The EU Grants 350 Million Euros for Conducting Pioneering Research

To address some of the world’s most complex research problems, 34 research teams have been selected to receive Synergy Grants from the European Research Council, totaling 350 million euros, as part of the EU’s research and innovation program, “Horizon 2020”. The grants will help teams of two to four outstanding researchers, with complementary skills, knowledge, and resources, to work on ambitious projects across a wide range of scientific fields: from uncovering the mysteries of our brain’s immune system to exploring the unknown past of human interactions with the oceans, improving how we measure astronomical distances to discover more about the universe, and much more.
The 34 projects selected for funding involve 116 researchers who will carry out their projects at 86 universities and research centers in 22 countries across Europe and beyond. The grants, worth approximately 10 million euros each, will help create about 1,000 jobs for postdoctoral fellows, doctoral students, and other staff in the grantees’ research teams.