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Saxony strongly represented: EU funds 12 excellent researchers in the Free State with over 15 million euros
This year, the European Research Council (ERC) is funding ten scientists in Saxony with so-called Starting Grants.
07/09/2023
The Starting Grants provide targeted support for young researchers at the beginning of their scientific careers. They will each receive 1.5 million euros for their research from 2024 to 2028. The aim is to drive forward technological and social development in Europe.
In Saxony, they include:
Prof. Jakob Nikolas Kather (TU Dresden) deals with the possibilities of using artificial intelligence and deep learning for cancer research.
Dr Minghao Yu (TU Dresden) wants to advance research into a new and more sustainable battery technology.
Dr Alejandro Tabas (TU Dresden) is investigating how the human auditory system derives meaning from everything we hear.
Prof. Dejan Gajic (University of Leipzig) wants to develop new mathematical ideas to better understand special phenomena of black holes.
Marin Bukov (Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems in Dresden) researches quantum dynamics at the interface of quantum simulation and applications of machine learning in physics.
Ricard Alert (Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems in Dresden & Center for Systems Biology Dresden) dedicates his research to the physical principles of fundamental processes in living systems, such as collective behaviour in cells and tissues.
Dr Claire Donnelly (Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids in Dresden) investigates the effects of three-dimensionality on quantum nanomaterials.
Agnes Toth-Petroczy (Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden) wants to find out how and when protein condensates arose during evolution.
Alexander von Appen (Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics Dresden) plans to build minimal, synthetic cell nuclei »bottom-up« in order to investigate the self-organisation of a functional cell nucleus.
Ran He (Leibniz-Institut für Festkörper- und Werkstoffforschung Dresden) wants to develop thermoelectric modules of a new generation that surpass the performance of previous technology and do without the rare element tellurium.
In addition, Dr Daniela Lössner from the Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden and André Nadler from the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden were successful in the ERC Proof-of-Concept 2023 call. Researchers who already hold an ERC grant can apply for this programme. The aim is to explore the innovation potential of their ERC results over a period of twelve months.
Science Minister Sebastian Gemkow: »With ten winners of Starting Grants and two further successes in the ERC Proof of Concept, Saxony is very strongly represented in these programmes. I am very pleased for the top scientists who have been able to assert themselves in these coveted programmes. With their ideas, they are laying the foundation for us to advance our country with innovations.
Background:
The European Research Council (ERC) as part of the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation »Horizon Europe« funds outstanding researchers and their teams at all stages of their academic careers in five different funding lines: Starting Grants, Consolidator Grants, Advanced Grants, Synergy Grants, Proof of Concept Grants. The ERC is characterised by its complete openness to topics and the funding of visionary basic research (»groundbreaking pioneering research«). The success rates are around 10-15%.
In the »Starting Grant« funding line, projects are funded with 1.5 million euros (plus up to a further million euros for certain additional costs) for a period of five years.
Winners of a »Proof of Concept Grant« will each receive 150,000 euros.
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