The European Research Council (ERC) has announced today the awarding of its prestigious Advanced Grants to 277 senior researchers with the total funding € 647 million. The grants are awarded under the 'excellent science' pillar of Horizon 2020, the EU's research and innovation programme. The research projects proposed by the new grantees cover wide range of topics from physical sciences and engineering, life sciences, and social sciences and humanities.
The grants are intended for well-established top researchers of any nationality or age, scientifically independent and with a recent high-level research track-record and profile which identifies them as leaders in their respective field(s). Selection is based on a simple approach: 1 researcher with his/her team, 1 host institution, 1 project, 1 selection criterion: scientific quality aiming for excellence. Host institution should be based in the European Research Area. Funding is limited up to €2.5 million per grant.
The European Research Council, set up by the European Union in 2007, is the first European funding organisation for excellent frontier research. It runs three core grant schemes: Starting, Consolidator and Advanced. Every year, it selects and funds the very best, creative researchers of any nationality and age, to run projects based in Europe. The ERC also strives to attract top researchers from anywhere in the world to come to Europe. To date, the ERC has funded some 6,000 top researchers at various stages of their careers.
List of the currently selected researchers.
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