CNRS to Host Winners of ERC Competition Starting from 2024
The European Research Council (ERC) has announced the winners of the "Starting" grants, the first type of European funding accessible to young researchers. The 2024 edition of the programme saw 25 talented scientists receive €1.5 million each for their exploratory research projects, totaling €780 million in funding.
The winners hail from 24 European countries, with Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and France having the highest number of winners. Germany boasts 98 projects, followed by the Netherlands with 51, the United Kingdom with 50, and France with 49.
One of the notable aspects of this year's grants is the high proportion of female beneficiaries. A total of 44% of the grants were awarded to women, marking the highest proportion since the start of the Starting program. Notable female recipients include researchers like Anna Siekierka at Wrocław Tech in Poland and Jingxiu Xie and Gosia Wlodarczyk-Biegun from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands.
The funding is part of the Horizon Europe framework program and aims to support these young scientists over a maximum of 5 years. The grants are intended for researchers who have obtained their doctorate between 2 and 7 years ago.
Maria Leptin, President of the ERC, expressed her delight at the high number of female beneficiaries, while Iliana Ivanova, European Commissioner, expressed her pleasure at the high proportion of female scientists benefiting from the programme. Leptin also welcomed the return of British scientists to the Horizon Europe program.
In addition to the winners from the aforementioned countries, the ERC also awarded grants to scientists affiliated with non-French/German institutions, such as Ilya Bobrovskiy.
The CNRS, a major French research organisation, continues to make progress since 2022, but still lags 12% behind its performances from 2017 to 2021. The CNRS is hosting 25 Starting laureates, including Emanuele Arioli, Hugo Bisio Sabaris, Amélie Cabirol, Fanny Cazettes, Zayna Chaker, Isabelle Dautriche, Rafael Galupa, Charlotte Gervillière, Anna Grau Galofré, Nicolas Keriven, Baptiste Libé-Philippot, Arthur Marguerite, Maud Gratuze, Thibault Lefeuvre, Marion Mathelier-Guinlet, Romain Millan, Tomoya Nakai, Denys Nikolayev, Sandrine Péron-Heriveaux, Nils Raedecker, Adrien Sauvaget, Ashleigh Shannon, Emmanuel Siefert, Olivier Sulpis, and Morgane Thion.
The ERC congratulates all the winners and looks forward to the groundbreaking research that will result from this funding.
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