Magnetic fields exist in many stars, including the Sun. Yet they remain insufficiently understood to be represented reliably in stellar evolution models, limiting how accurately researchers can ...

The ERC Starting Grants 2027 call closed for applications on 14 October 2026. Preliminary figures show the following: ...

Could an ancient grain hold clues to today’s agricultural resilience? Archaeologist Giedrė Motuzaitė Matuzevičiūtė studies ancient plant remains, chemical traces and isotopic evidence to piece ...

16 November 2027 – 25 January 2028 6 – 10 March 2028 Last week May or first June 2028 Tentative (ad hoc) ...

A new survey of ERC-funded biotech researchers identifies key challenges on the path from discovery to application. The accompanying analysis shows the breadth and innovation potential of Europe’s ...

The ear can hear an astonishing range of sounds and even produce sounds of its own. Francesco Gianoli wants to understand how it achieves such extraordinary sensitivity. As he prepares to set up a new ...

EURAXESS Latin America and the Caribbean and the ERC are organising an online webinar on ERC funding opportunities. The webinar is aimed at researchers, principal investigators, p ...

ERC grantee Peter Hegemann was awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, together with Karl Deisseroth and Georg Nagel, “for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and ...

Five researchers supported by the European Research Council (ERC) are among the seven recipients of the 2026 Wolf Prizes. The Prize is awarded annually by the Wolf Foundation in recognition of ...

Astronomers have discovered the first example of a second-generation planet orbiting a white dwarf, a world that appears to have formed from the remains of the dead star it now orbits. Astronomers ...