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Antonio Ambrósio, an Italian researcher at the International Laboratory for Iberian Nanotechnology (INL), based in Braga, is one of four researchers, three of whom work in Portugal, who are among the 291 laureates of 2018, and will receive more than 8 million euros, announced today the European Research Council.
The INL researcher has been selected with the METAmorphoses project, to be developed at the INL, and will receive 2.7 million euros to produce new materials, capable of self-sustaining. to organize and reconfigure, for a future application in virtual reality and augmented reality, according to the newspaper "Diário de Notícias" in its online edition.
The 2 million euros of five-year grants, to which another 750,000 can be added, are awarded to "excellent researchers with 7 to 12 years of experience", as is the case of António Ambrósio, a researcher in recent years, worked on the Laboratory of Integrated Science and Engineering (LISE)at Harvard, one of the most prestigious universities in the world, located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
A-FRO, by Marta Moita (Champalimaud Foundation), VINCULUM by Maria de Lurdes Rosa (Universidade Nova de Lisboa) and ProteoNE_dynamics by Pedro Carvalho (University of Oxford, UK) were the other three projects of selected Portuguese researchers by the Research Organization 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.
"It is with great enthusiasm that I have seen the latest results from the Portuguese researchers, and these four award-winning researchers are further proof of the quality of Portuguese scientists, both at home and abroad, to compete at the highest level. high level, "said EU 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 European Research Council consolidation grant funding round ends on 7 February 2019.
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