European Research Council, set up by the EU, funds top researchers of any nationality, helping them pursue ideas at the frontiers of knowledge. 🦋erc.europa.eu.
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📢 2027 ERC Consolidator Grant call for proposals is now open 📢
Have an excellent research idea and ready to build the team to pursue it?
This funding could be for you!
Deadline: 12 January 2027
👉 link.europa.eu/g4NrCc
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Do you have professional experience in Continuous Improvement, process/organisational improvement or change management?
Want to work for the ERC for 8 months? Check out our new job offer!
Role and application info 👉 link.europa.eu/jJyDHW
Deadline: 30/09 @ 12.00 CEST
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Tonight is #EUResearchersNight! 🎉
In Dublin? Join ERC grantee Emma Tomlinson to explore minerals from Earth’s crust and mantle - and what they reveal about our planet! 🌎
Want to dig deeper? Register👉 bit.ly/4AlRII8
🌍 Events in your country: bit.ly/EUNight26
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On World Cancer Research Day we highlight Éric Vivier who received the 2026 William B. Coley Award for Distinguished Research in Basic and Tumor Immunology for his work on natural killer cells.
🔗 bit.ly/3VxrouF
Explore more ERC-funded research
🔗 bit.ly/46MaxXt
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Can you build the Universe? ✨
Step into the fascinating world of particle physics and meet ERC grantee Eleni Vryonidou in Nicosia for #EUResearchersNight 2026 on 🗓️25/09!
No physics degree needed - just curiosity!
🌍 Events in your country: bit.ly/EUNight26
@ResearchCy
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🧬 One material. Two incredible jobs. How is that possible?
Join ERC grantee Daniel Garcia Gonzalez in his lab this 🗓️25/09 @uc3m for #EUResearchersNight and see how materials can take on surprising new roles!
🌍 Events in your country: bit.ly/EUNight26
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On Bulgaria’s Independence Day, we turn the spotlight on Ivan Minev, Ambassador for the ERC for 🇧🇬 !
A two-time ERC grantee, Ivan wants to help researchers access ERC funding to turn ambitious scientific ideas into groundbreaking research.
#Amb4ERC #FrontierResearch
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Ready for #EUResearchersNight this 🗓️ Friday?
🌊 In Lisbon? Don’t miss Cristina Brito at Pavilhão do Conhecimento for “Weaving Ocean Histories”, exploring how different perspectives help us understand our shared blue world 💙
🌍 Events in your country: bit.ly/EUNight26
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After a year as an Ambassador for the ERC, Justyna Olko from Poland 🇵🇱 shares with us what was the best experience she had so far!
🔗 Have a look at the video and read more about her research: bit.ly/4tvJ0Cv
#Amb4ERC
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🚨ERC grantees: ready to step beyond your lab and share your research with audiences of all ages? The applications for the 2027 #ScienceisWonderful! fair are open!
🎥See what past ERC grantees thought of the experience and get inspired!
Apply by 🗓️6/10 : bit.ly/SIW2027ERC
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ICYMI: this week we announced the eight winners of the 2026 ERC Public Engagement with Research Awards 🏆
Behind the awards was an independent jury of experts in public engagement and science communication. A big thank you to all our jurors!
#ERCengage #ScienceCommunication
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You can find the list of jury members here: erc.europa.eu/system/files/2…
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Equal pay also means recognising work that often remains invisible and unpaid. ⌛
ERC grantee Valeria Pulignano studies how unpaid labour can reinforce gender inequalities in the labour market.
More ➡️ soc.kuleuven.be/ceso/wo/erlm…
#InternationalEqualPayDay
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Looking for inspiration on how to engage people with your research?
Meet the eight winners of the 2026 ERC Public Engagement with Research Awards 🏆
bit.ly/4dnX3op
#ERCengage #PublicEngagement #ScienceCommunication
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European Research Council (ERC) retweeted
In 1995 Paul Crutzen, Mario Molina and Sherwood Rowland were awarded the #NobelPrize in Chemistry for helping us understand why the ozone layer was disappearing.
#OTD in 1987, nations signed the Montreal Protocol to help us protect it.
Image: Ozone hole calculated by NASA 2023
ALT A map showing the size and shape of the ozone hole over the South Pole on September 21, 2023, as calculated by the NASA Ozone Watch team. At 10 million square miles, or 26 million square kilometers the hole was approximately the size of North America. NASA Earth Observatory image by Lauren Dauphin
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European Research Council (ERC) retweeted
Welcome to the State of the European Union debate.
Tune in at 9:00 CET to take stock of the past year and learn about EU’s upcoming priorities and initiatives.
ALT Aerial view of the European Parliament hemicycle in Strasbourg. Text overlay reads: "State of the European Union debate 2026 – Watch democracy in action – LIVE, Wednesday 16 September at 9:00 CET." The European Parliament logo appears in the bottom left corner.
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Social media and AI are changing political campaigns - and how citizens encounter political information.
On the #InternationalDayOfDemocracy, discover ERC grantee Rachel Gibson’s research @OfficialUoM, one of 200+ ERC projects on democracy since 2014. 🔗 link.europa.eu/7rYRNr
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How did sailors help shape our understanding of a connected planet?
Henrique Leitão @ULisboa_ examined old sailing manuals and ship logs to trace how winds, currents and oceans gradually built a global picture of Earth.
🔗 bit.ly/4r9eD5i
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🌱 What if we could design crops better adapted to the challenges of tomorrow?
ERC grantee Bert De Rybel studies how plants develop their vascular systems: the networks that transport water and nutrients throughout the plant.
Read more: derybellab.be/
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