SIX NEW ERC GRANTS TO AU RESEARCHERS
Aarhus University was well represented among the most recent recipients of research funds from the European Research Council (ERC). Six new projects will be launched thanks to EU funding.
How did humans adapt to the most recent Ice Age? Do election pledges have any influence on how people vote?
These are just two of the important questions that researchers at Aarhus University will now have the chance to study further thanks to grants from the European Research Council (ERC).
The council has awarded seven of the so-called Consolidator Grants to Danish universities, and six of these have been awarded to researchers at Aarhus University.
- Life Sciences: Lektor Brigitte Maria Stadler, Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center
- Social Sciences and Humanities: Lektor Isabelle Torrance, Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies
- Social Sciences and Humanities: Professor MSO Felix Riede, School of Culture and Society
- Physical Sciences and Engineering: Lektor Tobias Weidner, Dept. of Chemistry
- Social Sciences and Humanities: Professor Carsten Jensen, Dept. of Political Science
- Physical Sciences and Engineering: Professor Mark Podolskij, Dept. of Mathematics
Consolidator Grants are awarded to promising junior research talents and research group leaders with seven to twelve years experience since completing their PhD.
The grants can be of up to 2 million euros for groundbreaking research projects over a five year period.