The European Research Council (ERC) supports excellent European research with funds from the Research Framework Programme. It is aimed at researchers of any nationality who want to carry out high-risk and basic research in Europe.
Indicated below is the year of approval.
ERC Advanced Grants
The ERC Advanced Grants have been established to assist senior international scientists with excellent track records in carrying out pioneering, high-risk research projects.
Laureates
2024
Professor Clemens Bechinger, Department of Physics
Further information: Press Release from 11 April 2024
- 2020
Professor Andreas Marx, Department of Chemistry
Further information: Press release from 23 April 2021
- 2019
Professor Stefan Mecking, Department of Chemistry
Further information: Press release from 8 April 2019
2016
Professor Clemens Bechinger, Department of Physics
- 2013
Professor Andreas Marx, Department of Chemistry
Further information: Press release from 2 October 2013
2012
Professor Thomas Elbert, Department of Psychology
- 2011
Professor Alfred Leitenstorfer, Department of Physics
Professor Axel Meyer, Department of Biology
2010
Professor Christoph Knill, Department of Politics and Public Administration (now: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)
ERC Consolidator Grants
ERC Consolidator Grants have been created to help early career researchers consolidate their independence, develop their own research teams and to advance their careers further. The programme also provides support to excellent, independent and recently formed research teams.
Laureates
2022
Professor Timo Müller, Department of Literature, Art and Media Studies
Further information: Press release from 17 March 2022
2022
Professor Meg Crofoot, Department of Biology and Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
Further information: Press release from 17 March 2022
2020
Professor Patrick Müller, Department of Biology
2020
Professor Tanja Gaich, Department of Chemistry
Further information: Press release from 15 January 2021 (in German)
2019
Professor Thomas Böttcher, Department of Chemistry (now: University of Vienna)
Further information: Press release from 10 December 2019
2017
Professor Malte Drescher, Department of Chemistry
Further information: Press release no. 111, 2017
2015
Professor Jörg Hartig, Department of Chemistry
Further information: Press release from 11 December 2015 (in German)
Professor Peter Baum, Department of Physiks
2014
Professor Sebastian Polarz, Department of Chemistry
Further information: Press release no. 91, 2016 (in German)
ERC Starting Grants
ERC Starting Grants have been instituted to support talented early career researchers in achieving academic independence in Europe and to promote their careers. The programme is geared specifically towards junior talents who have proven their potential as up-and-coming independent heads of research.
Laureates
2023
Anna Stöckl, Junior Professor for Neurobiology and Behaviour, leader of an Emmy Noether research group and a Research Fellow at the Zukunftskolleg
Further Information: Press release 05.09.2023
2022
Professor Dr. Armin Bahl, Professor of Neurobiology and Zoology at the "Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour"
Further information: Press release 24.11.2022
2019
Dr Damien Farine, Principal Investigator am Exzellenzcluster "Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour" (now: University of Zurich)
Further information: Press release 3.9.2019
Dr George Walkden, Department of Linguistics
Further information: Press release 3.9.2019
- 2017
Dr Anja Osei, Department of Politics and Public Administration
Further information: Press release no. 89, 2017
2015
Professor Tanja Gaich, Department of Chemistry
- 2013
Professor Bastian Goldlücke, Department of Computer and Information Science
Further information: Professor Bastian Goldlücke’s website
2012
Professor Marius Busemeyer, Department of Politics and Public Administration
Further information: Press release no. 121, 2012
2011
Dr. Nathan Weisz, Department of Physics and Zukunftskolleg (now: Paris Lodron University of Salzburg)
- 2010
Professor Thomas Müller, Department of Philosophy
2009
Professor Kirsten Mahlke, Department of Literature (with Art and Media Studies) and Zukunftskolleg
- 2008
Professor Mathias Kläui, Department of Physics and Zukunftskolleg (now: Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz)
ERC Synergy Grants
ERC Synergy Grants are the EU's most highly endowed funding instrument. The internationally competetive grants are awarded to two to four collaborating outstanding researchers.
Laureates
2012
Prof. Dr. Ulrik Brandes, Department of Computer and Information Science (now: ETH Zürich)
Further informaiton: Press release no. 184, 2012 (in German)
ERC Proof of Concept Grants
The Proof of Concept Grant was established in 2011 and exclusively targets ERC grant holders who want to vertify the innovation potential of ideas arising from their ERC-funded projects.
Laureates
2019
Professor Thomas Elbert, Department of Psychology
Further information: Press release from 2 May 2019
2017
Professor Kirsten Mahlke, Departement of Literature
Further information: Press release no. 29, 2017