Support - EUOverview: ERC Grants
The European Research Council (ERC) supports outstanding scientists in order to advance frontier research and visionary projects and to open up new interdisciplinary fields of knowledge.
Among its lines of funding are the Starting, the Consolidator, the Advanced and the Synergy Grant. Researchers from Heidelberg University have been awarded 102 ERC Grants (incl. Bridge Professorships) in total since 2008.
- Starting Grants (up to 1,5 Mio. EUR for 5 years): ERC Starting Grants support promising early-career researchers.
- Consolidator Grants (up to 1,5 Mio. EUR for 5 years): ERC Consolidator Grants are aimed at excellent researchers with 7 to 12 years experience after their PhD.
- Advanced Grants (up to 2,5 Mio. EUR for 5 years): The ERC Advanced Grant is awarded to outstanding, established researchers.
- Synergy Grants (up to 10 Mio. EUR for 6 years): ERC Synergy Grants are used to fund ambitious research projects that are too complex for individual researchers and their groups to tackle individually.
Note: For the sake of simplicity, grants which are currently in contract negotiations are counted as running in the table below.
At Heidelberg University
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| Research project | Funding line | Project time | Scientist/Institute |
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| Research project | Funding line | Project time | Scientist/Institute | |
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FEVER – Global Histories of (a) Disease, 1750-1840 (1.730.895 €) | Consolidator Grant | 01.10.2023 – 30.09.2028 | Prof. Dr. Stefanie Gänger, Department of History | |
QLR-Net – Quantum Long-Range Networks (1.497.801 €) | Starting Grant | 01.04.2024 – 31.03.2029 | Dr. Nicolò Defenu, Institute for Theoretical Physics | |
ISM-METALS – Tracking galaxy evolution with precise and accurate metal abundances in the interstellar medium (1.500.000 €) | Starting Grant | 01.10.2023 – 30.09.2028 | Dr. Kathryn Kreckel, Centre for Astronomy of Heidelberg University (ZAH) | |
ReMVeC – How has the rapid scale up of malaria control in Africa impacted vector competence? (1.499.581 €) | Starting Grant | TBA | Dr. Victoria Ingham, Medical Faculty Heidelberg | |
ENSYNC – From engineering to evolution of synthetic cells with RNA origami (1.500.00 €) Moved to Heidelberg in 2022 | Starting Grant | TBA | Dr. Kerstin Göpfrich, Center for Molecular Biology (ZMBH) | |
PEPS – PerPetuating Stemness: From single-cell analysis to mechanistic spatio-temporal models of neural stem cell dynamics (3.751.699 €) | Synergy Grant | 01.06.2023 – 31.05.2029 |
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CoTransComplex – Mechanisms of co-translational assembly of multi-protein complexes (3.138.221 €) | Synergy Grant | 01.04.2023 – 31.03.2029 | Prof. Dr. Bernd Bukau, Centre for Molecular Biology of Heidelberg University (ZMBH) | |
TACY – Tackling the Cyclacene Challenge (3.325.421 €) | Synergy Grant | 01.04.2023 – 31.03.2029 | Prof. Dr. Michael Mastalerz, Institute of Organic Chemistry | |
ECOGAL – Understanding our Galactic Ecosystem: From the Disk of the Milky Way to the Formation Sites of Stars and Planets (2.718.499 €) | Synergy Grant | 01.05.2020 – 01.05.2026 | Prof. Ralf Klessen, Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics | |
IndiGene – Genetics of Individuality (4.003.613 €) | Synergy Grant | 01.02.2019 – 31.01.2024 |
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Bridge Professorships
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| Research project | Funding line | Project time | Scientist/Institute |
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| Research project | Funding line | Project time | Scientist/Institute | |
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DipolarSound – Internal structure of red-giant stars through the sound of dipole oscillation modes (2.000.000 €) | Consolidator Grant | 01.10.2021 – 30.09.2026 | Prof. Dr. Saskia Hekker, HITS, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy | |
