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The results of the competition for the Advanced Grants 2025 are here!
Out of 3,329 applicants, 319 leading researchers have been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant. Congratulations to all! 🎉
Curious to know more ? 👉 link.europa.eu/r834wV
#ERCAdG #FrontierResearch
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Interested in tailored information about ERC funding? Join our WhatsApp Channel to receive updates on call results, hands-on funding advice, and webinars for applicants.
👉 Follow our WhatsApp Channel here: whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaD…
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Congratulations to the new prize winners - all four funded by the ERC.
Spinoza Prize:
🏅Karin Roelofs, also our Scientific Council member🏅 Hermen Overkleeft
Stevin Prize:
🏅 Iris Sommer
🏅 Claes de Vreese
Hats off!
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Karin Roelofs won ERC funding in the past and, as of this year, she’s also a member of the ERC Scientific Council.
Her work led to a new way of understanding how people make decisions under stress, regulate emotions and recover from stressful situations.
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Why do some people become addicted to drugs while others do not? 🧠
With a new #ERCAdG, Christian Lüscher from @CSIC will study how life experiences can alter the brain through neuroepigenetic mechanisms.
👉 link.europa.eu/NTbvdW
@CSICdivulga @LUSCHERC
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🏳️🌈 For #PrideMonth, we're highlighting research led by ERC grantee Kath Browne @ucddublin, exploring perspectives on social change around sexual and gender rights, with a focus on understanding polarisation and fostering dialogue.
🎥 Watch the video to discover more.
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Over 20 of Europe's top scientists and researchers are in Dublin this week for a meeting of the European Research Council - the meeting is being held to coincide with the start of Ireland's presidency of the European Council which begins in July. rte.ie/b/1580003
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From transport systems to the internet, our life depends on vast networks of interconnected nodes and links.
With a new #ERCAdG, Bernhard Häupler at Sofia University wants to develop mathematical and algorithmic tools to help optimise these networks
👉 link.europa.eu/d9qgY4
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European Research Council (ERC) retweeted
Last Tuesday, the Trinity Long Room Hub was delighted to present the Trinity European Laureate Award to Professor Maria Leptin, President of the @ERC_Research.
Read more here: tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub/ne…
#TrinityLongRoomHub #EuropeanResearch #ERC #ResearchIreland #TrinityResearch
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What can ancient proteins tell us about our extinct relatives?
Enrico Cappellini & team @uni_copenhagen carried out a first protein analysis of Homo naledi fossils from a cave in South Africa and found that all of them may have been female.
link.europa.eu/vR6g4t
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Vesel dan državnosti, Slovenija! 🇸🇮
Today, we celebrate Slovenia and its excellent scientific talent together with Mojca M. Plesničar, who shares with us why she became an Ambassador for the ERC.
🔗 bit.ly/4gucCeM
#Amb4ERC #Slovenia #NationalDay
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The ERC Scientific Council is meeting in Dublin this week. Ireland-based researchers have secured over €443m in ERC funding to date.
Members will hear from Fergal O'Brien on his pioneering work in regenerative medicine @RCSI_Irl.
🔗 bit.ly/4uVKI0G
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Stuttering affects up to 8% of children, with 1 in 5 continuing to stutter into adulthood.
With a new #ERCAdG, Kate Watkins wants to better understand stuttering and explore innovative therapies.
Read more 👉 link.europa.eu/6b9pgV
@kateewatkins @UniofOxford
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How can we better understand complex behaviour in nature, from magnets to quantum materials?
Hugo Duminil will translate abstract ideas from physics into precise mathematical language to explain, predict and generalise complex behaviour.
👉 link.europa.eu/r7MJ3X
🇪🇺 #ERCAdG
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⏳ Could we slow ovarian ageing?
Susana Chuva de Sousa Lopes @LUMC_Leiden will investigate how to preserve egg reserves & improve ovarian function, paving the way for new treatments to extend women's reproductive and long-term health.
👉 link.europa.eu/pQvRCH
#ERCAdG
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E schéinen Nationalfeierdag Lëtzebuerg 🇱🇺!
As the celebrations start tonight in #Luxembourg, we hear from Jan Lagerwall, physics professor and #Amb4ERC.
🔗 Read more about his research @uni_lu 👉 bit.ly/4nw9bWN
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What kind of research and innovation system will Europe need in the next decade?
As Europe debates #FP10, competitiveness, tech sovereignty and free movement of knowledge, leading scientists and policymakers will gather in Brussels for high-level conference on 29 June 2026.
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Organised by the ERC and Leopoldina, the event will explore how Europe can remain a global leader in science, innovation and talent.
Topics:
🔹Europe's knowledge economy and FP10
🔹scientific talent
🔹international cooperation
📺 Follow live: erc.europa.eu/news-events/ev…
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Among the speakers: @EZaharievaEU @EnricoLetta, ERC President Maria Leptin, Leopoldina’s Predident Bettina Rockenbach as well as Fields Medal winner Maryna Viazovska and many other leading researchers and policymakers from Europe and beyond.
More details: erc.europa.eu/system/files/2…
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On #WorldMusicDay, we celebrate ERC-funded projects exploring how music connects with medicine, physics, cities and history – from the mathematics behind musical effects in healthcare to the social meaning of street music.
👉 link.europa.eu/YHwjgx
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