The results of the 2024 European Research Council (ERC) Advancd Grant call (call deadline 29 August 2024) were published. Advanced Grants are open to active researchers who have a track-record of significant research achievements. The Principal Investigators (PIs) should be exceptional leaders in terms of originality and significance of their research contributions.

Proposals are evaluated in 28 evaluation panels in three research domains (Physical Sciences and Engineering, Social Sciences and Humanities and Life Sciences) composed of top scientists and scholars coming from all over the world and in addition by remote referees with necessary specialised expertise (usually two to five per proposal).

Of the 2534 submitted proposals 281 researchers with 32 different nationalities received an ERC Advanced Grant: 83 In Life Sciences, 118 in Physical Sciences and Engineering and 80 in Social Sciences and Humanities. Beside the list of selected researchers in the ERCEA news articles more background on the evaluation results, call statistics, and several project examples are highlighted.

However the statistics and list of successful candidates for this call are provisional since it is expected that Switzerland will only be formally associated to Horizon Europe in 2025. The scope of the association agreement does not cover award procedures implementing the 2024 budget. No grant agreements will therefore be signed with host institutions established in Switzerland under the 2024 Advanced Grant call. Switzerland-based applicants may only receive EU funding if they transfer their proposed project to an eligible host institution.

Among the 281 selected researchers are fifteen based at Flemish host institutions. The projects of these fifteen Principal Investigators (PIs) are presented in the news articles of Universiteit Antwerpen, Universiteit Gent, KU Leuven and VIB.

• Paulo DE ASSIS, Orpheus Instituut Vzw, PosthumanMusic - Posthuman Music: Creative Practices after AI and Blockchain., panel Social Sciences and Humanities 8
• Bruno DE GEEST, Universiteit Gent, MATRACs - Tumor acidosis targeted delivery of immunotherapy by Marker-Agnostic TumoR-Anchoring Chimeras, panel Life Sciences 7
• Bart DE STROOPER, Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie, XenoAD - Modelling the impact of aging in sporadic Alzheimer’s disease, panel Life Sciences 5
• Dirk DE VOS, KU Leuven, CaZeo - Cascade reactions with Zeolites in compartmentalized settings, panel Physical Sciences and Engineering 5
• Dagmar D'HOOGE, Universiteit Gent, POLY-DESIGN - Interactively connecting our polymer production design, panel Physical Sciences and Engineering 8
• Russell FRIEDMAN, KU Leuven, TRANSFORM - The Late Scholastic Transformation of Hylomorphism. Philosophical Discussions of Form and Matter in Context, 1400-1600, panel Social Sciences and Humanities 5
• Martin GUILLIAMS, Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie, LegoLiver - (Re)constructing the liver, brick by brick, panel Life Sciences 3
• Joke HADERMANN, Universiteit Antwerpen, REACT - Resolving Evolving Aspects of Crystal Structure Transformations, panel Physical Sciences and Engineering 4
• Clay HOLROYD, Universiteit Gent, CONTROLMAP - Mapping the Controllosphere, panel Social Sciences and Humanities 4
• Ilse JONKERS, KU Leuven, OA-CONNECT - Connecting Joint Function to Chondrocyte Biology in Knee Osteoarthritis, panel Life Sciences 7
• Johan MEYERS, KU Leuven, REALTOWIND - Real-time optimal control of wind-farm atmosphere interaction, panel Physical Sciences and Engineering 8
• Dirk VAN HULLE, Universiteit Antwerpen, MARGINAL - Modernist Authors' Reading: Genesis in Authors' Libraries, panel Social Sciences and Humanities 5
• Annelies VAN RIE, Universiteit Antwerpen, DiSrupT RR-TB - Direct on Sputum Sequencing to Interrupt Transmission of Rifampicin Resistant Tuberculosis, panel Life Sciences 7
• Veronique VAN SPEYBROECK, Universiteit Gent, TIME - Get track of time for all events from the nano- to the crystal particle level in nanoporous materials, panel Physical Sciences and Engineering 4
• Klaas VANDEPOELE, Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie, multiCODE - Unraveling the regulatory code of gene expression in plants, panel Life Sciences 2