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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 6h

Live from Copenhagen!
🇩🇰 🇪🇺

The Danish model of backing top research - that’s on the menu at the event this morning, also with a string of ERC grantees.

Watch the livestream
🎥 m.youtube.com/watch?v=Nbbb...

Programme: healthsciences.ku.dk/calender/cal...

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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 1d

We’re live!

A powerful line up of speakers will delve into the topic competitiveness and frontier research - timely to take stock a year after the #DraghiReport and look ahead.

Livestream
m.youtube.com/watch?v=4fLC...

Programme
erc.europa.eu/news-events/...

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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 1d

Are you an ERC-funded researcher who is ready to inspire the next generation of scientists?

Apply now to showcase your research in fun, creative ways at the #ScienceisWonderful exhibition! 👉 link.europa.eu/vgTTr4

📅 18–20 March 2026

📍Brussels

⏳Apply until 20 October

@ercgrantees.bsky.social

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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 1d

Tune in TUE 7 Oct 15.00.

High-level event in Copenhagen during #EU2025DK on competitiveness & frontiers science with:

- Minister Christina Egelund
- Nobel laureate Anne L’Huillier
- Breakthrough Prize laureate Sir David Klenerman
- other science leaders

Livestream🎥
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fLC...

Competitiveness through frontier research

YouTube video by European Research Council

www.youtube.com

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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 2d

How are European laws shaping digital #research? 🤔

Join the ERC’s workshop on Data Access under the Digital Services Act (DSA) to find out how this could affect your work.

📅 22 Oct 2025, 13:30 – 15:30 CEST

👉 link.europa.eu/pjRBFK

#DSA #DigitalServicesAct #OnlineSafety #AcademicSky

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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 2d

🌍 Today is #WorldHabitatDay!

Safe, affordable housing is a basic need, but many in Europe struggle. What are key factors?

#FrontierResearch explores inequality, segregation, evictions & grassroots movements.

More on such #EUfunded projects 👉 bit.ly/3KyTjEZ

#NewEuropeanBauhaus #SustainableLiving

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Maria Leptin @marialep.bsky.social · 6d

Happy to have been given another two years to work for the research community together with the wonderful staff @erc.europa.eu

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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 6d

🎶 Happy International Music Day!

Music moves us and may even heal us.

New research by ERC grantee Elaine Chew shows certain music can lower blood pressure, with a Franz Schubert serenade having the biggest impact.

👉 bit.ly/3WheiPf

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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 6d

Maria Leptin re-appointed as ERC President! 🇪🇺

ERC Vice Presidents said:

This is excellent news, ensuring continuity at a critical moment. On behalf of the Scientific Council, we thank Maria for her leadership & strong commitment that has taken ERC to new heights.

👇
erc.europa.eu/news-events/...

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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 7d

🇩🇰🇪🇺
At this recent event - a prelude to ERC’s visit to Copenhagen next week under #eu2025dk - Minister Christina Egelund highlighted:

"I believe academic freedom is a strategic advantage."
"Research should be free and independent for society."

Join our events 7-8 Oct ⬇️
erc.europa.eu/news-events/...

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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 7d

“Science is essential to our future above all in its mission to expand human knowledge. Europe must foster, protect, and invest in it because the world depends on it.”
ERC Vice President Jesper Svejstrup at event on Europe’s science investment at French Embassy to DK, a year after #Draghireport.
🇪🇺🇩🇰🇫🇷

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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 8d

📢 Join us on 12 Nov for the “Shaping a Sustainable & Competitive Europe” event with @EP_ScienceTech

🔬 Discover the pioneering research driving the green transition 🌱

📍Info Hub, European Parliament, Brussels

Register👉 bit.ly/4l8LS41

#GreenTransition #SciencePolicy

From Science to Policy: Shaping a Sustainable and Competitive Europe

This joint European Research Council and the European Parliament's Panel for the Future of Science and Technology (STOA) event builds on an

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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 11d

🔬 Sahra Talamo at the University of Bologna refined #radiocarbon dating using ancient tree rings to improve the timeline of interactions between modern humans and Neanderthals.

👉 buff.ly/ROCd6rf

#GeneEditing #prehistory #ethnoarchaeology #FrontierResearch

Calibrating the timing of Neanderthal and modern human contact

Researchers have used tree rings to establish a more accurate timeline for the first meeting between our ancient ancestors and their...

