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18 Prestigious ERC Starting Grants Go to Researchers in Austria

From Der Standard · () German

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  • The European Research Council awarded 421 Starting Grants worth up to 1.5 million euros each for five-year basic research projects.
  • The grants total 705 million euros, with 18 going to researchers working in Austria.
  • The Institute of Science and Technology Austria in Klosterneuburg received five grants, more than any other institute.

Austria has secured 18 of the European Research Council’s latest Starting Grants, including five for the Institute of Science and Technology Austria in Klosterneuburg near Vienna. No other institute received as many.

The ERC announced that 421 researchers across Europe had won the grants in the current funding round. Each award provides up to 1.5 million euros for a five-year basic research project, bringing the total funding package to 705 million euros.

The awards support researchers working in Austria, while the Klosterneuburg institute emerged as the country’s strongest institutional recipient with its five grants.

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