The ERC has now allocated Euros 542 million to 275 research groups. The advanced grants of up to Euros 3.5 million each have been handed to just over 10 percent of applicants in four broad fields: physical sciences and engineering, social sciences and humanities, life sciences, and interdisciplinary research.
In total 41.5 percent went to physical sciences and engineering, 30.5 percent to life sciences, 17.5 percent to social sciences and humanities and 10.5 percent to interdisciplinary research.
The ERC said additional grants could be handed out if more funds become available, listing runners up in the initial competition that could still win a grant.
In total 2,167 proposals were submitted to the first call for proposals. The average age of successful applicants is 51 years old, and 12 percent are female.
The 275 winners come from 26 countries and will be working in host institutions in 23 different countries in the European Union.
Six winners are moving to an EU member state to take up their grant, three of whom are American, the ERC said.
To see results in the four domains [PDF format], with the reserve lists go to:
A statistical breakdown of the lists of successful applicants is also available as a PDF file.
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