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With 366 grants ERC offsets pause in Proof of Concept funding

The European Research Council (ERC) has announced 90 new Proof of Concept Grants, concluding the final round of the 2022 competition. This brings the total number of grantees who received this innovation top-up funding, in two separate calls under…
The European Research Council (ERC) has announced 90 new Proof of Concept Grants, concluding the final round of the 2022 competition. This brings the total number of grantees who…
The European Research Council (ERC) has announced 90 new Proof of Concept Grants, concluding the final round of the 2022 competition. This brings the…
The European Research Council (ERC) has announced 90 new Proof of Concept Grants, concluding the final round of the 2022 competition. This brings the total number of grantees…
The European Research Council (ERC) has announced 90 new Proof of Concept Grants, concluding the final round of the 2022…
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New study reveals how frontier research spurs patented inventions

A new analysis finds that more than 40% of ERC-funded projects generated research that was subsequently cited in patents. The results show how curiosity-driven frontier research enables technological development.The report is based on data retrieved…
A new analysis finds that more than 40% of ERC-funded projects generated research that was subsequently cited in patents. The results show how curiosity-driven frontier research…
A new analysis finds that more than 40% of ERC-funded projects generated research that was subsequently cited in patents. The results show how…
A new analysis finds that more than 40% of ERC-funded projects generated research that was subsequently cited in patents. The results show how curiosity-driven frontier…
A new analysis finds that more than 40% of ERC-funded projects generated research that was subsequently cited in patents…
Press release

Why people share disinformation

Fake news spreads faster, further and deeper than real news. Why are some people more likely to share disinformation than others? ERC grantee Joana Gonçalves de Sá is using data science and behavioural psychology to disentangle personal traits and…
Fake news spreads faster, further and deeper than real news. Why are some people more likely to share disinformation than others? ERC grantee Joana Gonçalves de Sá is using data…
Fake news spreads faster, further and deeper than real news. Why are some people more likely to share disinformation than others? ERC grantee Joana…
Fake news spreads faster, further and deeper than real news. Why are some people more likely to share disinformation than others? ERC grantee Joana Gonçalves de Sá is using…
Fake news spreads faster, further and deeper than real news. Why are some people more likely to share disinformation than…
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ERC at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting 2023 in Davos

At this year's World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, from 16 to 20 January, President of the European Research Council (ERC) Prof. Maria Leptin, will be a speaker in several sessions, of which two are live-streamed. Three…
At this year's World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, from 16 to 20 January, President of the European Research Council (ERC) Prof. Maria Leptin, will be a…
At this year's World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, from 16 to 20 January, President of the European Research Council …
At this year's World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, from 16 to 20 January, President of the European Research Council (ERC) Prof. Maria Leptin,…
At this year's World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, from 16 to 20 January, President of the…

How viruses invade cells

Although thousand times smaller than the width of a hair, viruses can cause global health emergencies as the COVID-19 pandemic has painfully demonstrated. Protection from virus infection is mostly sought in vaccines and health measures. But what if…
Although thousand times smaller than the width of a hair, viruses can cause global health emergencies as the COVID-19 pandemic has painfully demonstrated. Protection from virus…
Although thousand times smaller than the width of a hair, viruses can cause global health emergencies as the COVID-19 pandemic has painfully…
Although thousand times smaller than the width of a hair, viruses can cause global health emergencies as the COVID-19 pandemic has painfully demonstrated. Protection from…
Although thousand times smaller than the width of a hair, viruses can cause global health emergencies as the COVID-19…

Six more Synergy Grants to receive funding

Six more 2022 Synergy Grant proposals, which were evaluated as excellent but initially put on the reserve list due to limited budget, have been now offered funding. The ERC will be able to provide support to 35 projects involving 125 principal…
Six more 2022 Synergy Grant proposals, which were evaluated as excellent but initially put on the reserve list due to limited budget, have been now offered funding. The ERC will be…
Six more 2022 Synergy Grant proposals, which were evaluated as excellent but initially put on the reserve list due to limited budget, have been now…
Six more 2022 Synergy Grant proposals, which were evaluated as excellent but initially put on the reserve list due to limited budget, have been now offered funding. The ERC…
Six more 2022 Synergy Grant proposals, which were evaluated as excellent but initially put on the reserve list due to…

ERC Scientific Council decides changes to the evaluation forms and processes for the 2024 calls

During its December plenary meeting the ERC Scientific Council decided on changes to the ERC’s application forms and evaluation procedures for the 2024 calls. The current CV and Track Record templates will be combined and simplified and applicants…
During its December plenary meeting the ERC Scientific Council decided on changes to the ERC’s application forms and evaluation procedures for the 2024 calls. The current CV and Track…
During its December plenary meeting the ERC Scientific Council decided on changes to the ERC’s application forms and evaluation procedures for the…
During its December plenary meeting the ERC Scientific Council decided on changes to the ERC’s application forms and evaluation procedures for the 2024 calls. The current CV…
During its December plenary meeting the ERC Scientific Council decided on changes to the ERC’s application forms and…
Dorte Riemenschneider and Silke Voigt-Heucke

The transformative potential of citizen science

Dorte Riemenschneider, Director of the European Citizen Science Association and Silke Voigt-Heucke, head of the Citizen Science Unit at Berlin’s Museum für Naturkunde, discuss the potential of citizen science to strengthen sustainable development…
Bringing Indigenous and local knowledge to climate change research

Bringing Indigenous and local knowledge to climate change research

"Local Indicators of Climate Change Impacts: the contribution of local knowledge to climate change research” is an ERC - funded project aiming to bring Indigenous and local knowledge to climate change research. Through cutting-edge science, Victoria…

ERC grant competitions 2021 - Final lists of researchers

The initial results of the competitions for Starting Grants, Consolidator Grants and Advanced Grants under the ERC’s 2021 Work Programme were published in the first half of 2022. Since then, a majority of the successful candidates accepted the…
The initial results of the competitions for Starting Grants, Consolidator Grants and Advanced Grants under the ERC’s 2021 Work Programme were published in the first half of 2022. Since…
The initial results of the competitions for Starting Grants, Consolidator Grants and Advanced Grants under the ERC’s 2021 Work Programme were…
The initial results of the competitions for Starting Grants, Consolidator Grants and Advanced Grants under the ERC’s 2021 Work Programme were published in the first half of…
The initial results of the competitions for Starting Grants, Consolidator Grants and Advanced Grants under the ERC’s 2021…