The number of grant applications is rising sharply. Our capacity for their evaluation isn’t.
ERC President Maria Leptin explains why stricter resubmission limits are being introduced for 2027 calls and what they mean for applicants.
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The text of an open letter sent by ERC President Maria Leptin to ERC panel members, grantees and other stakeholders on 16 April 2026.
As with the Thüringen elections in 2019 that completely derailed the originally planned succession to Angela Merkel at the federal level, the upcoming election in Sachsen-Anhalt is going to cause a shockwave in Berlin, but this time under much more chaotic leadership.
New official statistics just published on the UK's performance in Horizon Europe so far.
The graph says it all. A familiar Brexit story - but with light at the end of the tunnel.
Decline since the vote to leave in 2016. But the recovery journey has begun.
Very good to hear the Science Minister Lord Vallance talking about the value of association to Horizon Europe. I was particularly struck by his framing that it is important to have a diversity of funding streams which fund different kinds of research
The @IEA projected that the world would use ~105 million barrels per day in 2026.
With the disruption in the Strait we are already predicted to go down to an average of 100mbpd for 2026.🧵
New DSIT data shows UK teams secured €994m from Horizon Europe in 2024—our highest funding share since 2018. Read our take on this here www.russellgroup.ac.uk/news/boostin...
If you come to see the Banksy, pop into my office 30 seconds away and look at this lovely little exhibition of the 1926 Irish census. Opening times in the link below. Till 15 May. (Not sure how long the Banksy will be there - will the Council remove it?)
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We are offering two great initiatives for humanities and social sciences researchers interested in applying to Horizon Europe. On 1st June we are holding an ERC Reading Day where you can read previously successful ERC grant proposals from a selection of 50
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/projects/eur...
European Research Council (ERC)
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The relationship between defence spending and growth has recently returned to the centre of policy discourse. This column argues that increased military expenditure should add modestly to economic act...
