Brussels, 23/02/2007 (Agence Europe) - The European Research Council (ERC), the first pan-European funding organisation to support frontier research across all fields of science and scholarship is now a reality. The formal act of establishment has been adopted by the European Commission and the first call for proposals, focused on researchers early on in their careers, was “pre-launched” on 22 December last. The ERC will have a budget of €7.5 billion spread out over the next 7 years to...