European Research Council (ERC)

European Research Council, set up by the EU, funds top researchers of any nationality, helping them pursue ideas at the frontiers of knowledge. 🦋

[European Research Council (ERC) @ERC_Research]

📣 Good news! 📣

Results of the ERC 2026 Starting Grant call are out!

Funding worth a total of €705 million will go to 421 early-career researchers across Europe.

Discover who, what and where 👉 https://t.co/kFzHZU8cc9

#ERCStG #HorizonEurope 🇪🇺 @EUScienceInnov

[European Commission @EU_Commission]

Another year, another chapter in Europe’s history.

Save the date for the State of the European Union on 16 September 2026. President @vonderleyen will deliver her annual address to Europe, setting out priorities for the year ahead.

Let’s shape a stronger Europe together. 🇪🇺

More → https://t.co/MaEe30DWoa

[European Research Council (ERC) @ERC_Research]

Congratulations to ERC grantee Elena Esposito, the 2026 #BalzanPrize winner.
The jury recognised her for exploring how algorithmic prediction is reshaping decision-making in various areas such as insurance, medicine and policing.

🔗 https://t.co/dOx2XwsNEc

[European Research Council (ERC) @ERC_Research]

⏳ This Thursday! What’s new in the ERC Work Programme 2027?

Join our live webinar on funding opportunities, eligibility changes and application rules plus a live Q&A.

📅 10 September, 15:00 CEST
▶️ https://t.co/oh1tJMeyzP

#ERCgrants #HorizonEurope

[European Research Council (ERC) @ERC_Research]

705 million euro #ERCStG has just been awarded to 421 researchers across Europe.

In the coming months many will start to hire staff and set up their own research groups.

Keep an eye 👀 on the ERC team positions advertised on the #Euraxess website. 👉 https://t.co/0LkTA7jZ0c

[European Research Council (ERC) @ERC_Research]

On Thursday we announced the award of 421 Starting Grants to outstanding early-career researchers across Europe.

To illustrate the variety of supported research, we selected three projects proposed by researchers based in Poland, Germany & Spain.

👉 https://t.co/FZZ38eS6MK

[European Research Council (ERC) @ERC_Research]

Inheritance rules can be outdated and inflexible - not reflecting modern realities - leading to family conflict, uncertainty, & injustice.

Dorota Miler will examine creative solutions offered by rules in Central Europe.

👉 https://t.co/FZZ38eS6MK

🇪🇺 #ERCStG @Uniwersytet_GD

[European Research Council (ERC) @ERC_Research]

How do 🧠 brains turn what we see, hear & feel into action?

Most brain-imagining methods need animals to be restrained or in highly controlled environments.

Now, Fabian Voigt will develop tools to allow observation in freely moving animals.

https://t.co/FZZ38eS6MK

🇪🇺 #ERCStG

[European Research Council (ERC) @ERC_Research]

What do kissing and the smell of teenagers have in common?

Both earned a 2026 Ig Nobel Prize for ERC grantees.

🏆 Congratulations to Stuart West and Ilona Croy, whose research shows that curiosity-driven science can be both fun, thought-provoking and unexpected.

[European Research Council (ERC) @ERC_Research]

They plan to conduct their work at the Paris-Saclay Institute of Neuroscience 🇫🇷, Stockholm University 🇸🇪, the Institute of Science and Technology Austria 🇦🇹, and the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light 🇩🇪.

[European Research Council (ERC) @ERC_Research]

Why do researchers #ChooseEurope? 🇪🇺🔬

In our recent ERC Starting Grants competition, 21 researchers currently based outside Europe were selected for funding; 20 of whom are currently based in the United States.

Four researchers give their reasons 👇

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

The Ig Nobel Prize honours the research which first makes people laugh and then makes them think.

Did you know chemistry laureate Andre Geim is the only Nobel Prize laureate to receive both an Ig Nobel prize and a Nobel Prize? Geim received the Ig Nobel for making a frog float.

[European Commission @EU_Commission]

Europe attracts and fosters top talent. 🔬

The @ERC_Research has awarded €705 million in Starting Grants to 421 early-career researchers.

This gives them the opportunity to pursue bold ideas, build their own teams, and shape the future of science.

[European Research Council (ERC) @ERC_Research]

How do deadly fungi adapt, spread and resist antifungal drugs?

Maria Isabel Navarro Mendoza will investigate the unique biology of the devastating “Black Fungus” mucormycosis, to reveal how its individual nuclei operate.

👉https://t.co/FZZ38eS6MK

🇪🇺 #ERCStG @UniversidadMH @UMU

[European Research Council (ERC) @ERC_Research]

The 2026 #KavliPrize laureates have being honoured in Oslo.

5 of the 10 laureates are ERC grantees: Vasily Belokurov, Amina Helmi, Rodrigo Ibata, Christine Holt & Erin Schuman.

Congratulations to all the laureates on this recognition.
🔗 https://t.co/HseqOcL5Je

[European Research Council (ERC) @ERC_Research]

Meet Ülo Niinemets, Ambassador for the ERC from Estonia 🇪🇪

Have a look at why he became an Ambassador for the ERC and read more about his research: https://t.co/mAHHxdOf0R

#Amb4ERC

[European Research Council (ERC) @ERC_Research]

🎒 New school year, new school research!

After floods & earthquakes, schools become more than classrooms. They provide stability, support & hope. Karin Doolan will study schools in 6 countries to help communities recover & prepare for future disasters.
👉 https://t.co/1d3A7lc8BA

[European Research Council (ERC) @ERC_Research]

🎓 Preparing your ERC Starting Grant 2027 proposal?

Watch our ERC Classes for practical guidance from ERC experts before you submit.

📅 Deadline: 14 October

▶️ Watch now: https://t.co/54RIVq3wWB

#ResearchFunding #HorizonEurope

[European Research Council (ERC) @ERC_Research]

Edor Kabashi, an Albanian-born neuroscientist, did his undergraduate degree in Canada. He shares how moving to Paris — with backing from 🇪🇺EU and national research funding — transformed his approach to combating neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental disorders.

#ChooseEurope

[European Research Council (ERC) @ERC_Research]

Ever heard of a dog 🐶 using button soundboards to communicate?

@Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas @UofGlasgow grapples with how to design technology for animal users.

Read interview "Parrots Are Video Calling Their Friends Now" @WIRED 👉 https://t.co/i2tnjDSdLf

#DogDay [AI-created 🖼️]