ERC Grants
The European Research Council (ERC) supports outstanding scientists in order to advance frontier research and visionary projects and to open up new interdisciplinary fields of knowledge. Among its lines of funding are the Starting, the Consolidator and the Advanced Grant. Researchers from Heidelberg University have been awarded 56 ERC Grants in total since 2008.
Overview: 56 ERC Grants
| running | total | |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Grants | 5 | 20 |
| Starting Grants | 7 | 22 |
| Consolidator Grants | 10 | 12 |
| Synergy Grants | 2 | 2 |
Advanced Grants (since 2009)
| Research Project | Scientist/Institute |
|---|---|
| AngioMature - Mechanisms of vascular maturation and quiescence during development, homeostasis and aging (€ 2,338,918) Project time: 1 Aug 2018 - 31 Jul 2023 |
Prof. Dr. Hellmut Augustin, European Center for Angioscience, Heidelberg University and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) |
| BRONZEAGETIN - Tin Isotopes and the Sources of Bronze Age Tin in the Old World (€ 2,340,800) Project time: 1 Aug 2013 - 31 Jul 2018 |
Prof. Dr. Ernst Pernicka, Institute of Earth Sciences |
| DynaStem - Dynamic, Stem Cell-mediated Self-renewal in the Drosophila Intestine (€ 2,682,080) Project time: 1 Jan 2011 - 30 Apr 2016 |
Prof. Dr. Bruce Edgar, Center for Molecular Biology (ZMBH), DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, Faculty of Biosciences |
| EntangleGen - Entanglement Generation in Universal Quantum Dynamics (€ 2,390,000) Project time: 1 Oct 2016 - 30 Sept 2021 |
Prof. Dr. Markus Oberthaler, Kirchhoff-Institute for Physics (KIP), Faculty of Physics and Astronomy |
| ETMD ICEC - Efficient Pathways to Neutralization and Radical Production Enabled by Environment (€ 2,500,000) Project time: 1 Oct 2016 - 30 Sept 2021 |
Prof. Dr. Lorenz Cederbaum, Institute for Physical Chemistry (PCI), Faculty of Chemistry and Earth Sciences |
| FUNREN – Functional Renormalization: From Quantum Gravity and Dark Energy to Ultracold Atoms and Condensed Matter (€ 1,955,400) Project time: 1 Apr 2012 - 31 Mar 2017 |
Prof. Dr. Christof Wetterich, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy |
| GABAcellsAndMemory - Linking GABAergic Neurones to Hippocampal-Entorhinal System Functions (€ 1,870,000) Project time: 1 Jul 2010 - 31 Jun 2015 |
Prof. Dr. Hannah Monyer, Clinical Neurobiology |
| Glowsome - Encapsulated Eukaryotic Ribosome Assembly (€ 2,000,000)) Project time: 1 Sept 2017 - 31 Aug 2022 |
Prof. Dr. Eduard Hurt, Heidelberg University Biochemistry Center (BZH) |
| HEPCENT - Molecular Analysis of Hepatitis C Virus Neutralization and Entry for the Development of Novel Antiviral Immunopreventive Strategies (as co-investigator) (€ 806,800) Project time: 1 Apr 2009 - 30 Sep 2013 |
Prof. Dr. Ralf Bartenschlager, Centre for Infectiology |
| ICD - Intermolecular Coulombic Decay and Control of Photoinduced Processes in Physics, Chemistry and Biology (€ 1,950,000) Project time: 1 Jan 2009 - 31 Jan 2015 |
Prof. Dr. Lorenz Cederbaum, Institute for Physical Chemistry |
| ManISteC – Manipulating and Image Stem Cells at Work (€ 2,561,920) Project time: 1 Apr 2012 - 31 Mar 2017 |
Prof. Dr. Joachim Wittbrodt, Centre for Organismal Studies (COS), Faculty of Biosciences |
| MicRobE – Robustness, Evolutionary Optimality and Plasticity of Microbial Signaling (€ 2,490,000) Project time: 1 Dec 2011 - 30 Nov 2016 (moved to Marburg in 2014) |
