The opening of the ERC Proof of Concept Call 2026 is postponed by about three weeks. The new date will be announced on the ERC website once confirmed. Eligible ERC grantees will be informed by email. All the details 👉 https://t.co/c9R3dBk4l3

The Earth contains around 20 million km³ of groundwater. However, some of it lies too deep to extract, while other reserves are being depleted faster than they can be replenished. Will we run out of it? 👉 https://t.co/X18bCKw2iT #COP30 @UniUtrecht

We’re at the European Parliament, where ERC grantees meet MEPs to bridge frontier research and policy. Tune in on Wed 12 Nov at 14.30 https://t.co/Kbt4FVFgNc Who benefits from such exchanges? Hear from ERC President Maria Leptin.

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We are live at the European Parliament with @EP_ScienceTech to discuss how science can inform policy for a greener, fairer Europe 🌱 Tune in here 👉 https://t.co/d1buw6syb8 #ERC #STOA #Sustainability #GreenTransition

📊 The ERC received 957 proposals for the 2026 Synergy Grant call. The submissions involve a total of 3,312 researchers and 33% of them are women. 👩‍🔬 This marks a steady increase in female participation over the recent years. More stats 👉 https://t.co/VblRXZHoX4

Science vs. misinformation: Who wins? 🧐 Mathilde Touvier, laureate of the 2024 #ERCengage Award, shows that public engagement can be as vital as discovery. 🏆 2026 competition now open 👉 https://t.co/4XJtPc444N @Inserm

🇵🇱🇪🇺 On Poland’s Independence Day, we celebrate the nation’s long tradition of scientific excellence - from Copernicus and Skłodowska-Curie to contemporary researchers whose ERC-funded work continues to push boundaries. #11listopada #ŚwiętoNiepodległości

Switzerland is joining Horizon Europe! We are uniting two research powerhouses. For cutting-edge innovation that will boost our energy security, digital transformation, health and so much more. Today is a good day for science, and for our EU-Switzerland partnership.

How can researchers and policymakers work closer together? 🏛️ The panel on 12 Nov will discuss effective ways of collaboration 🎤 Moderated by @DaveKeating Join the event with @EP_ScienceTech online 👉 https://t.co/FIuI26atNK

Rob Marchant, Laura Pereira, Unai Pascual, and Thomas Hickler will use their ERC Synergy Grant to understand how nature and societies keep interacting in and beyond so-called mountain socioecological systems ⛰️🌍 👉 https://t.co/UZepClSkOl #COP30

Watch the replay from #FallingWalls in Berlin! ‘International Research Cooperation in a Fragmented World’ With Maria Leptin, @PresHughBrady, Astrid Lambrecht, Stefan Asenkerschbaumer, Thierry Coulhon, Bettina Rockenbach. From 1’55’ 📺 https://t.co/i7St18SdJq  #FallingWalls2025

Dynamic crowds are an everyday phenomenon, yet they have puzzled researchers for over a century 👣 Anna Sieben, Tom Postmes and Armin Seyfried will use their ERC Synergy Grant to explore the physics and social psychology of crowd movement. 👉 https://t.co/UZepClSkOl #ERCSyG

⏰ At 1PM! Wherever you are - join us live from Berlin! Relevant session on defending #AcademicFreedom. At #FallingWalls. 🎥 Livestream - register here (free of charge): https://t.co/oRVFwE5Xlu 🇪🇺

What happened during the very first microseconds after the Big Bang? 💥 Andrii Neronov, Franco Vazza, Chiara Caprini and Axel Brandenburg will try to discover what happened during those first crucial instants of the Universe’s evolution. 👉 https://t.co/UZepClSkOl #ERCSyG

‘Academia under attack: action against anti democratic threats’ @Falling_Walls ⏰ Today 8 Nov at 13.00 With Maria Leptin, @mpgpresident Cramer, @dziblatt, Jens Martin Gurr, Anna-Sara Lind, Eva Ines Obergfell. Info: https://t.co/3hRcGYg6gK Tune in! 🎥 https://t.co/oRVFwE5pvW

Today is the International Day Against Violence and Bullying at School. An ERC-funded research has revealed that bullying triggers the same stress responses in the brain as physical threats. Let’s continue raising awareness and speaking up. 👉 https://t.co/KLxIYp8Rog

‘International Research Cooperation in a Fragmented World’ Tune now to the #ScienceSummit2025 and #FallingWalls2025 in Berlin - with Maria Leptin among the speakers. Find out more: https://t.co/4eRBHlqCI4 Livestream: https://t.co/XP3uNI9Zb5

Leoš Valášek, Julius Lukeš, Olivier Namy and Mark Osborn are among the winners of 2025 Synergy Grants. They'll investigate premature termination codons, the genetic 'stop signals' that cut production of proteins short causing disorders. 🧬🔬 👉 https://t.co/UZepClSkOl #ERCSyG

The new 2025 ERC Synergy Grants will fund teams exploring: 🧬 how microbes could fix genetic diseases 💥 what happened moments after the Big Bang 🚶‍♂️ how crowds move and behave 🏔 how mountain societies adapt to change … and much more frontier science 👉 https://t.co/UZepClSkOl