In March 2017 the European Research Council (ERC) will mark its tenth anniversary. Time for celebrations all across Europe, some reflection on the past decade and the future!
In 2007, the European Commission established the ERC with the mission of encouraging excellent basic research in Europe through competitive funding, supporting top researchers across all fields and nationalities. Since then, the ERC has had a considerable impact on the European research landscape. In almost ten years, it has funded nearly 7,000 researchers, thereby also supporting over 40,000 related team members. Its support has been acknowledged across approximately 100,000 international scientific journal articles.
To commemorate these first ten years, national authorities and research institutions in Europe and beyond will be organising various activities: talks, conferences, open days and other events, thereby engaging with the public and the research community and supporting the work of the ERC.
For more information on ERC grants and what’s in it for Brazilian researchers, please go to our Focus on ERC here
We will be organising a special event for the ERC’s anniversary in early April at the ABC’s (Academia Brasileira de Ciência) headquarters in Rio de Janeiro. More information to come soon…Stay tuned!
