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Pinned: The number of grant applications is rising sharply. Our capacity for their evaluation isn’t.
ERC President Maria Leptin explains why stricter resubmission limits are being introduced for 2027 calls and what this mean for applicants.
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📣 Calling @ERCGrantees! Want to engage with the public and celebrate science? Join #EuropeanResearchersNight on 🗓️25/09! This year, the event will take place across 40 countries and should attract over 1 million participants. Coming? Let us know! Drop us a line 👇
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Deadline reminder ⏰ Just a few weeks left to submit your ERC Advanced Grant application! 📅 Application deadline: 27 August 2026 Find all the details and apply 👉 https://link.europa.eu/8xnrqK
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10,000 subscribers - thank you!
The ERC YouTube channel is your place for practical guidance on ERC grants, proposal writing and evaluation, insights from grantees, webinars and stories from frontier research across disciplines.
📺 👉 bit.ly/4hmXekJ
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🇧🇪 Bonne fête nationale! Fijne nationale feestdag! Alles Gute zum Nationalfeiertag! Celebrating ERC-funded projects in Belgium with ERC grantee Bert De Rybel, whose team studies plant vascular development to help shape the crops of the future 🌱 More 👉 https://bit.ly/4wRWRoO
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The ERC Work Programme 2027 has been adopted. Planning to apply for an ERC grant? The first call, Starting Grants, opens on 22 July. Read more 👉 https://erc.europa.eu/news-events/news/new-erc-work-programme-sets-out-2027-funding-opportunities
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The European Commission has appointed the new members of the ERC Identification Committee.
This independent committee plays a key role in identifying and recommending appointments of future members of the ERC Scientific Council.
More information: https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/news/all-research-and-innovation-news/top-scientists-identify-future-members-european-research-councils-scientific-council-2026-05-07_en
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R to @ERC_Research@respublicae.eu: Learn more about what you need to know before applying for an ERC grant in the 2027 competitions:
• Resubmission restrictions
• Application rules
• Eligibility windows for #ERCStG and #ERCCoG https://link.europa.eu/BjTmVt
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Just a little under a week until the #CopernicusFestival:
📍Kraków, PL
🗓️19-24/05
More than 20 ERC grantees and 8 ERC panel members will engage with the public to bring frontier research closer to society through science
🔗 https://bit.ly/ERCatCopernicus2026
With the support of @NCBR_pl
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The ERC was proud to join the #EUOpenDay on 9 May as part of the Social Fairness Village 🇪🇺
A day full of inspiring conversations about frontier research, science, and the impact of EU-funded research on everyday lives.
Thank you to everyone who helped make the event a success!
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Data is concentrated in a few hands and history explains why.
ERC-funded research led by Simone Turchetti (@OfficialUoM), shows how decades of data systems built in the West still shape who controls and benefits today.
🔗 https://bit.ly/48xQnSp
#ERCMagazine #ScienceDiplomacy
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As many European countries celebrate Mother’s Day, we highlight Oscar Vilarroya's ERC-funded research @UABBarcelona which shows pregnancy triggers lasting brain reorganisation, linked to hormonal changes and adaptation to motherhood.
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#FrontierResearch
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What happens when science is free to ask any question?
It leads to discoveries we didn’t plan for – but now depend on.
This #EuropeDay, we support #ProtectWhatMatters, celebrating the freedom that makes frontier research possible.
>@EUScienceInnov@respublicae.eu
What happens when science is free to ask any question?
It leads to discoveries we didn’t plan for – but now depend on.
This #EuropeDay, we support #ProtectWhatMatters, celebrating the freedom that makes frontier research possible.
👉 bit.ly/4toSHTf
@EUScienceInnov@respublicae.eu
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What does “frontier research” really mean? 🤔
A. Exploring unknown scientific territories
B. Trying to teach your cat quantum physics
Find out at #EUOpenDay 🇪🇺
📍 Berlaymont, Brussels
🗓 9 May | 10.00–18.00
Join the ERC for games, Kahoot & hands-on science!
#EUresearch
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Pinned: 🎬 Launch of new ERC Classes (1/6) for grant management! This first video explains the essentials for grantees:
✔ What makes ERC grants unique
✔ Your rights as PI
✔ Time commitment & portability
🗓️ New 📹 every Tue & Thu
Watch 👉 https://bit.ly/4dK2XS0
#HorizonEurope
🎬 Launch of new ERC Classes (1/6) for grant management! This first video explains the essentials for grantees:
✔ What makes ERC grants unique
✔ Your rights as PI
✔ Time...
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AI is rewriting the rules of war while diplomats debate.
Autonomous weapons are already in use, but "human control" often means seconds to approve AI decisions. Ingvild Bode’s work at SDU in Denmark shows how practice, not policy, sets the norms.