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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 11d

📣The 2026 ERC Consolidator Grant competition is now open! 📣

Already preparing your proposal? Info links ⬇️

Info for applicants 👉 buff.ly/PSbeUxX

Application portal 👉 buff.ly/mauZoqo

Deadline: 13/01/26

General info on #ERCCoG 👉 buff.ly/KCN6GTh

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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 12d

#EuropeanResearchersNight event tonight in Burgos! 👇

deathrevol.bsky.social @deathrevol.bsky.social · 12d

European Researchers' Night is coming and @deathrevol.bsky.social will be joining the activities organized by @cenieh.bsky.social

We will be waiting for you this evening!

https://www.cenieh.es/actualidad/eventos/xvi-noche-europea-de-los-investigadores-26-y-27-de-septiembre-2025

@erc.europa.eu

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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 12d

We are aware that researchers may choose to use AI tools in preparing their proposals. It is for the researcher to decide when and where and how to use them.

The ERC Scientific Council also issued a statement on the use of AI 👇

erc.europa.eu/news-events/...

Current position of the ERC Scientific Council on AI

The ERC has supported frontier research into and using Artificial Intelligence (AI) since its inception and sees that recent advances, particularly in Generative AI, will bring profound changes both t...

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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 12d

#EuropeanResearchersNight event tonight in Barcelona! 👇

EthnicGoods @ethnicgoods.bsky.social · 13d

From workshops to talks with experts, the evening is designed to bring researchers into the spotlight!

Join us tomorrow, 6-8 pm at CosmoCaixa in Barcelona.
We’re excited to tell you more about what we do!

In collaboration with: @erc.europa.eu & MSCA
#ERN2025 #EuropeanResearchersNight #AcademicSky

26 Sep 2025
La noche de la investigación
Bringing researchers into the light

INTERNATIONAL RESEARCHERS SESSION: ENGLISH-LANGUAGE CONVERSATIONS
6:00-8:00 PM AT COSMOCAIXA, BARCELONA

Funded by the EU and organised by ESCIENCIA and “la Caixa” Foundation, La Noche de la Investigación (European Researchers’ Night) is a simultaneous event taking place in cities across Europe to celebrate science!

We hope to welcome over 1.5 M people into museums, universities and research institutions across 25 countries.

Join us to find out more about how government policies affect identity, conflict, and development.

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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 12d

'Exclusion creates blind spots that cost lives and limit innovation,'

Elyès Jouini, @unesco.org Chair of 'Women and Science', in the latest #ERCMagazine.

Inclusion makes science stronger 👉 bit.ly/3Kdo6Hq

#FrontierResearch #DiversityInScience #InclusiveResearch #ScienceforSociety #EconSky

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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 12d

🥳Today we celebrate 20 years of #EUResearchersNight!

A huge thank you to all researchers bringing science to life through outreach. Your passion inspires the next generation!

📍Find out about all the events happening in your country 👉 bit.ly/4o51l7O

@ucy1.bsky.social @radboudumc.bsky.social

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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 13d

🚀 ERC Scientific Council member Geneviève Almouzni’s latest #ERCMagazine editorial shows how inclusive research cultures drive excellence, creativity, and discovery - & what the ERC is doing to make it happen 👉 bit.ly/4n8usX4

#DiversityInScience #ScienceForSociety #FrontierResearch

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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 13d

Are you looking for work in a research group that is led by an ERC grantee? There more than 100 currently open for application on the #Euraxess website 👉 europa.eu/!gdXPfd

#ChooseEurope #jobs #research

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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 14d

🚀 What changes when all voices are heard in science?

A new edition of #ERCMagazine explores how inclusion and diverse voices drive innovation, excellence, & fairer research

👉 buff.ly/AkSBLOb

#DiversityInScience #ScienceforSociety #InclusiveResearch #FrontierResearch

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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 14d

Primarily, EU countries with lower Research and Innovation (R&I) performance (Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia).

European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 14d

In today's session, we particularly welcome participants from countries who have not yet received many ERC grants.

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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 14d

❗Starting at 9:30 CEST this morning❗ Are you applying for an ERC research grant and looking for practical guidance?

Join our hands-on, online info session 👉 europa.eu/!hMhKRn

Hear from ERC experts 👇 and get actionable tips to strengthen your application!

#AcademicSky

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