statistics

What do ant colonies, fish schools, and football teams have in common? Similar logical structures that govern their behaviour. With an ERC Starting Grant, mathematician Prof. David Sumpter developed models to understand how individual animals…
What do ant colonies, fish schools, and football teams have in common? Similar logical structures that govern their behaviour. With an ERC Starting Grant, mathematician Prof. David…
What do ant colonies, fish schools, and football teams have in common? Similar logical structures that govern their behaviour. With an ERC Starting…
What do ant colonies, fish schools, and football teams have in common? Similar logical structures that govern their behaviour. With an ERC Starting Grant, mathematician Prof…
What do ant colonies, fish schools, and football teams have in common? Similar logical structures that govern their…

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…
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ERC grantee Svante Pääbo wins 2018 Princess of Asturias Award

Svante Pääbo has held two ERC grants. He was awarded his first ERC Advanced Grant in 2008 to investigate the genomic and phenotypic evolution of bonobos, chimpanzees and humans. In 2015, he won another ERC Advanced Grant to study genome sequences…
Svante Pääbo has held two ERC grants. He was awarded his first ERC Advanced Grant in 2008 to investigate the genomic and phenotypic evolution of bonobos, chimpanzees and humans. In…
Svante Pääbo has held two ERC grants. He was awarded his first ERC Advanced Grant in 2008 to investigate the genomic and phenotypic evolution of…
Svante Pääbo has held two ERC grants. He was awarded his first ERC Advanced Grant in 2008 to investigate the genomic and phenotypic evolution of bonobos, chimpanzees and…
Svante Pääbo has held two ERC grants. He was awarded his first ERC Advanced Grant in 2008 to investigate the genomic and…
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Regenerating bones and teeth

ERC grantee Alvaro Mata, from Queen Mary’s School of Engineering and Materials Science, has developed a new way to grow mineralised materials which could regenerate hard tissues such as dental enamel and bone. The findings are reported today in…
ERC grantee Alvaro Mata, from Queen Mary’s School of Engineering and Materials Science, has developed a new way to grow mineralised materials which could regenerate hard tissues such…
ERC grantee Alvaro Mata, from Queen Mary’s School of Engineering and Materials Science, has developed a new way to grow mineralised materials which…
ERC grantee Alvaro Mata, from Queen Mary’s School of Engineering and Materials Science, has developed a new way to grow mineralised materials which could regenerate hard…
ERC grantee Alvaro Mata, from Queen Mary’s School of Engineering and Materials Science, has developed a new way to grow…

ERC grantees win Kavli prizes

Ewine van Dishoeck today won the 2018 Kavli Prize for Astrophysics for her work to reveal the processes within interstellar clouds that produce stars and planets. Christine Petit was a joint winner of the Kavli Neuroscience Prize for her work on the…
Ewine van Dishoeck today won the 2018 Kavli Prize for Astrophysics for her work to reveal the processes within interstellar clouds that produce stars and planets. Christine Petit was a…
Ewine van Dishoeck today won the 2018 Kavli Prize for Astrophysics for her work to reveal the processes within interstellar clouds that produce stars…
Ewine van Dishoeck today won the 2018 Kavli Prize for Astrophysics for her work to reveal the processes within interstellar clouds that produce stars and planets. Christine…
Ewine van Dishoeck today won the 2018 Kavli Prize for Astrophysics for her work to reveal the processes within interstellar…
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How did human brains get so large?

The human brain is a remarkable organ, but how did it evolve to give us such unprecedented cognitive abilities? ERC grantee Pierre Vanderhaeghen and his team from ULB, VIB-KU Leuven turned to the genome for answers: a specific set of genes, found…
The human brain is a remarkable organ, but how did it evolve to give us such unprecedented cognitive abilities? ERC grantee Pierre Vanderhaeghen and his team from ULB, VIB-KU Leuven…
The human brain is a remarkable organ, but how did it evolve to give us such unprecedented cognitive abilities? ERC grantee Pierre Vanderhaeghen and…
The human brain is a remarkable organ, but how did it evolve to give us such unprecedented cognitive abilities? ERC grantee Pierre Vanderhaeghen and his team from ULB, VIB-KU…
The human brain is a remarkable organ, but how did it evolve to give us such unprecedented cognitive abilities? ERC grantee…