Grants

ERC grants

The European Research Council (ERC) grants are prestigious research grants for individual scientists. LUMC is proud to host over 30 researchers who have been awarded an ERC grant, ranging from talented starting group leaders to established professors. These ERC projects set LUMC at the forefront of ground-breaking research and scientific innovation worldwide.

LUMC is delighted to be/have been the Host Institution of 42 ERC projects in total: 2 Synergy grants, 10 Advanced grants, 8 Consolidator grants, 16 Starting grants and 6 Proof of Concept grants.

Completed ERC Grant project at LUMC

About ERC

Logo ERCThe ERC provides attractive, long-term funding to support excellent investigators to pursue ground-breaking, high-gain/ high-risk research. Research funded by the ERC is expected to lead to advances at the frontiers of knowledge and to set a clear and inspirational target for frontier research across Europe. The ERC was launched in 2007 and is currently part of Horizon Europe, the EU programme for Research and Innovation.