Brussels, 14/01/2014 (Agence Europe) - European funding of €575 million will be shared out among 312 researchers as “consolidator grants”. This is new funding in the form of a competition allowing researchers to enlarge their teams and give a boost to their most ambitious work. Out of 3,600 applicants, the European Research Council (ERC) has selected 300 with experience gained over seven to twelve years. Researchers in the lead are from Germany, Italy, French and the UK. Just under...