2024 ERC Proof of Concept grant competition | 8 researchers from UNICA members among the winners!

23 January 2025 | From UNICA

2024 ERC Proof of Concept grant competition | 8 researchers from UNICA members among the winners!

The results of the final round of the 2024 European Research Council (ERC) Proof of Concept grant competition, have been announced today.

134 projects will receive support, bringing the total number of grants awarded under the 2024 work programme to 245 worth €36.75 million.

Each grant is worth €150,000 and helps ERC grantees to bridge the gap between the results of their pioneering research and the early phases of its commercialisation. The grant scheme is part of the EU’s research and innovation programme, Horizon Europe. 

The 134 new grantees of this second round work in 20 different countries across Europe . The highest number of grants will be hosted in Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands (15 each), followed by Spain and the UK (14 each), Israel (12), Belgium (11), France (10), Denmark (6), Austria (5), Sweden (4), Ireland (3), Finland and Norway (2), Croatia, Czechia, Cyprus, Poland, Portugal, Turkey (1 each).

Congratulations to the eight grantees from UNICA member universities!

  • Esteban GURZOV, Université libre de Bruxelles | Project: Reversing metabolic reprogramming in obesity-associated
  • Marios POLYCARPOU, University of Cyprus University of Cyprus | Project: An Integrated Cyber-Physical Security Solution for Water Distribution Systems
  • Mette ROSENKILDE, University of Copenhagen | Project: Identification of viroporin blockers for future antiviral therapy using automated high throughput screening
  • Mariola TORTOSA, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid | Project: Targeting Type 2 Diabetes with Allene-containing Molecules Using a C-N Bond Cleavage Tool
  • Fabio SCIARRINO, Sapienza University of Rome | Project: PhOtonics QUantum Bernoulli Factory
  • Corentin COULAIS, University of Amsterdam | Project: Scaling up dissipative metamaterials for energy absorption applications
  • Filipe NATALIO, NOVA University of Lisbon | Project: Bio-Engineered Dyeing Innovations for Sustainable Cotton Textiles
  • Marc FRIEDLÄNDER, Stockholm University | Project: Food quality control by RNA profiling

List of 134 winners in the second 2024 PoC round

More information is available at the ERC website


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