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European Research Council, set up by the EU, funds top researchers of any nationality, helping them pursue ideas at the frontiers of knowledge. 🦋https://t.co/Y9s8R2t8Qr.
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Joined January 2012
Here are some facts and figures from the 2025 Consolidator Grant call: 🔶 €728 million in funding 🔶 349 mid-career researchers from Europe and beyond 🔶 44 different nationalities All of them pushing the frontiers of knowledge. Congratulations!
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Can we outsmart outbreaks and tackle antimicrobial resistance or predict future pandemics? The first panel of our conference on #OneHealth will focus on innovation in surveillance and diagnostics, public and private health systems and more. https://t.co/pa7gt7e5H3
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Why do Americans have to compete against millions of illegal aliens for jobs and housing? @Sec_Noem
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💡Your questions, answered. The ERC Plus Grant webpage is now live, and the Q&As on this new funding scheme are available on the website, too. 🔗 ERC Plus Grants 👉 https://t.co/NSzBPm8PId 🔗 Q&A 👉 https://t.co/4wCaroFs94
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Now that Europe has bold digital rules #DSA in place, the next step is real data access for researchers, says Brandi Geurkink @TransparenTech. Find out what she believes is key to platform accountability and Europe’s digital sovereignty in #ERCMagazine 🔗 https://t.co/E1FDr1izxo
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On #InternationalMigrantsDay: Livia Holden @CNRS created an AI-powered, multilingual legal database to give courts faster access to cultural expertise in migration & asylum cases, thus supporting fairer, better-informed decisions. 👉 https://t.co/HWxgOoyrfD
@EUScienceInnov
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🤖 ERC-funded Milena Tsvetkova @LSEnews studies how human-bot form complex social systems in digital spaces. She sees the #DSA as a key step for transparency & trust, tackling fake content without banning automation entirely. Full story in #ERCMagazine 🔗 https://t.co/KfOZHZ38VZ
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🤖 Do algorithms trap us in echo chambers? Not quite. In #ERCMagazine, Damian Trilling @damian0604 shows how well-designed recommender systems can actually broaden what we see – and redefines what ‘fairness’ in news algorithms means in the #DSA era. 🔗 https://t.co/CUVQDJrVLZ
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🧩 What we see online – and what we never see – is shaped by algorithms. ERC-funded Jana Lasser @UniGraz designs new recommendation models that boost diverse, constructive exchanges instead of rage-bait and hateful content. More in #ERCMagazine 🔗 https://t.co/8OOJl6bfff
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The 2025 Madame de Staël Prize has been awarded by ALLEA to Maria Leptin for "pioneering contributions to developmental biology and her outstanding leadership in European research": https://t.co/1T6i2WC05k
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ALLEA is proud to announce that Maria Leptin, President of the European Research Council (ERC) and chair of the ERC governing body, the Scientific Council, has been awarded the 2025 ALLEA Madame de...
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🌐 How can we take back control of our digital world? In the latest #ERCMagazine, Gerd Gigerenzer (ERC Scientific Council) reflects on why transparency, digital literacy and accountability are essential to keep technology aligned with democratic values. 🔗 https://t.co/TjwZ6P7oXd
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⚖️ How is the #DigitalServicesAct (DSA) shaping the future of digital research? The latest ERC Magazine explores what digital accountability and transparency mean for science and Europe's online world. 👉 https://t.co/jHTLj8D3Iy
#DataAccess #DemocracyOnline
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Juan Pellico Sáez is one of the recipients of the 2025 Consolidator Grants. His goal is to design nanoparticles that circulate for a long time in the body and can selectively bind to tumour cells 🔬 👉 https://t.co/3d18drfy9g
@icmabCSIC @NNgroupICMAB
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Homeschooling Resources, Workshops & more! Attendees from 38 states!
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A glance back! “The usefulness of useless knowledge” was the topic of a thought-provoking session at #NobelWeek Dialogue 2025 with laureates - hear Sir Paul Nurse and Frances Arnold from 1’19’: https://t.co/IcOmIke3x0 ERC grantee Jean Tirole took part in other sessions.
We're live at the Nobel Week Dialogue 2025 from Gothenburg, Sweden. We’re bringing together Nobel Prize laureates, academics, innovators and policymakers to explore one of the most urgent challenges of our time: how to achieve health for all in the 21st century. Watch now:
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Could we design and build artificial protein machines from the ground up? 🧬 @AjasjaLjubetic, a new ERC Consolidator Grant recipient at @kemijski, aims to tackle the challenge by creating the first fully artificial, powered protein motor. 👉 https://t.co/3d18drfy9g
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Glad Luciadag till alla!🕯️🌟 And greetings to Prof. Pauliina Damdimopoulou the #Amb4ERC from Sweden 🇸🇪 You can read more about her research on female fertility 👉 https://t.co/X0txDjr9v9
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How to bring politics and science closer to make policy smarter? MEP Ivars Ijabs: Politics sets the goals. Science asks the questions. ERC grantee Marija Bartl suggests a database linking policymakers with scientists for fact-based input. ▶️ Hear their takes @EP_ScienceTech
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In-Depth: IRS Guidance for Recipients of QUALIFIED TIPS or OVERTIME PAY in 2025 (sample letters included)
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The Late Roman Empire didn’t collapse overnight: it struggled to maintain control across its vast provinces. Maria Nowak’s will use her Consolidator Grant to dig into provincial power and the rise of new elites from Antinoopolis to Petra. 👉 https://t.co/3d18drfy9g
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Join the ERC Annual Conference on 28 January to find out how ERC-funded frontier research is tackling pressing global challenges through the lens of #OneHealth. @ilariacapua from @SAISHopkins will be the keynote speaker. Register here 👉 https://t.co/pa7gt7e5H3
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🏅Nobel week ”It shows once again how important it is to fund free frontier research. Europe must invest seriously in such endeavours to stand a chance globally.' ERC President Maria Leptin on @Ph_Aghion’s win. 15 ERC grantees took home a #NobelPrize so far! #EUfunded🇪🇺
Today is Nobel Day! 🏅 Tune in to the festive ceremony with impactful speeches - a true celebration of blue sky discovery and scientific curiosity! ERC grantee @Ph_Aghion is amongst the 2025 laureates. https://t.co/JVc6pf5oE3 Congratulations to them all!
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Sepsis is a life-threatening reaction to infection and a leading cause of death worldwide. Romana Schirhagl @umcg will use her 2025 ERC Consolidator Grant to investigate a new diagnostic marker for early sepsis detection. 👉 https://t.co/3d18drfy9g
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The Most Exciting Time of Jon Gruden's Life | Pro Football Football Show Week 16
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Living through humanitarian crises puts children at far greater risk of emotional distress 🚸🧠 Marianna Purgato will use her Consolidator Grant to develop a psychological care algorithm to predict a child’s response to mental health interventions. 👉 https://t.co/3d18drfy9g
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