The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded its Advanced Grants. These prestigious grants, awarded to individual researchers for a five-year period, are usually worth about 2.5 million euros each. Seven KU Leuven researchers are among this year’s recipients: Guy Boeckxstaens, Bart De Strooper, Paul Heremans, Rony Keppens, Johan Martens, Batja Mesquita, and Valeria Pulignano.
ERC Advanced Grants may be awarded to Principal Investigators from all disciplines. To apply for an ERC Advanced Grant, applicants must be active and established researchers with an outstanding track record in the past ten years. ...