The European Research Council (ERC) has selected 349 mid-career researchers to receive the 2025 Consolidator Grants. The ERC received 3,121 applications for this call, a 35% increase compared with the previous round.
The selected researchers plan to conduct their research at universities and research centres in 25 EU Member States and Associated Countries, including the United Kingdom (66 grants), Germany (58 grants), the Netherlands (40 grants) and Spain (26 grants). They come from Europe and beyond, representing 44 different nationalities. Notably, the largest groups are German (48), Italian (37) and Britons (33) researchers, of which 38% are women; a figure that has remained stable over the past few years.
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