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ERC research projects

European Research Council grants

ERC grants are high-profile grants awarded by the European Research Council to single researchers in order to fund a fundamental research project of their choosing.

The European Research Council (ERC) has various core grant schemes:

ERC Starting Grant, for scientists at the beginning of their career;
ERC Consolidator Grant, for scientists who want to establish a research team and develop a success career;
ERC Advanced Grant, for experienced scientists who want to pursue a ground-breaking, high-risk project;
ERC Synergy Grant.

ULB is home to 47 current or former ERC grant laureates:
23 Starting Grants, 12 Consolidator Grants,
11 Advanced Grants and 1 Synergy Grant

ERC Starting

Olivia Angé
Starting Grant 2020
Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences
SeedsValues

Paula Gobbi
Starting Grant 2020
Faculty Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management
IDED

François Leo
Starting Grant 2017
Brussels School of Engineering
QuadraComb

Birgit Ricquier
Starting Grant 2018
Faculty of Philosophy
and Social Sciences
BANTURIVERS

Hennie Valkenier-van Dijk

Starting Grant 2018
Brussels School of Engineering
ORGANITRA

Stijn Van Petegem
Starting Grant 2020
Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences
SAFE-SORRY

Nathan Goldman
Starting Grant 2016
Faculty of Sciences
TopoCold

ERC Consolidator

Mauro Birattari
Consolidator Grant 2016
Brussels School of Engineering
DEMIURGE

Christophe Collette
Consolidator Grant 2019
Brussels School of Engineering
SILENT

Abel Garcia-Pino
Consolidator Grant 2019
Faculty of Sciences
DiStRes

Antoine Gloria
Consolidator Grant 2019
Faculty of Sciences
COR-RAND

Nathan Goldman
Consolidator Grant 2022
Faculty of Science
LATIS

Esteban Gurzov
Consolidator Grant 2017
Faculty of Medicine
METAPTPs

Jean-Benoit Pilet
Consolidator Grant 2017
Faculty of Philosophy
and Social Sciences
CureOrCurse

Karine Van Doninck
Consolidator Grant 2017
Faculty of Sciences
RHEA

Benoit Vanhollebeke
Consolidator Grant 2019
Faculty of Sciences
Ctrl-BBB

ERC Advanced

Cédric Blanpain,
Advanced Grant 2020
Faculty of Medicine
TrackingTumorStates

Axel Cleeremans
Advanced Grant 2022
Faculty of Sciences
EXPERIENCE

Cathy Clerbaux
Advanced Grant 2017
Faculty of Sciences
IASI-FT

Paola Concini
Advanced Grant 2019
Solvay Brussels School of
Economics & Management
TRASC

ERC Synergy

François Fripiat, Synergy Grant 2022, Faculté of Science, Green2Ice

Completed projects

Cédric Blanpain, Faculty of Medicine - Starting Grant 2007, CANCERSTEM

Cédric Blanpain, Faculty of Medicine - Consolidator Grant 2013, EXPAND

Frédéric Bourgeois, Faculty of Sciences - Starting Grant 2009, CONTACTMATH

Laurent Bouton, Solvay Brussels School of Economics & Management - Starting Grant 2015, PEMP

Estelle Cantillon, Solvay Brussels School of Economics & Management - Starting Grant 2007, MADEM

Axel Cleeremans, Faculty of Psychology and Education - Advanced Grant 2013, RADICAL

Geoffrey Compère, Faculty of Sciences - Starting Grant 2013, HoloBHC

Vinciane Debaille, Faculty of Sciences - Starting Grant 2013, IsoSyC

Bram De Rock, Solvay Brussels School of Economics & Management - Starting Grant 2010, RPH

Marco Dorigo, Brussels School of Engineering - Advanced Grant 2010, E-SWARM

Joel Fine, Faculty of Sciences - Consolidator Grant 2015, SymplecticEinstein

Samuel Fiorini, Faculty of Sciences - Consolidator Grant 2013, ForEFront

Antoine Gloria, Faculty of Sciences - Starting Grant 2013, QUANTHOM

Marc Henneaux, Faculty of Sciences - Advanced Grant 2010, Sydugram

Marc Henneaux, Faculty of Sciences - Advanced Grant 2016, High-Spin Grav

Dirk Jacobs, Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences - Starting Grant 2011, EQUOP

Justine Lacroix, Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences - Starting Grant 2010, RESIST

Patrick Legros, Solvay Brussels School of Economics & Management - Advanced Grant 2014, OIO

Alessandro Parente, Brussels School of Engineering - Starting Grant 2016, VADEMECOM

Etienne Pays, Faculty of Sciences - Advanced Grant 2015, APOLS

Jean-François Raskin, Faculty of Sciences - Starting Grant 2011, inVEST

Pierre Vanderhaeghen, Faculty of Medicine - Advanced Grant 2013, GENDEVOCORTEX

Nele Wynants, Faculty of Letters, Translation and Communication - Starting Grant 2020, SciFair

ULB is also involved in the following projects:

CROSSROAD: Olivier Gosselain (Centre d'Anthropologie culturelle, Faculty of Philosophy and Social sciences) is associated to this project, conducted by the 'University of East Anglia. The project aims to study the 'empires' of West Africa between 1200 and 1850 AD;
KONGOKING: Pierre De Mare t(Centre d'Anthropologie culturelle, Faculty of Philosophy and Social sciences) is associated to this project, conducted by University of Ghent. The research will focus on the origins, early history and development of the Kongo kingdom, from onwards 1500.

If you are a researcher and would like to conduct research at ULB with an ERC grant, please contact the "Europe reserach unit" of the Research Department:

ulb-europe@ulb.ac.be

Updated on November 25, 2022