European Research Council (ERC @ERC_Research@respublicae.eu

DYK fake news spreads faster and further than real news? Joana Gonçalves de Sá @SpacLab is using #datascience and #behaviouralpsychology to understand why some people are more likely to share #disinformation.

👉http://bit.ly/ERCFARE

@mjoanasa #InternationalFactCheckingDay

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1642436762034401285

@EUScienceInnov @mleptin @GabrielMariya With two Nobel prizes going to ERC grantees, 2022 held many achievements for our community. 🏆

From the first images of exoplanets captured by the #JWST, to new ways of generating protein shapes, read more about the discoveries of ERC grantees in our #annualreport!

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1641723499738955778

@EUScienceInnov @mleptin @GabrielMariya In 2022, 80% of ERC funded research led to either a scientific breakthrough or major scientific advancement 🔬

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1641723482684940289

@EUScienceInnov @mleptin @GabrielMariya Following the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, we launched the “ERC for Ukraine” initiative, helping connect refugee scientists with our community of grantees.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1641723464892710912

@EUScienceInnov @mleptin @GabrielMariya Beyond advancing scientific knowledge, ERC-funded projects have a direct impact on future-shaping innovations 👩‍💻

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1641723446160916480

@EUScienceInnov @mleptin @GabrielMariya In 2022 the ERC received 6801 proposals for our #ERCStG, #ERCAdG, and #ERCCoG grants. 📈

An additional 1168 applications were for our Synergy and Proof of Concept competitions.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1641723426103775232

ERC's year in review is here! 📈Get insights into competition statistics and learn more about the ground-breaking discoveries of our grantees.

👉 http://bit.ly/3ZuKmhI

Find out more by reading the highlights in the #thread below 👇

@EUScienceInnov @mleptin @GabrielMariya

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1641723408206680064

Useful exchange between Rector @Wijmenga_Cisca, @JanPalmowski and a @univGroningen delegation with @mLeptin on how the scientific community can join forces and use powerful arguments to explain to politicians and the public why frontier research is a good return on investment.
RT @janpalmowski: Making the case for knowledge in discussion with @univgroningen: Knowledge accumulates in an exponential, not in a linear way. @mleptin arguing that we must make this case …

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@annalkorhonen @Cambridge_Uni @INRAE_France @PlanasRodriguez @UniBarcelona @maxplanckpress @ProfHjalmarsson @goteborgsuni mRNA vaccines 💉 were crucial for curbing the Covid19 pandemic but for deeper integration with modern medicine, further research is needed.

@AndrzejDziembo1 will use his 🇪🇺#ERCAdG grant @IIMCB_Poland to help design the next generation of mRNA therapy.

👉 http://bit.ly/ViveRNA

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@annalkorhonen @Cambridge_Uni @INRAE_France @PlanasRodriguez @UniBarcelona @maxplanckpress How can we break the cycle of crime and economic inequality? 🔄

By investigating the justice system and the job market, new 🇪🇺#ERCAdG grantee @ProfHjalmarsson of @goteborgsuni will try to uncover the discrepancies at the core of the problem.

Read on 👉 http://bit.ly/POLICE-PRISONS-FIRMS

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1641388150600904707

@annalkorhonen @Cambridge_Uni @INRAE_France @PlanasRodriguez @UniBarcelona 🌤The Sun’s importance to humanity is immeasurable. Yet there is still plenty about it we do not know.

A new 🇪🇺#ERCAdG project, led by Sami Solanki @maxplanckpress aims to expand our knowledge on the inner workings of the Sun’s magnetic field.

See 👉http://bit.ly/WinSunERC

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1641388133098098689

@annalkorhonen @Cambridge_Uni @INRAE_France Domestic violence is a serious problem in the EU. @PlanasRodriguez from @UniBarcelona will use new 🇪🇺#ERCAdG funding for her research to understand how different factors affect the risk of domestic violence against women.

Read more 👉 http://bit.ly/WomEmpowerERC

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1641388115351973888

@annalkorhonen @Cambridge_Uni 🐝 Bees are key to sustaining life on Earth. They are the most important insect pollinators in agriculture.

New 🇪🇺#ERCAdG grantee Abdelhafid Bendahmane @INRAE_France will help make cultivated plants more attractive to them as a food resource.

How? 👉 http://bit.ly/NectarGland

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1641388097794637824

🗣️ Language technologies can assist in many areas of life, but availability is mostly limited to the global North.

#ERCAdG grantee @annalkorhonen @Cambridge_Uni aims to develop a universal approach to language technologies, with equity at its core.

👉 http://bit.ly/EQUATE

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1641388076021993472

New research funded by 2022 #ERCAdG (e.g.) ⬇️

☀️ Sun’s magnetic field 
🕵️‍♂️ Breaking crime cycles
🗣️ Language technology for everyone
👩‍⚕️ Next generation mRNA therapy
🌿 Making flora more attractive to bees
😡 Causes of domestic violence

➡️ http://bit.ly/ERC2022AdGExamples

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“The new ERC Advanced Grantees are a testament to the outstanding quality of research carried out across Europe.”

ERC President @mLeptin welcomes the latest group of grant winners.

#ERCAdG results 👉 https://bit.ly/ERC2022AdGNews

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1641383530914811904

@EUScienceInnov @EUinDE @EUdelegationUK @UEfrance ERC Advanced Grant funding announced today will help support jobs for some 2,000 postdocs, PhD students & other staff in the funded research groups 👩🎓👨🔬👩💻 .

Keep an eye out for job announcements! 👉🏾 http://bit.ly/ERCfundedJobs

#jobsearch #PhDposition #postdocposition [4/4]

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1641379912304189442

@EUScienceInnov With 27 different nationalities, new ERC Advanced Grant funded researchers propose to work in 20 countries in the 🇪🇺 European Union & beyond.

Top locations:
🇩🇪 37 Germany
🇬🇧 35 UK
🇫🇷 32 France

More data ➡️ http://bit.ly/ERC2022AdGStats

@EUinDE @EUdelegationUK @UEfrance [3/4]

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1641379890225377280

@EUScienceInnov 🎉 Congratulations to the 218 new ERC Advanced Grant recipients 🏅!

Want to know who they are and where they intend to work?

Full list 👉 http://bit.ly/ERC2022AdGwinners

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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1641379870239502336

📢 The ERC Advanced Grants competition results are out. Over €544 million in funding for leading researchers.

All info ➡️ http://bit.ly/ERC2022AdGNews

@EUScienceInnov 🇪🇺#EUfunded #FrontierResearch #AdG

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