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A microrobot reaches its first target and continues toward a second one by following a newly imagined path.
Teaching microrobots to dream
27 Jun 2025
Advanced Grants 2024
ERC backs cutting-edge research with €721 million in funding
17 Jun 2025
Advanced Grants 2024: Examples of projects
Advanced Grants 2024: Examples of projects
17 Jun 2025
New method developed to study mechanical proteins linked
New method developed to study mechanical proteins linked to muscular disorders
6 Jun 2025
Industry and science – a relationship that will decide Europe’s place in the world
Industry and science – a relationship that will decide Europe’s place in the world
26 Jun 2025
From curiosity to change
From curiosity to change
26 Jun 2025
Science, talent and technology: Industry voices on Europe’s competitive edge
Science, talent and technology: Industry voices on Europe’s competitive edge
26 Jun 2025
EU science ministers at the presentation of the Warsaw Declaration, March 2015
Europe’s path to competitiveness: The strategic role of research and innovation
26 Jun 2025
Repairing the brain after a stroke
Repairing the brain after a stroke
14 May 2025
Drawing the line on inclusion
Living together in diversity
6 May 2025
Paving digital highways
Paving digital highways
9 Apr 2025
The first stars of the universe
The first stars of the universe
13 Feb 2025
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The ERC Scientific Council in the UK
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ERC Advanced Grant (ERC-2025-ADG)

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ERC Proof of Concept (ERC-2025-POC)

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The Scientific Council is the ERC's governing body and is responsible for setting the ERC's scientific strategy. It is composed of distinguished scientists and scholars from various fields. 

The ERC Executive Agency (ERCEA) is in charge of implementing and managing the daily operations of the European Research Council.

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