ERC

The first competition opened this week, with two more scheduled for October

Ambarella is buying the Italian self-driving vehicle lab developed with the help of European Research Council funding

Europe’s research funder has awarded its 5,000th grant

Tim Hunt confirms resignation with European Commission, a day after resigning from University College London

The project aims to accelerate benefits of the genomic era, by finding novel proteins and enzymes with totally new and useful properties.

There are many potential commercial gems in the work being done by ERC grantees. European business angels looking for new investments should check it out

Reshuffle at the top sees two new vice presidents and three scientific council members come on board

The budget of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research should be absorbed by the European Research Council. A proviso that projects backed by Dutch money be conducted in the Netherlands would strengthen the country’s research, says Luc Soete, Rector Magnificus, Maastricht University

A decrease in applications of almost two per cent is attributed to the ineligibility of Swiss scientists and new rules on re-submission

Management science in the Internet Age: The embarrassing fact is that this information-drenched world is too complex to manage. Computer-based decision support tools can help. But we must be sure to control them, says Helga Nowotny