European Research Council (ERC @ERC_Research@respublicae.eu

#CitizenScience has the potential to strengthen our sustainable development and also make research more democratic.

Dorte Riemenschneider, @EuCitSci Director, & Silke Voigt-Heucke, head of Citizen Science @mfnberlin, explain its transformatory power.

👉https://erc.europa.eu/news-events/magazine-article/transformative-potential-citizen-science

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1604852461386227713

Some 80 ERC projects contributed evidence to @IPBES latest reports providing robust scientific basis for today’s #COP15 deal on #biodiversity protection.
Read more about ERC-funded research in the area 👉https://erc.europa.eu/tags?f%5B0%5D=tag%3A488.
RT @vonderleyen: I welcome the historic outcome of #COP15.
The world has agreed on unprecedented and measurable nature protection and restoration goals and on a Global Biodiversity Fund.

And investing into nature als…

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1604833885816332291

During its December plenary meeting the ERC's Scientific Council decided on changes to the ERC’s application forms and evaluation procedures. These changes will apply to the 2024 calls for proposals for funding.

Read the statement ➡️ https://erc.europa.eu/news-events/news/erc-scientific-council-decides-changes-evaluation-forms-and-processes-2024-calls

#ResearchAssessment

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1604797630235959296

Do you ever wonder why #Neanderthals disappeared?

It looks like #char from ancient fires and #stalagmites in caves hold important clues. Researchers @Unibo & @ULL use 🆕 techniques for new results.

👉 https://bit.ly/3Yp5WoH

#geochemistry #ethnoarchaeology #paleoanthropology

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1604768992404832256

#UrbanRural connections could boost #resilience in the face of change - research from @IanScoones & team @PASTRES_erc @IDS_UK.

👨‍🌾 Read about the benefits of a livestock-raising lifestyle 👉 https://bit.ly/3VUZxjz

#governance #environmentalscience #pastoralism #biodiversity

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1604454024321044481

Enlightening discussion between the newest @NobelPrize winners.

On their breakthroughs, on how ideas come about and more.

"Nobel Minds" with @TheZeinabBadawi.

🎥 Watch it back @svt
(click ‘spela’)
https://www.svtplay.se/video/KD95z2R/nobel-2022-snillen-spekulerar
From the UK, watch on the BBC:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001gyp0/nobel-minds

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1604420781471055872

#Celldivision is fundamental to life, but still not fully understood.

@SPOREMOHAN & his team @warwickuni take a closer look at the the complex ring of #proteins that guide the process.

Read more 👉 https://bit.ly/3YkSgv3

#microscopy #biochemistry #biomolecules #genetics

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1604068922512539648

To enable Indigenous Peoples to record and show how #climatechange affects their #environment, Victoria Reyes-García & her team worked to create a #CitizenScience platform.

How did it pan out? 👉 http://erc.europa.eu/news-events/magazine-article/bringing-indigenous-and-local-knowledge-climate-change-research

@UABBarcelona @LICCI_ERC @ICTA_UAB 📷 ©Joel Redmano

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1603795080279887872

Researcher Peter Jackson @sheffieldgeog cited food waste as an area where people want to be frugal, but (found) other influences combine to create waste: limited opportunities to buy fresh food daily or retail practices based on high-volume purchasing.

👉 http://erc.europa.eu/projects-figures/stories/conflicted-consumers-anxiety-and-food-decisions
RT @EU_Commission: Let's stop food waste together.

This weekend, around 150 citizens will meet in Brussels to discuss…

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1603730135710339072

RT @EACrone: Three days of hard work during the @ERC_Research plenary meeting in Brussels. During a wonderful dinner we said goodbye to my fellow vice-presidents Andrzej Jajszczyk and Nektarios Tavernarakis; I will miss working with them, thanks for these inspiring 2 years

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1603721389768429569

Want to know why Thomas Pesquet is interested in
#citizenscience? Catch up with the rest of the event👉http://bit.ly/ERC22eventCS

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1603708981167390720

"From Space 🚀, it’s clear that our planet 🌍 is fragile. You can see the consequences of human activity and climate change with a naked eye"

@Thom_astro, @ESA astronaut 👨‍🚀 at our recent #citizenscience talk.

📺 Watch his full message 👇
http://youtube.com/watch?v=s2LM9mQPR4I

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1603707384454533120

Did you miss the info session on ERC grant applications for researchers based in the 🇨🇿Czech Republic ?

Catch up 👇 on useful tips from National Contact Points and host institutions.

Programme 👉 https://erc.europa.eu/news-events/events/national-information-day-erc-grants-2022

@UniKarlova @Akademie_ved_CR https://youtu.be/QzcnEuTu91k

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1603389812278693888

Scientists @uc3m are working to understand novel fundamental properties of #sound, to improve #acoustic technologies.

Find out more about their ERC-funded research 👉 https://bit.ly/3WCr4X1

@ServInvestUC3M @PhonoMeta #metamaterials #phononics

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1603348948806434817

#DYK that #cancer is the 2nd leading cause of mortality in 🇪🇺 countries?

For early diagnosis, @kjaer_andreas developed a 🆕 scanning technique to locate & identify the #tumours which present the greatest risks.

Read 👉 https://bit.ly/3FqkLyG

#ResearchImpactEU #MissionCancer

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1603048591253438465

"It requires a certain humbleness stepping back and being open to learn from others."

ERC Vice-President Eveline Crone explores the significance of #CitizenScience for her own work and that of ERC funded researchers.

Read the rest in the ERC Magazine 👉http://erc.europa.eu/news-events/magazine-article/knowledge-everywhere

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1602964254172274689

Are you running an ERC Proof of Concept project with research results that could form the basis of innovation & new business?

You might also be eligible for an EIC Transition grant.

For the latest info, tune in to the @EUeic today at 11:15 - 12:15 CET

👉http://webcast.ec.europa.eu/european-innovation-council-online-info-day-work-programme-2023
RT @EUeic: Starting 🔜!

Discover the 2023 #EUeic work programme today at the dedicated Info Day! 🚀

⌚ 9:30 CET
💻 Online
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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1602593193505308672

RT @HorizonEU: LAST CHANCE: on 13-14 December, join the Info Days on Cluster 6️⃣ to learn how to prepare a quality project proposal to apply for #HorizonEU funding!

Topics: food, bioeconomy, natural resources, agriculture & environment.

More information! 👇

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1602261428248911872

🏅Anton Zeilinger thanked his parents for fostering his curiosity and taxpayers, also in Europe, for enabling him to do pure curiosity-driven research.🇪🇺

Listen e.g. to his #Nobel lecture from 1’26’:
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2022/zeilinger/lecture/

More on his #EUfunded research
https://erc.europa.eu/news-events/news/2022-Nobel-physics-prize
RT @euronews: Anton Zeilinger, Nobel Prize in Physics 2022, said he was grateful to you, Austrian and Eur…

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1602020950970699779