ERC SCIENTIFIC COUNCIL

News release
Additional top researchers selected in the European Research Council's
second Starting Grant competition
29 October 2009
Thanks to more funds made available, additional researchers have been selected for funding
in the European Research Council's second ERC Starting Grant competition. This adds to the
prestigious competition's already 219 grantees, announced in September. The total budget of
this call is around € 325 million.
The additional researchers are listed below per domain (in alphabetical order within each
domain). For details please see updated domain lists.
The lists and this news release will be updated gradually as a few more grantees are expected
to be announced in the coming months.
Life Sciences
Bruno KLAHOLZ, Centre Europeen de Recherche en Biologie et Medecine
Heiko LICKERT, Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen Deutsches Forschungszentrum Fuer Gesundheit Und Umwelt
Alexander STARK, Forschungsinstitut Fuer Molekulare Pathologie Ges.m.b.H
Henrique TEOTONIO, Fundacao Calouste Gulbenkian
David VOEHRINGER, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
Updated list: http://erc.europa.eu/pdf/StG-2_List_LS.pdf
Physical Sciences and Engineering
Yann ALIBERT, Universitaet Bern
Fabrice ARDHUIN, Institut Français pour la Recherche et l'Exploitation de la Mer
Ugo BOSCAIN, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Francis FILBET, Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1
Stephen LIDDLE, University of Nottingham
Athanasios PAPATHANASIOU, National Technical University of Athens
Fabien QUÉRÉ, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (CEA)
Tinne TUYTELAARS, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Wilfred Gerard VAN DER WIEL, Universiteit Twente
Updated list: http://erc.europa.eu/pdf/StG-2_List_PE.pdf
Social Sciences and Humanities
Marco CASARI, Alma Mater Studiorum-Universita di Bologna
Albert ESTEVE PALÓS, Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics
Giselinde Maniouschka Marije KUIPERS, Universiteit van Amsterdam
Judit MESMAN, Universiteit Leiden
Phanish PURANAM, London Business School
Updated list: http://erc.europa.eu/pdf/StG-2_List_SH.pdf
Links
ERC Press Release on outcome second Starting grant call
http://erc.europa.eu/pdf/Press_release_StG-2_results.pdf
Statistics second Starting Grant call
http://erc.europa.eu/pdf/statistics_STG-2_outcome.pdf
ERC website
http://erc.europa.eu
ERC Press Contact:
Madeleine Drielsma
Phone: +32 (0)2 298 76 31
Fax: +32 (0)2 299 3173
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