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  • Cover image of ERC Proof of Concept grant - Examples of research projects (1 round)

    ERC Proof of Concept grant - Examples of research projects (1 round)

    TERRA INCOGNITA: CONQUERING NEW BRAIN FRONTIERS© ShutterstockFor sixteenth century explorers, the Americas were a large, unknown land to discover and map. Today, the subcortex is the "terra incognita" of twenty-first century neurology. Counting…
    TERRA INCOGNITA: CONQUERING NEW BRAIN FRONTIERS© ShutterstockFor sixteenth century explorers, the Americas were a large, unknown land to discover and map. Today, the subcortex is the …
    TERRA INCOGNITA: CONQUERING NEW BRAIN FRONTIERS© ShutterstockFor sixteenth century explorers, the Americas were a large, unknown land to discover and…
    TERRA INCOGNITA: CONQUERING NEW BRAIN FRONTIERS© ShutterstockFor sixteenth century explorers, the Americas were a large, unknown land to discover and map. Today, the…
    TERRA INCOGNITA: CONQUERING NEW BRAIN FRONTIERS© ShutterstockFor sixteenth century explorers, the Americas were a large,…
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  • Cover image of ERC Advanced Grants - Examples of research projects

    ERC Advanced Grants - Examples of research projects

    © ShutterstockHigh-fat diet and spread of cancerMetastasis, the spread of cancer to different parts of the body, is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths. Salvador Aznar Benitah from Institute for Research in Biomedicine in Barcelona has…
    © ShutterstockHigh-fat diet and spread of cancerMetastasis, the spread of cancer to different parts of the body, is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths. Salvador Aznar Benitah…
    © ShutterstockHigh-fat diet and spread of cancerMetastasis, the spread of cancer to different parts of the body, is the leading cause of cancer…
    © ShutterstockHigh-fat diet and spread of cancerMetastasis, the spread of cancer to different parts of the body, is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths. Salvador Aznar…
    © ShutterstockHigh-fat diet and spread of cancerMetastasis, the spread of cancer to different parts of the body, is the…
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  • Cover image of ERC Proof of Concept Grants 2017 – Examples of projects

    ERC Proof of Concept Grants 2017 – Examples of projects

    Paint for green economyBuildings, especially the older ones, are responsible for a sizeable share of energy consumption and more than a third of CO2 emissions in the EU. ERC grantee Prof Dmitry Shchukin from the University of Liverpool may well have…
    Paint for green economyBuildings, especially the older ones, are responsible for a sizeable share of energy consumption and more than a third of CO2 emissions in the EU. ERC grantee…
    Paint for green economyBuildings, especially the older ones, are responsible for a sizeable share of energy consumption and more than a third of CO2…
    Paint for green economyBuildings, especially the older ones, are responsible for a sizeable share of energy consumption and more than a third of CO2 emissions in the EU. ERC…
    Paint for green economyBuildings, especially the older ones, are responsible for a sizeable share of energy consumption and…
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  • Cover image of ERC Consolidator Grants 2017 - Project Examples

    ERC Consolidator Grants 2017 - Project Examples

    Is your home a safe investment? Popular wisdom has it that, when deciding where to put your money, nothing is as safe as investing in brick and mortar. Buying a house, in the last century, has become an almost compulsory step towards "financial…
    Is your home a safe investment? Popular wisdom has it that, when deciding where to put your money, nothing is as safe as investing in brick and mortar. Buying a house, in the last…
    Is your home a safe investment? Popular wisdom has it that, when deciding where to put your money, nothing is as safe as investing in brick and…
    Is your home a safe investment? Popular wisdom has it that, when deciding where to put your money, nothing is as safe as investing in brick and mortar. Buying a house, in…
    Is your home a safe investment? Popular wisdom has it that, when deciding where to put your money, nothing is as safe as…
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  • Cover image of ERC Starting Grants 2017 – project examples

    ERC Starting Grants 2017 – project examples

    Identifying targets for chronic lung disease drugsAsthma is the most common chronic disease in children, and the World Health Organisation says that over 300 million people are affected globally. Continuation of childhood asthma into adulthood is…
    Identifying targets for chronic lung disease drugsAsthma is the most common chronic disease in children, and the World Health Organisation says that over 300 million people are…
    Identifying targets for chronic lung disease drugsAsthma is the most common chronic disease in children, and the World Health Organisation says that…
    Identifying targets for chronic lung disease drugsAsthma is the most common chronic disease in children, and the World Health Organisation says that over 300 million people…
    Identifying targets for chronic lung disease drugsAsthma is the most common chronic disease in children, and the World…
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  • Cover image of ERC Advanced Grants 2016 highlighted projects

    ERC Advanced Grants 2016 highlighted projects

    ENERGY-EFFICIENT COOLING WITH MAGNETOCALORIC EFFECT© iStockTwenty years of research in magnetocaloric materials have not resulted in a breakthrough leading to more efficient refrigeration, with a commercially viable technology that could satisfy the…
    ENERGY-EFFICIENT COOLING WITH MAGNETOCALORIC EFFECT© iStockTwenty years of research in magnetocaloric materials have not resulted in a breakthrough leading to more efficient…
    ENERGY-EFFICIENT COOLING WITH MAGNETOCALORIC EFFECT© iStockTwenty years of research in magnetocaloric materials have not resulted in a breakthrough…
    ENERGY-EFFICIENT COOLING WITH MAGNETOCALORIC EFFECT© iStockTwenty years of research in magnetocaloric materials have not resulted in a breakthrough leading to more efficient…
    ENERGY-EFFICIENT COOLING WITH MAGNETOCALORIC EFFECT© iStockTwenty years of research in magnetocaloric materials have not…
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