The European Research Council (ERC) today announced the winners of its Advanced Grant 2024 competition. The funding, worth in total €721 million, will go to 281 leading researchers across Europe. The new grants are part of the EU’s Horizon Europe programme.
This competition attracted 2.534 proposals, which were reviewed by panels of internationally renowned researchers. More than eleven percent of proposals were selected for funding. According to the ERC, estimates show that the grants will create approximately 2,700 jobs in the teams of new grantees.
The list of researchers whose proposal received an ERC Advanced Grant includes the Greek researcher Olga Karagiorgou, research director at the Research Center for Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Art of the Academy of Athens. Ms. Karagiorgou’s research proposal is entitled “Agents of Cohesion in the Governance of an Empire: the Anthropogeography of Byzantium, 7th to 12th centuries”.
You may find more info on the call’s results and the full list of winners here.
The ERC Advanced Grant competition is one of the most prestigious and competitive funding schemes in the EU. It gives senior researchers the opportunity to pursue ambitious, curiosity-driven projects that could lead to major scientific breakthroughs.
The ERC Advanced Grant 2025 funding round is still open for applications, with the deadline set for 28 August 2025. You may find more info through the following links:
Application portal https://europa.eu/!tj6Ch3
Info for applicants https://europa.eu/!DfQPJX
