European Research Council (ERC)

The European Research Council (ERC) is an institution of the European Commission. It promotes groundbreaking research ideas from outstanding researchers in all fields of research. The decisive evaluation criterion is the scientific excellence of the submitted research project and the applicant, with complete openness to topics. In this way, the ERC supports researchers at various career stages through different funding lines.

Further information on the funding lines can also be found on the website of the European Research Council.

Starting Grant

Mit den ERC Starting Grants (ERC StG) unterstützt die Europäische Kommission die wissenschaftliche Unabhängigkeit exzellenter Nachwuchswissenschaftler*innen zwischen zwei und sieben Jahren nach der Promotion durch den Aufbau eines eigenen Forschungsteams.

Aktuell werden an der UMG die folgenden ERC StG-Projekte gefördert:

ERC Starting Grant: MitoRNA – Dr. Hauke Hillen

Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Hauke Hillen

Project title: Structural studies of the human mitochondrial RNA life cycle

Call: ERC-2023-STG

Duration: 01/2024-12/2028

Department: Department of Cellular Biochemistry

Further information: MitoRNA in CORDIS, Press release UMG

ERC Starting Grant: NeuSoSen – Dr. Jan Clemens

Principal Investigator: Dr. Jan Clemens

Project title: Neural Computations Underlying Social Behavior in Complex Sensory Environments

Call: ERC-2019-STG

Duration: 02/2020-01/2026

Department: European Neuroscience Institute

Further information: NeuSoSen in CORDIS

Consolidator Grant

With the ERC Consolidator Grant (ERC CoG) the European Commision supports excellent researchers who are at the stage of consolidating their own independent research team or programme. It targets researchers who have completed their PhD 7 to 12 years prior to the call deadline.

Currently, the following ERC CoG projects are being funded at the UMG:

ERC Consolidator Grant: cryoNERVE – Prof. Rubén Fernández Busnadiego

Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Rubén Fernández Busnadiego

Project title: In situ structural basis of human axonopathies

Call: ERC-2022-COG

Duration: 10/2023-09/2028

Department: Department of Neuropathology

Further information: Press article 01.02.2023

Advanced Grant

With the ERC Advanced Grants (ERC AdG), the European Commission supports established researchers who have distinguished themselves through an outstanding scientific career and groundbreaking pioneering research.

Currently, the following ERC AdG projects are being supported at the UMG:

ERC Advanced Grant: DynaHear – Prof. Dr. Tobias Moser

Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Tobias Moser

Project title: Solving the dynamic range problem of hearing: deciphering and harnessing cochlear mechanisms of sound intensity coding

Call: ERC-2021-ADG

Duration: 01/2023-12/2027

Department: Department of Auditory Neuroscience

Further information: Press article 26.04.2022

ERC Advanced Grant: MitoCRISTAE – Prof. Dr. Stefan Jakobs

Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Stefan Jakobs

Project title: Mitochondrial Cristae Biogenesis

Call: ERC-2018-ADG

Duration: 10/2019-09/2025

Department: Department of Neurology

Further information: Press release 19.06.2019

ERC Advanced Grant: MiXpress – Prof. Dr. Peter Rehling

Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Peter Rehling

Project title: Mitochondrial gene eXpression

Call: ERC-2021-ADG

Duration: 05/2023-04/2028

Department: Department of Cellular Biochemistry

Further information: Press article 05.10.2022

ERC Advanced Grant: T-Neuron – Prof. Dr. Alexander Flügel

Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Alexander Flügel

Project title: T-cell-induced immune programming and degeneration of the neuronal tissue during chronic autoimmunity

Duration: 09/2021-08/2026

Department: Department of Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis Research

Further information: T-Neuron in CORDIS 

Synergy Grant

With the ERC Synergy Grants (ERC SyG), the European Commission supports particularly ambitious research projects that require the collaboration of multiple researchers.

ERC Synergy Grant: ENSEMBLE – Prof. Dr. Valentin Nägerl

Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Valentin Nägerl

Project title: Structure and functions of the brain extracellular space

Call: ERC-2020-SyG

Duration: 05/2021-04/2027

Department: Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology

Further information: ENSEMBLE in CORDIS

ERC Synergy Grant: ULTRARESOLUTION – Prof. Dr. Silvio Rizzoli

Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Silvio Rizzoli

Project title: Beyond super-resolution: ultra-resolution imaging provides solutions for synapse physiology and brain pathology

Call: ERC-2020-SyG

Duration: 06/2021-05/2027

Department: Department of Neuro- and Sensory Physiology

Further information: Press release 05.11.2020

Proof of Concept Grant

With the ERC Proof of Concept Grants (PoC), the European Commission supports the further development of the results of an ongoing or already completed ERC Grant beyond the actual research. In the first step towards transfer, the commercial or societal potential of the ERC project is to be explored.

