European Research Council

Effort aims to increase applications from countries whose researchers do not traditionally win much funding from the basic research funder

Basic research funder announces results of an investigation of 199 completed projects

Project backed by European Research Council aims to develop new science and techniques to holistically evaluate earthquake and tsunami risks

EU publishes 109 comments on its plan to form a European Innovation Council – and most support the idea so long as it doesn’t eat up existing EU research funds and awards grants faster

Among European universities Aalto’s position rises from 59th to 28th in European Research Council rankings

Since her term as President of the European Research Council ended in 2013, Helga Nowotny has turned author. Her book on the role of uncertainty in science, The Cunning of Uncertainty, has just been published. Science|Business spoke to her at the recent Innovation Conference in Barcelona

The problem of gender imbalance continues, with men winning 72% of grants. And with 2,920 proposals submitted, the success rate was under 10%

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 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