10 Dec 2025
European Research Council invests €728 million in 349 top researchers through Consolidator Grants
The European Research Council (ERC) has selected 349 mid-career researchers for this year's Consolidator Grants. Projects that will receive funding include constructing powered protein motors, using quantum sensing to detect early sepsis, and designing nanoparticles that target tumour cells.
The ERC received 3,121 applications for this call - a 35% increase compared with the previous round last year. The selected researchers plan to conduct their research at universities and research centres in 25 countries, including the United Kingdom (65 grants), Germany (58 grants), the Netherlands (40 grants) and Spain (26 grants). 9 grants will go to Austrian host institutions.
Researchers come from Europe and other parts of the world, representing 44 different nationalities. Notably, the largest groups are German (48), Italian (37) and British (33) researchers. Some 38% of the researchers selected are women; a figure that has remained stable over the past few years.
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