478 early-career researchers from across Europe are to receive ‘Starting Grants’ worth a total of EUR 761 million under EU’s Horizon Europe programme.
The grants, awarded by the European Research Council (ERC), will support excellent research across diverse fields, including physical sciences and engineering, life sciences, social sciences and humanities.
Each researcher will receive up to €1.5 million for a maximum period of five years to launch their own projects, build research teams, and pursue promising ideas.
“Among the winners of the annual Starting Grants are researchers of 51 nationalities,” said Research Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva: “They will be advancing knowledge across a wide range of fields, including research on cancer, mental health and quantum science.”
As part of Horizon Europe, this round of grants is estimated to create some 3,000 jobs within the teams of the new grantees.
The successful candidates will each to carry out their projects at universities and research centres across 25 countries, including Germany (99 grants), the Netherlands (44), and France (41).
The candidates come from Europe and beyond, with 51 different nationalities amongst the grantees, notably Germans (87 researchers), Italians (55), French (33), and UK and Spanish researchers (32 each).
A highly competitive selection process attracted 3,928 proposals, with 12% of the proposals selected for funding.
List of all selected researchers
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