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European Research Council, set up by the EU, funds top researchers of any nationality, helping them pursue great ideas at the frontiers of knowledge. #HorizonEU
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🔴 Live now: Webinar on the planned ERC Plus Grants.

Join to learn how the scheme is being shaped to support outstanding principal investigators with bold ideas and a vision for transformative research.

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#ChooseEuropeforScience
November 28, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, we were reminded that any harm directed towards women constitutes violence.

ERC grantee Núria Rodríguez-Planas explores how motherhood, gender norms, and cash transfers affect intimate partner violence.

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November 26, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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New research at @uc3m.es shows that your social circle affects how you perceive your own body: people with broader networks are less affected by sensory cues that distort body image.

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@anatajadura.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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📅 Save the date: 28 Nov at 3PM CET

Join the webinar on the new ERC Plus Grants.

🎤 ERC President Maria Leptin and Head of Scientific Dept at ERC Executive Agency Philippe Cupers will explain the scheme and take your questions.

🔴 Watch live at t.co/IMRfUa5NAr
November 20, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Join the ERC session @ebsummiteurope.bsky.social tomorrow 19/11 at 11:30:

‘Breakthrough discovery & innovation: Securing Europe’s competitive edge?’

- Nobel Laureate in economics Ph. Aghion
- Pascal Lamy
- J-F van Boxmeer

Livestream (quick, free registration):
ebsummits.eu/live/

#EBS2025 🇪🇺
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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When groundwater demand exceeds safe pumping limits, governments must step in, says Marc Bierkens.

Farmers can:

✅ Grow crops that use less water & improve irrigation

Authorities can:

✅ Implement aquifer recharge & desalinate coastal water

👉 shorturl.at/fNTgS

@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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How do you get parenting support to millions of families during a pandemic?

Lucie Cluver, laureate of the 2024 #ERCengage Award, figured it out well 👉 t.co/XxhP16D18a

🏆 2026 competition now open 👉 t.co/fFic8g294I

@ox.ac.uk @dspi-oxford.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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📢 Save the date: ERC annual conference will take place on 28 January 2026! Its theme will be ‘One Health’.

Discover the programme and register now 👉 t.co/SBat1iYccr

#OneHealth

@scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu @ecdc.europa.eu @efsa.europa.eu
November 17, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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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 👉 erc.europa.eu/apply-grant/...
November 13, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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We’re at the @europarl.europa.eu, where ERC grantees meet MEPs to bridge frontier research and policy.

📺Tune in on Wed 12 Nov at 14.30 europarl.europa.eu/streaming/?e...

Who benefits from such exchanges between scientists and politicians? Hear from ERC President Maria Leptin.
November 12, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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We are live at @europarl.europa.eu to discuss how science can inform policy for a greener, fairer Europe 🌱

Tune in here 👉 www.europarl.europa.eu/streaming/?e...
November 12, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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Frédéric Dias, laureate of the 2024 #ERCengage Award, brought science to life in Ireland’s #AranIslands by hiring local fishermen ⚓, inspiring students 🏫 and building lasting community ties 🌊🤝 .

🏆 2026 competition now open 👉 buff.ly/GmZ9FQ2

@ucddublin.bsky.social @univparissaclay.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Rob Marchant, Laura Pereira, Unai Pascual, and Thomas Hickler will use their ERC Synergy Grant to understand how nature and societies interact in and beyond mountain socioecological systems ⛰️

@rob-marchant.bsky.social @laurap18.bsky.social @upascual.bsky.social

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#ERCSyG
November 10, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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Watch the replay from Berlin!

‘International Research Cooperation in a Fragmented World’

With Maria Leptin, Hugh Brady, Astrid Lambrecht, Stefan Asenkerschbaumer, Thierry Coulhon, Bettina Rockenbach.

Starting from 1’55’ 📺
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8cO...

 #FallingWalls25
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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Dynamic crowds, a common phenomenon, have intrigued 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.

@fz-juelich.de @uni-wuppertal.bsky.social

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#ERCSyG
November 9, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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⏰ At 1PM!

Don’t miss the session on defending academic freedom.

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Livestream - register here (free of charge):
falling-walls.com/livestream-2...
🇪🇺
November 8, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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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.

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#ERCSyG
November 8, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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‘Academia under attack: action against anti democratic threats’

⏰ Today 1 PM

ERC President @marialep.bsky.social, @patrick-cramer.maxplanck.de, @dziblatt.bsky.social, Jens Martin Gurr, Anna-Sara Lind, Eva Ines Obergfell
falling-walls.com/programme/ac...

Tune in!🎥
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November 8, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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‘International Research Cooperation in a Fragmented World’

Tune now to the Science Summit and #FallingWalls2025 in Berlin with Maria Leptin among the speakers.

Find out more: forschungsgipfel.de/2025/english

Livestream: m.youtube.com/watch?v=j8cO...
November 7, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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Leoš Valášek, Julius Lukeš, Olivier Namy (@onamy.bsky.social) 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. 🧬🔬

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#ERCSyG
November 7, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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📣 Meet the new ERC Synergy Grant awardees!

Sixty-six research teams have been selected for funding, bringing together 239 scientists. Congratulations to all!

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#EUfunded #HorizonEurope #ERCSyG
November 6, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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Laureate of the 2024 #ERCengage Award, @orlamuldoon.bsky.social’s work on gender-based violence has deepened public understanding, driven media awareness, and inspired concrete policy change.

🏆 2026 competition now open 👉 t.co/UxqmuS3FsL

@unioflimerick.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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Hear from Jan Lagerwall, physics professor and #Amb4ERC 🇱🇺

Sharing his inspiration for joining the Ambassadors for the ERC network and the value of connecting different communities 🤝

🔗 Read more about his research 👉 bit.ly/4nw9bWN

@ercgrantees.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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#WorldStrokeDay. Around 7.7M Europeans live with post-stroke disabilities.

@arthurliesz.bsky.social at @lmumuenchen.bsky.social explores how our own immune system can drive brain repair after stroke.

🔍 Read more here: buff.ly/O755w7U

#FrontierResearch #Stroke #Research #Repair 🧪
October 29, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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Seeking work in a research group run by an ERC-funded researcher?

You can find more than 145 positions open for application on the #Euraxess website 👉 buff.ly/ROwXHf6

#ChooseEurope #jobs #research
October 25, 2025 at 11:30 AM