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#AI
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Are you a researcher based in 🇺🇲 or 🇨🇦 interested in pursuing curiosity-driven research in 🇪🇺 ? Join ERC and Euraxess for a webinar exploring ERC funding opportunities!
📅 20 May 2026
🕚 11:30 AM ET | 8:30 AM PT
💻 Online
Find out more and register:
https://bit.ly/4d7FM1P
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#ScienceDplomacy in action 🌍
ERC Synergy Grants teams work together across borders to tackle global challenges - from political complexities and phosphorus security to resilient water systems. @WaterFuturesERC @ERCImbalanceP
More in #ERCMagazine 🔗https://bit.ly/4tCPK2g
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Interested in a traineeship at the European Research Council? 📢 Applications are now open for the European Commission's Blue Book Traineeship! 📆 Apply by 28 August 2026, 10:00 a.m. (Brussels time) More info: https://link.europa.eu/YNDggC
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On the Day of International Criminal Justice, Ambassador for the ERC for 🇸🇮 Mojca M. Plesničar shares one common misconception people have about criminal behaviour.
🔗 Learn more about her work: bit.ly/4gucCeM
#Amb4ERC
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🍹 Science is even better over a drink!
Join ERC grantees on 🗓️5/07 @the #GeracaoCiencia Festival, for “A Glass Full of Science” = cocktails + informal chats with researchers.
🔗 bit.ly/ERCatGenScience
👇 First sip w Joana Gonçalves de Sá, ERC Ambassador for 🇪🇺🇵🇹 Portugal
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Meet our Ambassador for the ERC in Estonia 🇪🇪 Professor Ülo Niinemets studies how plants respond to climate change, from leaf processes to global ecosystems.
https://aerg.eu/ambassadors#Estonia
#Amb4ERC
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'Ethics requirements don't have to be contrary to rational intuition.' Doris Schroeder @Uni_Lancashire, architect of the #TRUSTCode, on why equitable research partnerships don't need more rules - just clearer values 🌍 Op-ed in the new #ERCMagazine 👉 https://link.europa.eu/FDb39V
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Independent scientific research contributes to a better understanding of democratic systems.
215 ERC-funded projects examine disinformation, polarisation, participation, and institutional trust across Europe.
#ProtectWhatMatters
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R to @ERC_Research@respublicae.eu: We would also like to thank the outgoing committee members for their dedicated work and valuable contribution to safeguarding the excellence and independence of the ERC.
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Parenting starts before pregnancy – for men too.
Oskar Karlsson @Stockholm_Uni shows dads’ exposures to pollutants and stress alter gene expression, affecting kids’ health.
Time to close the research gap.
👉 bit.ly/4uQW1Z5
@CORDIS_EU@respublicae.eu
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Written codes changed science. But unwritten rules still shape who gets fully included, writes historian Joris Vandendriessche in the latest #ERCMagazine. From the 1992 Baltimore Charter to the TRUST Code 🔭 👉 https://link.europa.eu/4hyHCv @SpaceTelescope @EUScienceInnov@respublicae.eu
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On this International Day of Plant Health, ERC grantee Peter Brodersen @koebenhavns_uni is reshaping how we understand plant antiviral defence, with implications for crop resilience and sustainable agriculture 🌱
🔗 https://bit.ly/3OhV6QS
#PlantHealthDay
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Researchers, we want to hear from you! Take 10 minutes to complete a new OECD–EU survey and help policymakers better understand how R&D work is evolving. 👉 https://oe.cd/RD2026
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Heading to the coast this summer? 🌊 André Colonese @UABBarcelona suggests that Indigenous knowledge and centuries-old fishing traditions could help shape more sustainable fisheries policies today. Read more 🔗 https://bit.ly/3TmMjQ1
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All week, we have explored one thread in #FrontierResearch:
who asks the questions, who owns the data, who benefits.
Catch up with the #ERCMagazine issue on equity and trust in global science 👉 link.europa.eu/JFFYYH
#ResearchEquity #OpenScience @EUScienceInnov@respublicae.eu @EU_JRC
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John Doyle (@DCU) explores why evidence matters in constitutional debates.
Researchers from @ArinsProject are building a shared knowledge base on a possible united Ireland to support an informed democratic debate post-Brexit.
#ERCMagazine
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What helps friendships form and thrive? This International Day of Friendship, discover how ERC grantee Antonia Hamilton @ucl is investigating the science of friendship and how curiosity-driven research could help tackle loneliness. 🔗 https://bit.ly/4geUpna
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Live from NYC at 14.15 CEST:
Around UN Forum on Science, Tech & Innovation on SDGs - join our hybrid session!🌍
'Frontier science for SDGs: Turning breakthrough research into global action through GSDR 2027'
At @EUatUN@respublicae.eu, with @ISC & ERC.
