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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The ERC Starting Grants 2027 call closed for applications on 14 October 2026. Preliminary figures show the following: ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Come join us to celebrate science across Europe! On 25 September 2026, the European Researchers’ Night will be celebrated across Europe. The event is expected to attract more than one million ...
Eight ERC grantees have won the 2026 Public Engagement with Research Awards for their outstanding work in engaging audiences beyond academia with their research. This year’s winners have found ...
In this webinar, Josefina Enfedaque and Alban Kellerbauer from the ERC Executive Agency will guide prospective applicants through the 2027 ERC funding opportunities and explain the main changes they ...
The European Research Council (ERC) has today announced the winners of its latest Starting Grant competition. The funding, worth €705 million in total, will go to 421 early-career researchers across ...