European Research Council (ERC

Meet our newest Ambassador for the ERC 🇭🇺
Developmental psychologist Judit Gervain combines linguistics, neuroscience and developmental psychology to explore how language begins in the human brain.
🔗 https://aerg.eu/ambassadors#Hungary
#Amb4ERC #Science4EU
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Are you a young journalist interested in covering science & technology?

Apply to the European Parliament’s European Science-Media Hub summer school on AI and science communication.

📌22–25 June in Brussels
🗓 Apply by 18 March 👉 bit.ly/4usTUe8

STOA Panel (@EP_ScienceTech)

🗓️22-25 June 2026 Brussels #EUParliament:

#ESMHSummerSchool for young EU journalists on #Science #Communication in the age of #AI

👉You can still apply until 18/3: wp.me/panTdn-4...
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How is #AI changing the future of healthcare?

A new ERC report explores 238 frontier research projects using AI for disease detection, risk prediction, medical imaging, drug discovery and more.

Explore the findings 👉 https://bit.ly/4bHkPdF

#AIinHealth >@EUScienceInnov@respublicae.eu

How is #AI changing the future of healthcare?

A new ERC report explores 238 frontier research projects using AI for disease detection, risk prediction, medical imaging, drug discovery an...
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What can a 1609 shipwreck reveal about globalisation?

Angela Schottenhammer @KULeuven retraces these voyages, revealing how trade shaped medicine, shipbuilding & cross-cultural connections that still resonate today.

🔗 https://bit.ly/4rPe0gZ
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What can ancient DNA reveal about the past?

At Science is Wonderful! in Brussels, ERC grantee Cristina Valdiosera @UBUEstudiantes will show how scientists use genetics to study people who lived in colonial Mexico.

🧬 #Archaeology #AncientDNA
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Deadline reminder ⏰ Only a few days left to apply! Submit your application by 16 March 2026 (via the appropriate national authorities).

Full details 👉 bit.ly/4kGfNSy

European Research Council (ERC) (@ERC_Research@respublicae.eu)

The ERC executive agency has launched a Call for Expression of Interest for Seconded National Experts. Applications via national authorities only.

🗓 Deadline: 16 March 2026 – 12.00 (Brussels time)

Details 👉 bit.ly/4kGfNSy

#EUcareers

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"Alongside active suppression, there’s a quieter process through which scientific freedom can narrow without formal prohibition or visible coercion"

ERC President Maria Leptin warned of current decline of #academicfreedom.

Watch her @CARA1933 lecture!
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Emmanuelle Charpentier, passionate scientist, Nobel Prize laureate, role model. 👩🏻‍🔬 🧬

We are delighted to have her as part of our governing body, the ERC Scientific Council, since this year.

☝️ Note her message! 👇

The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize)

“My wish is that this will provide a positive message to the young girls who would like to follow the path of science, and to show them that women in science can also have an impact through their research”
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👩 65% of our colleagues at the ERC Executive Agency are women, helping shape a workplace that actively contributes to advancing gender equality.

In this video, they share what they 'Give to Gain' - the theme of this year's #IWD2026

#GiveToGain #March8 #UnionOfEquality

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With 700 000+ deaths a year, antibiotic resistance is accelerating.

Robert Vácha @LabVacha @CEITEC_Brno is developing antimicrobial peptides to break through drug resistance – now moving into in vivo testing for lung infections.

Read more 👉 bit.ly/3ZYaDYF

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🤯 Data is exploding – and so is its power demand. 🪫

The latest #ERCReport highlights how innovative #FrontierResearch in advanced electronics is paving the way toward more energy-efficient computing.

👉 link.europa.eu/9WTQ6q

#Sustainability

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Meet the Ambassador for the ERC in Romania!

The #Amb4ERC Mihaela Constantinescu leads projects which explore AI ethics and human-robot interaction 🤖, engaging with research communities and policymakers in 🇷🇴

Read more 👉 https://bit.ly/4aOmTB9

#Amb4ERC #HorizonEU #Science4EU
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R to @ERC_Research@respublicae.eu: Prof. Ernfors has received three ERC Advanced Grants in 2008, 2016 and 2022, and an ERC Proof of Concept Grant to explore a potential therapy for glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer.

Learn more about his ongoing ERC-funded research 👉 https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101053091
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Congratulations to the 2026 laureates of the Brain Prize!

ERC grantee Patrik Ernfors (Karolinska Institutet) shares the award with David Ginty (Harvard Medical School) for discoveries on how we sense touch and pain.

Read more about the winners: https://brainprize.org/winners/touch-and-pain-2026
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At the MIT European Career Fair in Cambridge, MA 🇺🇸? Thinking about doing research in Europe?

Take John Palmer: after his PhD in the US, he moved to Spain with ERC funding.

More about our sessions:
https://erc.europa.eu/news-events/events/erc-mit-european-career-fair

#ChooseEurope

At the MIT European Career Fair in Cambridge, MA 🇺🇸? Thinking about doing research in Europe?

Take John Palmer: after his PhD in the US, he moved to Spain with ERC fundin...
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How good is AI at reading your heart?

Discover it at Science is Wonderful! (18–20 March, Brussels), where ERC grantee Aurélien Bustin will showcase how AI and advanced imaging help doctors explore the beating heart.

🔗 https://bit.ly/3ZpUkmZ

#AI #MedicalImaging #EUresearch
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During European Ocean Days, a reminder:

Sophie Bonnet @ird_fr has identified an alternative carbon pump in the tropics, storing CO₂ deep below the surface and transforming our understanding of ocean-based climate solutions.

Read more
👉 link.europa.eu/BFKBnf

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Thinking about doing research in Europe?

Meet the European Research Council at the MIT European Career Fair 🇺🇸
#MITECF is largest EU-focused career fair in the United States!

📅5–8 March 2026
📍 MIT, Cambridge, MA

Full info 👉 https://bit.ly/3N54t5Y

#ChooseEurope
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On #WorldEngineeringDay, we spotlight #EUfunded research improving earthquake protection through low-cost seismic isolation systems – including solutions inspired by tennis balls.

Resilient infrastructure is key to sustainable development.

👉 https://bit.ly/3MH1ReB
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Governments keep passing new laws. But are they actually implementing them?

ERC grantee Christoph Knill explores how policies accumulate – and what guides governments when crises demand action.

👉 bit.ly/4loWm1b

#FrontierResearch #PublicPolicy

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