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European Research Council (ERC)
The ERC funds top researchers in Europe, of any nationality, helping them pursue great ideas at frontiers of knowledge.
About European Research Council (ERC)
Set up in 2007 by the European Union, the European Research Council (ERC) aims to stimulate scientific excellence in Europe by encouraging competition for funding between the very best, creative researchers of any nationality and age from anywhere in the world. As part of Horizon Europe, the EU programme for research and innovation for 2021 to 2027, the ERC has a total budget of over €16 billion. The ERC has an 'investigator-driven', 'bottom-up' approach, which allows researchers to identify new opportunities in any field of research (Physical Sciences and Engineering, Life Sciences and Social Sciences and Humanities). On the sole basis of excellence, the ERC provides attractive long-term funding to individual top scientists and their teams to pursue ground-breaking research. The funded projects are expected to lead to scientific advances and to set clear and inspirational targets for frontier research across the world. By supporting the brightest minds, the ERC grants help to bring about new and unpredictable scientific and technological discoveries in Europe.
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Signals from European Research Council (ERC)
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Research & Knowledge
European Research Council (ERC) selected 21 researchers currently based outside Europe for funding in the recent ERC Starting Grants competition.
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Research & Knowledge
European Research Council (ERC) grantee Elena Esposito won the 2026 Balzan Prize for her groundbreaking theoretical contribution to the social science of digital technology and her concept of artificial communication.
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Presence & Recognition
European Research Council (ERC) is hosting an annual live webinar on the ERC Work Programme on Thursday 10 September 2026 at 15:00 CEST to discuss funding opportunities for 2027, application calendars, eligibility windows, and proposal submission rules.
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Research & Knowledge
European Research Council (ERC) awarded 705 million euro in ERC StG to 421 researchers across Europe.
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Research & Knowledge
European Research Council (ERC) announced the recipients of 421 ERC Starting Grants funded by the European Research Council.
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Research & Knowledge
European Research Council (ERC) researcher Dorota Miler is conducting a new research project examining inheritance rules across Central Europe to demonstrate that the region is a source of creative solutions.
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Research & Knowledge
European Research Council (ERC) funded a new Starting Grant for Fabian Voight to develop optical tools for observing brain activity in freely moving animals.
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Research & Knowledge
European Research Council (ERC) laureates Stuart West and Ilona Croy received the 2026 Ig Nobel Prizes for their research on kissing and olfaction.
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Research & Knowledge
European Research Council (ERC) announced that 21 researchers currently based outside Europe were selected for funding via the ERC Starting Grants competition, with 20 of them currently based in the United States.
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