Register here:
https://erc.europa.eu/news-events/events/joint-session-frontier-science-around-un-forum-science-technology-innovation
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Can stars strip planets of their atmospheres?
ERC grantee Aline Vidotto from the University of Leiden studies exoplanets orbiting close to their stars and how this interaction could shed light on planetary evolution.
Read more👉 https://bit.ly/4vmMN7l
@CORDIS_EU@respublicae.eu
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📢 ERC Plus Grant webinar
🗓 2 June | 15.00 CEST
What is it & who is it for?
Join ERC President Maria Leptin + Philippe Cupers for insights into this new funding scheme.
🎥 Live + Q&A: https://youtube.com/live/p92AWykYJqE?feature=share
🔗 More: https://erc.europa.eu/news-events/events/second-webinar-erc-plus-grants
📢 ERC Plus Grant webinar
🗓 2 June | 15.00 CEST
What is it & who is it for?
Join ERC President Maria Leptin + Philippe Cupers for insights into this new funding scheme.
🎥 Live + Q&A: piped.video/live/p92AWykYJqE…
🔗 More: erc.europa.eu/news-events/ev…
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In some contexts, talking about your research topic is already seen as a political act. Marta Bucholc @UniWarszawski on navigating equity, ethics and polarisation in research on human rights and abortion in the latest #ERCMagazine 👉 https://link.europa.eu/Wxdfnt @EUScienceInnov@respublicae.eu
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Meet Adrian M. Ionescu, Ambassador for the ERC from Switzerland 🇨🇭 ! At @EPFL_en, he rethinks the building blocks of computing, developing nanoelectronic devices and technologies designed to make computing systems more energy efficient. 🔗 https://bit.ly/4eAoICf #Amb4ERC
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RT by @ERC_Research@respublicae.eu: To speed up the Sustainable Development Goals #SDGs, we need frontier research, innovation ecosystems & scientific data — plus stronger collaboration to turn knowledge into action.
–@ERC_Research@respublicae.eu President @mleptin at #STIForum 🇺🇳
#TECH4SDGs
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Democracy isn’t guaranteed, it’s built and defended.
ERC grantee Rachel Gibson @OfficialUoM shows how tech is shaping political campaigns, from social media to AI, boosting engagement but raising risks around trust.
🔗 bit.ly/4kTOtjL
#ProtectWhatMatters
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Getting to the Moon is one challenge.
Staying there is another.
ERC grantee Inge Bellemans and her team @ugent are working on how to produce oxygen, metals and even construction material directly from lunar dust - using solar energy and what’s already on the Moon.
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🟠 The ERC Starting Grant 2027 call is now open! Planning to apply? Our ERC Classes videos guide you through the application and evaluation process. 👉 https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtv6FnsXqnXAYRk6HCErwMxwML0ZKoMcy 🗓️ Deadline: 14 Oct 2026 #ERCStG
🟠 The ERC Starting Grant 2027 call is now open!
Planning to apply? Our ERC Classes videos guide you through the application and evaluation process.
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🗓️ Deadline: 14 Oct 2026
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🌊 The High Seas Treaty isn’t just about protecting oceans.
Alice Vadrot (@univienna) shows science became part of the negotiations, shaped by power, access, and inequality.
Who produces knowledge shapes who benefits.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4tc0xQc
#ERCMagazine #ScienceDiplomacy
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Why does quantum research matter?
Better medicines, new materials and technologies all depend on understanding molecules – something still out of reach today.
Michał Tomza studies ultracold molecules to help make this possible.
#WorldQuantumDay #FrontierResearch @UniWarszawski
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'If we already have so many rules, what will it actually take to inspire people to act ethically?' Pamela Andanda @WitsUniversity on values, ethics dumping and the TRUST Code in the latest #ERCMagazine 👉 https://link.europa.eu/fc4yjK #TRUSTCode #ResearchEthics #ResearchEquity
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On #WorldOvarianCancerDay, let's have a look at Claudia Allemani's ERC-funded project. She analyses why survival rates for breast, ovarian and cervical cancers differ so dramatically around the world.
Read more about the results: https://bit.ly/48MCYGc
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ERC grantees Florent Sebbane @Inserm, Nils Christian Stenseth and Ulf Büntgen @Cambridge_Uni investigate how a volcano help unleash the Black Death.
Photo credits: Florent Sebbane
Read more about this 👉 https://bit.ly/4sqdrcU
@CORDIS_EU@respublicae.eu
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What drives human behaviour in the most complex and challenging situations? Emilie Caspar @ugent is investigating how empathy, guilt, social influence and obedience shape moral and immoral decision-making: https://moralsocialbrain.com/about/
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How did plants survive the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs?
New research from Yves Van de Peer @VIBLifeSciences suggests whole-genome duplication helped flowering plants survive environmental crises, including the asteroid impact 66m years ago.
🔗 https://link.europa.eu/t6gdx3
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