05/09/24 (Agence Europe) – On Thursday 5 September, the European Research Council (ERC) announced the award of almost 500 start-up grants (€1.5 million over 5 years) to young scientists and academics across Europe. This funding, totalling almost €780 million, will support cutting-edge research in a wide range of fields including life sciences, physics and the social sciences and humanities. It will help early-career researchers to launch their own projects, train their teams and...