ERC grants
The ERC helps grantees to explore the innovation potential of their ideas or research results. Its mission is to encourage the highest quality research in Europe through competitive funding and to support investigator-driven frontier research across all fields, based on scientific excellence.
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Ongoing ERC grants
NATURAL
Natural Program Repair (NATURAL)
ERC Starting Grant (2021-2027)
A method to develop intelligent agents able to understand a natural language description of a problem a user faces with software, and address it.
PQSCAR
Post-Quantum Side-Channel Attack Resilience (PQSCAR)
ERC Proof of Concept Grant (2025-2026)
Developing and validating post-quantum cryptographic algorithms that are resistant to side-channel attacks.
CLOUDMAP
Cloud Computing via Homomorphic Encryption and Multilinear Maps (CLOUDMAP)
ERC Advanced Grant (2018-2025)
Make these advanced cryptographic tasks usable in practice, so that citizens do not have to compromise on the privacy and security of their input data.
ExpoBiome
Deciphering the impact of exposures from the gut microbiome-derived molecular complex in human health and disease (ExpoBiome)
ERC Consolidator Grant (2020-2025)
Gut microbiome molecular complex in human health and disease.
STAMFORD
Statistical Methods For High Dimensional Diffusions (STAMFORD)
ERC Consolidator Grant (2019-2025)
Statistical analysis of high dimensional observations of diffusion models.
ALCEMIST
Atypical Liquid Crystal Elastomers: from Materials Innovation to Scalable processing and Transformative applications (ALCEMIST)
ERC Synergy Grant (as coordinator) (2025-2031)
We propose a radically new sustainable materials platform based on polysaccharides.
FITMOL
Field-Theory Approach to Molecular Interactions (FITMOL)
ERC Advanced Grant (2022-2027)
Developing and employing a Field-Theory (FIT) approach to describe large (bio)molecules (MOL) within Quantum Chemistry.
MACHINE-DRUG
Implementation of new machine learning algorithms for the optimisation of drug formulations (MACHINE-DRUG)
ERC Proof of Concept Grant (2023-2025)
Implement new machine learning approaches that would allow to accelerate the process of predicting crystal structures by a factor of 100.
UpTEMPO
Ultrafast tunneling microscopy by optical field control of quantum currents (UpTEMPO)
ERC Consolidator Grant (2019-2025)
Developing ultrafast laser-based instruments to study the inner workings of materials.
Past ERC grants
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Physics & materials science
REVEALing complex strain patterns and dangerous loads using cholesteric liquid crystal elastomers (REVEAL)
Jan LAGERWALLERC Proof of Concept Grant (2022-2024)Work on sheets and fibres of smart sensors, useable in monitoring the health and stability of buildings and in smart textiles. -
Life sciences & medicine
Cognitive Aging: From Educational Opportunities to Individual Risk Profiles (CRISP)
Anja LEISTERC Starting Grant (2019-2024)Quantifying the role of contextual inequalities related to education and gender. Identifying the value of behaviour change to delay cognitive impairment -
Life sciences & medicine
Predicting the effects of gut microbiota and diet on an individual’s drug response and safety (BugTheDrug)
Ines THIELEERC Starting Grant (2018-2023)Advance mechanistic understanding of drug-microbiota-diet interactions and their contribution to individual drug responses. -
Physics & materials science
A novel chemical discovery platform enabled by machine learning (DISCOVERER)
Alexander TKATCHENKOERC Proof of Concept Grant (2021-2023)Machine learning and AI at the service of chemical discovery. -
Computer science & ICT
Actively Enhanced Cognition based Framework for Design of Complex Systems (AGNOSTIC)
Bjorn OTTERSTENERC Advanced Grant (2017-2023)A novel technical framework to simplify the design and operation of complex systems in areas such as automotive radar, caching, and wireless networks. -
Social sciences
Electoral Legacies of War: Political Competition in Postwar Southeast Europe (ELWar)
Josip GLAURDICERC Starting Grant (2017-2022)Understanding of electoral legacies of war by analyzing the evolution of political competition over the course of more than two decades in the six postwar states of Southeast Europe. -
Physics & materials science
Beyond Static Molecules: Modeling Quantum Fluctuations in Complex Molecular Environments (BeStMo)
Alexander TKATCHENKOERC Consolidator Grant (2017-2022)Developing radically new approaches for electronic and nuclear fluctuations. -
Computer science & ICT
Testing the Untestable: Model Testing of Complex Software-Intensive Systems (TUNE)
Lionel BRIANDERC Advanced Grant (2016-2022)Testing of untestable systems by revolutionising how we think about test automation. -
Computer science & ICT
Demonstration of a Radar Enabled weArable platforM (DREAM)
Bjorn OTTERSTENERC Proof of Concept Grant (2020-2022)Generate a motion capture and mapping system to increase performance and assist athlete’s recovery. -
Physics & materials science
Energy Conversion and Information Processing at Small Scales (NanoThermo)
Massimiliano ESPOSITOERC Consolidator Grant (2016-2021)Establishing a the new theory: Stochastic Thermodynamics (ST). -
Physics & materials science
Verifying Authenticity with Liquid crystal-Derived Anti Theft Encoding (VALIDATE)
Jan LAGERWALLERC Proof of Concept Grant (2019-2021)Examine the commercial feasibility of an innovative anti-theft encoding system based on cholesteric spheral reflector (CSR) coatings. -
Physics & materials science
Intelligent Non-woven Textiles and Elastomeric Responsive materials by Advancing liquid Crystal Technology (INTERACT)
Jan LAGERWALLERC Consolidator Grant (2015-2020)Advancing in the realization of soft, stretchable intelligent materials of revolutionary character. -
Engineering
Towards real time multiscale simulation of cutting in non-linear materials with applications to surgical simulation and computer guided surgery (RealTCut)
Stéphane BORDASERC Starting Grant (2012-2016)Tackling the mechanical problems related to surgical simulation,.