Prof. Dr. Victor Sourjik, Center for Molecular Biology (ZMBH), Faculty of Biosciences |
| MOBOCON – Model-Based Optimizing Control – From a Vision to Industrial Reality (as co-investigator) (€ 796,800) Project time: 1 Jun 2012 - 30 Nov 2017 |
Prof. Dr. Hans Georg Bock, Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing |
| Nuclear Calcium - The Biology of Nuclear Calcium: General Principles of Adaptions and Strategies to Develop a Light-Induced Signalling Enhancer (€ 2,400,000) Project time: 1 Jan 2009 - 31 Dec 2014 |
Prof. Dr. Hilmar Bading, Interdisciplinary Center for Neurosciences (IZN) |
| PAIN PLASTICITY - The Molecular and Cellular Basis of Structural Plasticity and Reorganisation in Chronic Pain (€ 1,992,000) Project time: 1 Jul 2012 - 30 Jun 2017 |
Prof. Dr. Rohini Kuner, Institute of Pharmacology, Medical Faculty Heidelberg |
| PHANTOMMIND - Phantom Phenomena: A Window to the Mind and the Brain (€ 2,300,000) Project time: 1 Jan 2009 - 31 Dec 2014 |
Prof. Dr. Herta Flor, Central Institute of Mental Health |
| ScienceFore - The Science of Forecasting: Probabilistic Foundations, Statistical Methodology, and Applications (€ 1,726,794) Project time: 1 Jun 2012 - 31 May 2017 (moved to Karlsruhe in 2013) |
Prof. Dr. Tilmann Gneiting, Institute for Applied Mathematics |
| STARLIGHT - Formation of the First Stars (€ 2,464,896) Project time: 1 Feb 2014 - 31 Jan 2019 |
Prof. Dr. Ralf S. Klessen, Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics |
| SYNGENE - Global Mapping of Synthetic Genetic Interactions in Drosophila (€ 2,500,000) Project time: 1 Aug 2012 - 31 Jul 2018 |
Prof. Dr. Michael Boutros, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) & Medical Faculty Mannheim of Heidelberg University |
| TransFold – Molecular Biology of Nascent Chains: Co-translational Folding and Assembly of Proteins in Eukaryotes (€ 2,069,000) Project time: 1 Oct 2017 - 30 Sept 2022 |
Prof. Dr. Bernd Bukau, Centre for Molecular Biology of Heidelberg University (ZMBH) |
ERC Starting Grants (since 2008)
| Research Project | Scientist/Institute |
|---|---|
| 3FLEX - Three-Component Fermi Gas Lattice Experiment (€ 1,469,040) Project time: 1 Aug 2011 - 31 Jul 2016 |
Prof. Dr. Selim Jochim, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy |
| AMPCAT - Self-Amplifying Stereodynamic Catalysts in Enantioselective Catalysis (€ 1,452,000) Project time: 1 Jan 2011 - 31 May 2016 |
Prof. Dr. Oliver Trapp, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Earth Sciences |
| AncNar - Experience and Teleology in Ancient Narrative (€ 1,383,840) Project time: 1 Feb 2013 - 31 Jan 2018 |
Prof. Dr. Jonas Grethlein, Department of Classical Philology |
| ASYMMETRY - Measurements of CP Violation in the Bs System at LHCb (€ 1,059,240) Project time: 1 Jan 2011 - 31 Dec 2015 |
Prof. Dr. Stephanie Hansmann-Menzemer, Institute for Physics, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy |
| AtomPhotonLOQIP - Experimental Linear Optics Quantum Information Processing with Atoms and Photon (€ 1,435,000) Project time: 1 Jul 2008 - 31 Dec 2013 |
Dr. Jian-Wei Pan, Institute for Physics |
| BioStruct - Multiscale mathematical modelling of dynamics of structure formation in cell systems (€ 750,000) Project time: 1 Sept 2008 - 31 Aug 2013 |
Dr. Anna Marciniak-Czochra, Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (IWR) |
