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May-Britt Moser

ERC Grantee

AdG 2010

The Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine 2014 was awarded to May-Britt Moser and Edvard Moser, together with John O'Keefe, "for their discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain”.The research leading to these discoveries* was supported by FP5. "Spatial Representation in the Entorhinal Cortex”

Edvard Moser

ERC Grantee

AdG 2013

ERC Grantee

AdG 2008

2014 Distinctions to ERC Grantees

The Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences 2014 was awarded to Jean Tirole "for his analysis of market power and regulation".

Jean Tirole

ERC Grantee

AdG 2009

Two of the Fields Medals 2014 awarded to researchers based in Europe: Artur Avila "for his work in dynamical systems” and to Martin Hairer “for his work on stochastic singularities”.

Artur Avila

ERC Grantee

StG 2010

Martin Hairer

ERC Grantee

CoG 2014

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Priority to Young Scientists

Two-thirds of ERC grants to early-stage

Principal Investigators.

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Developing a New Generation

On average each ERC project team has six members.

2/3 of team members are in the initial phase of their

career.

+ 15 000 PhD and post-doc researchers working in

ERC teams.

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ERC Grants versus Top Publications

*) Host institution refers to the organisation with which the first grant agreement was signed

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ERC Grants versus Global R&D Effort

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Evaluated Proposals in Ireland

Ineligible and withdrawn proposals not taken into account

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Funded Projects in Ireland

Current host institutions; data as of 21/08/2014

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Host Institutions in Ireland

Current host institutions; data as of 21/08/2014

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Mobility of Researchers

Current host institutions; data as of 21/08/2014

12 foreign PIs in Ireland,

of 7 different nationalities

25 Irish nationals abroad,

most of them (19) in UK

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Success Rates versus Applications