Brussels, 09/09/2011 (Agence Europe) - On Friday 9 September, the European Commission announced that the European Research Council (ERC) will support some 480 young researchers over the coming five years with grants worth up to €2 million each, a total of €670 million. This is the fourth “ERC Starting Grant” and is allocated to top talent to carry out their pioneering research in any domain throughout Europe. The most popular research area is physical sciences and engineering (46%),...