| ComMots - Communication Motifs: Principles of Bacterial Communication in Non-genetically Diversified Populations (€ 1,496,840) Project time: 1 Sept 2011 - 31 Aug 2016 |
Dr. Ilka Bischofs-Pfeifer, BioQuant, Center for Molecular Biology (ZMBH) |
| DrySeasonPf – Dry Season P. Falciparum Reservoir (€ 1,500,000) Project time: 1 Jan 2018 - 31 Dec 2022 |
Dr. Silvia Portugal, Centre for Infectious Diseases, Parasitology |
| ENERGYMAPS - Revealing the electronic energy landscape of multi-layered (opto)electronic devices (€ 1,497,931) Project time: 01 Sep 2017 - 31 Aug 2022 |
JProf. Dr. Yana Vaynzof, Organic Electronics, CAM: Centre for Advanced Materials |
| EN-LUMINATE - Enhancing and Tuning Electroluminescence with Nanoantennas (€ 1,496,684) Project time: 1 Dec 2012 - 30 Nov 2017 |
Prof. Dr. Jana Zaumseil, Institute for Physical Chemistry (PCI) |
| EntangleUltraCold – Entanglement in Strongly Correlated Quantum Many-Body Systems with Ultracold Atoms (€ 1,787,564) Project time: 1 Aug 2019 - 31 Jul 2024 |
Dr. Daniel Greif, Institute for Physics |
| ENTPAR – Entangled Parliamentarisms: Constitutional Practices in Russia, Ukraine, China and Mongolia, 1905-2005 (€ 1,220,325) Project time: 1 Apr 2018 - 31 Mar 2023 |
Dr. Ivan Sablin, Department of History |
| IWASAWA - Iwasawa Theory pf p-adic Lie Extensions (€ 500,000) Project time: 1 Jul 2008 - 30 Jun 2013 |
Prof. Dr. Otmar Venjakob, Institute for Mathematics |
| MUSTANG - Multi-scale Star Formation Across Nascent Galaxies (€ 1,499,629) Project time: 1 Apr 2017 - 31 March 2022 |
Dr. Diederik Kruijssen, Centre for Astronomy of Heidelberg University (ZAH) |
| NatCooP - How Nature Affects Cooperation in Commmon Pool Resource Systems (€1,102,500) (Heidelberg University) Project time: 1 Aug 2016 - 31 July 2021 |
Dr. Florian Diekert, Alfred-Weber-Institut für Wirtschaftswissenschaften |
| NeuroVascular Link - Neuro-vascular communication in the neural tube during development (€ 1,498,419) Project time: 1 Dec 2012 - 30 Nov 2018 |
Dr. Carmen Ruíz de Almodóvar, Heidelberg University Biochemistry Center (BZH) |
| NoT - Narratives of Terror & Disappearance (€ 1,200,000) Project time: 1 Apr 2010 - 31 Mar 2015 (moved to Konstanz in 2011) |
Prof. Dr. Kirsten Mahlke , Department of Romanic Languages and Literature |
| ParaMotSig - Receptor Signalling Mediating Malaria Parasite Motility (€ 1,453,800) Project time: 1 Apr 2012 - 31 Mar 2017 |
Dr. Friedrich Frischknecht, Medical Faculty Heidelberg |
| RANK - The Formation and Visualisation of the Social and Political Order of Princes in Late Medieval Europe. A Comparative Study between the Empire and England (€ 900,000) Project time: 1 Oct 2008 - 31 Aug 2014 |
Dr. Jörg Peltzer, Institute for Franconian and Palatine History |
| StemCellAdapt - Decoding the Environmental Adaption of Plant Stem Cell Control (€ 1,494,000) Project time: 1 Nov 2011 - 31 Oct 2016 |
Prof. Dr. Jan Lohmann, Centre for Organismal Studies, Faculty of Biosciences |
| StrEnQTh – Strong Entanglement in Quantum Many-body Theory (1,499,563 Euro €) Project time: 1 Nov 2018 - 31 Oct 2023 |
Dr. Philipp Hauke, Kirchhoff-Institute for Physics |
| THERMOREG - Peripheral and Central Mechanisms of Temperature Detection and Core Body Thermoregulation (€ 1,400,725) Project time: 1 Feb 2013 - 31 Jan 2018 |
Prof. Dr. Jan-Erik Siemens, Pharmacological Institute |
Consolidator Grants (since 2013)
