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The results of the 2024 European Research Council (ERC) Synergy Grant call (call deadline 15 November 2023) were published. Synergy grant projects consist of minimum two to maximum four Principal Investigators (PIs) and their teams that jointly address ambitious research problems that could not be addressed by the individual Principal Investigators and their teams working alone. In total 548 proposals were submitted for this call of which 57 projects with 201 PIs received a Synergy grant including one researcher based at a Flemish host institution:
Sara Bals (Universiteit Antwerpen) is involved in the project ‘CHIRAL-PRO - Handshake Complexes of Chiral Nanoparticles and Proteins’.
In the ERCEA news article the list of selected projects and several other examples of projects are highlighted.
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The 2027 work programme opens funding opportunities worth over €1.8 billion for strategic technologies and scaling up companies. The EIC work programme 2027 details the funding in six main schemes: EIC Pathfinder EIC Transition Advanced Innovation Challenges EIC Accelerator The EIC Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (STEP) Scale Up EIC...
Read moreESA Space Solutions has opened a call for proposals on space-enabled solutions for resilient electricity grids, in collaboration with ENTSO-E. The call supports proof-of-concept studies and pilot projects that address challenges in grid resilience and operational continuity.
Read moreThe Start2Def 2026 selection process opened on 4 November 2026. Belgian startups and small SMEs can submit proof-of-concept ideas for one of two defence-related challenges.
Read moreThe European Commission and ESA have launched a new website for the Earth System Science Initiative (ESSI). The site brings together collaborative research on climate change, biodiversity loss, ocean health and other environmental challenges. It presents participating projects, scientific alliances and emerging results from EU- and ESA-supported research.
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EURHISFIRM designs a world-class research infrastructure (RI) to connect, collect, collate, align, and share detailed, reliable, and standardized long-term financial, governance, and geographical data on European companies. EURHISFIRM enables researchers, policymakers, and other stakeholders to develop and evaluate effective strategies to promote investment, economic growth and job creation. The RI provides the tools for long-term analysis highlighting the dynamics of the past and the way those dynamics structure our present and future.
The EURHISFIRM European project received € 3.4 million in financing from the European Commission through the H2020-INFRADEV-2017-1 research infrastructures call. The project started with a consortium of eleven research organisations (including University of Antwerp) from seven European countries.