Currently, no ERC PoC projects are being supported at the UMG.

Former ERC Grants at UMG

ERC Starting Grant: DarkSide – Dr. Daniel Kaganovich

Principal Investigator: Dr. Daniel Kaganovich

Project title: Harnessing the Dark Side of Protein Folding: Manipulating Aggregation for Recombinant Protein Production

Duration: 11/2013-10/2019, thereof 11/2013-08/2017 at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, transfer to UMG 09/2017

Further information: DarkSide in CORDIS

ERC Starting Grant: MicroCyFly – Prof. Dr. Marion Silies

Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Marion Silies

Project title: Microcircuitry of the Drosophila Visual System

Duration: 07/2017 – 03/2023 (01/2019 Transfer to JGU Mainz)

Further information: MicroCyFly in CORDIS

ERC Starting Grant: MitoPexLysoNETWORK – Dr. Nuno Filipe Viegas Das Neves Raimundo

Principal Investigator: Dr. Nuno Filipe Viegas Das Neves Raimundo

Project title: Mitochondria, Peroxisomes and Lysosomes - the ménage à trois of cellular metabolism

Duration: 02/2014-07/2019

Further information: MitoPexLysoNETWORK in CORDIS

ERC Starting Grant: MU Tuning – Prof. Dr. Till Marquardt

Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Till Marquardt

Project title: Fine Tuning the Final Common Pathway: Molecular Determinants of Motor Unit Development and Plasticity

Duration: 11/2012 – 10/2017 (01/2017 Transfer an Universitätsklinikum Aachen)

Further information: MU Tuning in CORDIS

ERC Starting Grant: Nanomap – Prof. Dr. Silvio Rizzoli

Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Silvio Rizzoli

Project title: The Synapse Nanomap

Duration: 09/2008 – 08/2013

Further information: Nanomap in CORDIS

ERC Starting Grant: NovelNMDA – Dr. Brett Carter

Principal Investigator: Dr. Brett Carter

Project title: Novel NMDA receptor signaling in cortical synaptic depression

Duration: 02/2019-01/2025

Further information: NovelNMDA in CORDIS

ERC Starting Grant: RewardedPerception - Dr. Arezoo Pooresmaeili

Principal Investigator: Dr. Arezoo Pooresmaeili

Project title: Functional circuits mediating the effects of reward value on perception within and across sensory modalities

Duration: 02/2017-04/2023

Further information: RewardedPerception in CORDIS

ERC Starting Grant: Syt Activity – Dr. Camin Dean

Principal Investigator: Dr. Camin Dean

Project title: Modulation of synaptic plasticity and circuit function by regulation of neurotrophin exocytosis

Duration: 04/2011 – 03/2016

Further information: Syt Activity in CORDIS

ERC Starting Grant: VarPL – Dr. Caspar M. Schwiedrzik

Principal Investigator: Dr. Caspar M. Schwiedrzik

Project title: Specificity or generalization? Neural mechanisms for perceptual learning with variability

Duration: 02/2019-01/2025

Further information: VarPL in CORDIS

ERC Consolidator Grant: Code4Vision – Prof. Dr. Tim Gollisch

Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Tim Gollisch

Project title: Computational Dissection of Effective Circuitry and Encoding in the Retina for Normal and Restored Vision

Call: ERC-2016-COG

Duration: 06/2017-11/2022

Further information: Code4Vision in CORDIS

ERC Consolidator Grant: NeuroMolAnatomy – Prof. Dr. Silvio Rizzoli

Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Silvio Rizzoli

Project title: The Molecular Anatomy of Neurons

Duration: 04/2014-03/2019

Further information: NeuroMolAnatomy in CORDIS

ERC Advanced Grant: DEMOVE – Prof. Dr. Dario Farina

Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Dario Farina

Project title: Decoding the neural code of human movements for a new generation of man-machine interfaces

Duration: 07/2011-06/2016

Further information: DEMOVE in CORDIS

ERC Advanced Grant: MITRAC – Prof. Dr. Peter Rehling

Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Peter Rehling

Project title: Mitochondrial translational regulation coupled to respiratory chain assembly and protein import

Duration: 02/2014-01/2019

Further information: MITRAC in CORDIS

ERC Advanced Grant: OptoHear – Prof. Dr. Tobias Moser

Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Tobias Moser

Project title: Cochlear Optogenetics for Auditory Research and Prosthetics

Duration: 12/2015-02/2022

Further information: OptoHear in CORDIS

ERC Proof of Concept Grant: OptoWave – Prof. Dr. Tobias Moser

Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Tobias Moser

Project title: Waveguide-based Cochlear Implant for Optogenetic Stimulation

Duration: 03/2023-08/2024

Further information: OptoWave in CORDIS

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