| Research Project | Scientist/Institute |
|---|---|
| ACCLIMATIZE - Hypothalamic mechanisms of thermal homeostasis and adaptation (€ 1,902,500) Project time: 1 Sep 2018 - 31 Aug 2023 |
Prof. Dr. Jan-Erik Siemens, Pharmacological Institute |
| CaTs n DOCs: Chemically and Thermally Stable Nano-sized Discrete Organic Cage Compounds (€ 1,996,000) Project time: 1 Apr 2017 - 31 Mar 2022 |
Prof. Dr. Michael Mastalerz, Institute of Organic Chemistry |
| cenRNA - The Role of RNA in Centromere Biology and Genome Integrity (€ 1,896,250) Project time: 1 June 2016 - 31 May 2021 |
Dr. Sylvia Erhardt, Center for Molecular Biology (ZMBH) |
| EMPIRE: Galaxy Evolution in the ALMA Era – The Baryon Cycle and Star Formation in Nearby Galaxies (€ 1,659,451) Project time: 1 July 2017 - 30 June 2022 (moved to Bonn in 2018 |
Dr. Frank Bigiel, Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics |
| GEOMETRICSTRUCTURES - Deformation Spaces of Geometric Structures (€ 1,570,327) Project time: 1 Jan 2014 - 31 Mar 2020 |
Prof. Dr. Anna Wienhard, Mathematical Institute |
| Habitat-OASIS: Habitability of Oceans and Aqueous Systems on Icy Satellites (€ 1,995,250) Project time: 1 Feb 2017 - 31 Jan 2022 (moved to Berlin in 2018)) |
PD Dr. Frank Postberg, Institute of Earth Sciences |
| OntoTransEvol - Ontogenic Transcriptome Evolution in Tetrapods (€ 1,535,488) Project time: 1 Oct 2015 - 31 Jan 2020 |
Prof. Dr. Henrik Kaessmann, Center for Molecular Biology (ZMBH) |
| PLANTSTEMS - Decoding the Lateral Expansion of Plant Stems (€ 1,999,000) Project time: 1 Sept 2015 - 31 Aug 2020 |
Dr. Thomas Greb, Centre for Organismal Studies(COS) |
| QuStA: Quantum State Assembler (€ 1,958,101) Project time: 1 Apr 2017 - 31 Mar 2022 |
Prof. Dr. Selim Jochim, Institute for Physics |
| RSM - Rich, Structured Models for Scene Recovery Understanding and Interaction (€ 1,998,281) Project time: 1 Oct 2015 - 30 Sep 2020 (moved to Heidelberg in 2017) |
Prof. Dr. Carsten Rother, Department of Physics and Astronomy |
| SYMCELLS – Resolving the molecular mechanisms of intracellular coral-algal symbiosis (€ 2,272,485) Project time: 1 Jun 2017 - 31 May 2022 |
Dr. Annika Guse, Centre for Organismal Studies (COS) |
| TRIFECTs - Trions and sp3-Defects in Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes for Optoelectronics (€ 1,998,500) Project time: 1 April 2019 - 31 March 2024 |
Prof. Dr. Jana Zaumseil, Institute for Physical Chemistry (PCI) |
Synergy Grants (since 2018)
| Research Project | Scientist/Institute |
|---|---|
| IndiGene - Genetics of Individuality (€ 4,003,625) (Heidelberg University) Project time: 1 Feb 2019 - 31 Jan 2024 |
Prof. Dr. Joachim Wittbrodt, Centre for Organismal Studies (COS); Prof. Dr. Ewan Birney (Coordinator), European Bioinformatics Institute, EMBL-EBI |
| DECODE - Decoding Context-Dependent Genetic Networks in vivo (2,812,500 €) (Heidelberg University) Project time: 1 Jul 2019 - 30 Jun 2025 |
Prof. Dr. Jan Lohmann, Department of Stem Cell Biology / Centre for Organismal Studies (COS); Prof. Dr. Michael Boutros (Coordinator), Division of Signaling and Functional Genomics, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ); Dr. Wolfgang Huber, Genome Biology Unit , European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL); Dr. Oliver, Stegle, European Bioinformatics Institute, EMBL-EBI |
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