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Four Portuguese researchers, three of whom will work in Portugal, will be on the list of 291 winners of the 2018 consolidation grant competition and will receive more than 8 million euros, the European Research Council announced on Thursday.
A-FRO, by Marta Moita (Champalimaud Foundation), VINCULUM by Maria de Lurdes Rosa (Nova University of Lisbon), METAmorphoses by António Ambrósio (Iberian International Nanotechnology Laboratory) and ProteoNE_dynamics by Pedro Carvalho (Oxford University, UK) were projects of Portuguese researchers selected by the European Research Council (ERC).
The national researchers, who were selected from 2,389 candidates, will receive around 8.3 million euros out of a total of 573 million.
Great enthusiasm
"It is with great enthusiasm that I have seen the latest results from Portuguese researchers, and these four award-winning researchers are a new testament to the quality of Portuguese, national and foreign scientists, who must compete at the highest level." European Commissioner Carlos Moedas.
The head of the EU's research and innovation program, Horizon 2020, also felt that these scholarships spurred research on excellence in Europe and allowed European researchers to take risks and develop their ideas.
"There are altogether 40 different nationalities in 22 European countries, which demonstrates the diversity and quality of basic research in Europe," he said. These scholarships reward researchers of all ages and all nationalities, with seven to twelve years of experience after their PhD and in all scientific fields.
The research in question must be conducted in a public or private institution of one of the Member States of the European Union or one of the associated countries. Funding (on average 2 million euros per grant) is awarded over a maximum period of five years and covers the hiring of members of the research team.
The competition for the next round of funding for European Research Council Research Fellowships ends on 7 February 2019.
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