ERC news

• Starting Grants: 291 young researchers across Europe receive €429 million in grants (4 December)
• New Vice President appointed (3 December)
• Applications for 2016 Starting Grants – Facts and figures (26 November)
• ERC grantees meet business angels (16 November)

•  Open to the world: Mexican young talent to join ERC teams in Europe (12 November)

ERC stories

• Interview with Artur Avila, Fields Medallist and Brazilian ERC Starting Grantee
• New defences against kidney disease in diabetes
• An international career to push frontiers of epigenetics
• Understanding the potential of Africa's digital revolution
• The brain: a tuneable 'hardware'
• Animals "peer-pressured" into reacting to danger
• Universe Sciences - spotlight on ERC projects

Events with ERC participation

• ASCB Annual Meeting 2015 (12 – 16 December 2015, San Diego, US)
• World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2016 (20 – 23 January 2016, Davos, Switzerland)
• Destination Europe (5 February 2016, Boston, US)
• MIT European Career Fair (6 February 2016, Cambridge, US)
• AAAS Annual Meeting 2016 (11 – 15 February 2016, Washington, US)

Past events with ERC participation

• Presentations of joint ESA-ERC scientific networking event(10 – 11 November 2015, Noordwijk, The Netherlands)
• Presentations from ERC ‘Widening participation across Europe’ event (4 November 2015, Budapest, Hungary)

Open calls

• ERC Consolidator grant call (deadline: 2 February 2016)
• ERC Proof of Concept call (deadlines: 16 February, 26 May and 4 October 2016)
• Indicative summary of main calls from the 2016 budget

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