International Grants

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ERC grants

Europe offers funding to excellent researchers, who want to undertake pioneering research. A special agency, the European Research Council (ERC), has been established to carry out this program. Researchers of every nationality and age are entitled to submit research projectsThe ERC has four programs that offer financial support for such pioneering research: 

  • ERC Starting Grant - 鈧�1.5 million
  • ERC Consolidator Grant 鈧�2 million
  • ERC Advanced Grant - 鈧� 2.5 million
  • ERC Synergy Grant

 

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Yali Tang

ERC Starting Grant - September 2025

Yali Tang will study state-of-the-art metal electrodeposition science to apply it to green iron production. Read more

To truly drive innovative and sustainable ironmaking technologies, learning more about this process is a natural step as nobody truly understands it.

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Jaap den Toonder

ERC Advanced Grant - August 2025

Jaap den Toonder will study the process of intravasation 鈥� the process by which cancer cells pass through blood vessel walls and spread to other parts of the body. Read more

Put simply, if we can stop cancer cells from passing through blood vessel walls, then we can stop the spread of cancer.

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Yoeri van der Burgt

ERC Consolidator Grant - November 2023

Yoeri van der Burgt will use this money for research into organic computers Read more

The promise is that in the future this technology could serve for personal prosthetic devices that are directly coupled to the body. An organic computer could eventually do the same work locally, inside the body, much more energy-efficiently than an external classical computer.