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🌟 It's International Interns Day! Every five months, new trainees bring fresh ideas, energy and enthusiasm to the ERC. We learn as much from them as they do from us. 🎬 Here's their take on trainee life 👇 Show them some love! Drop a 🧡 below! #intern #stagiaire #trainee

Why are some people more ticklish🤔? Some museum visitors helped a neuroscientist investigate! Hear all about it, plus seven more stories from the 2026 ERC Public Engagement with Research Award winners. 💻 Live on 10 November, 17–18.00 CET. 🔗 link.europa.eu/gVQWKF → Watch live → STUDIO #ERCengage

Today at 11.30-11.45 at #FallingWalls: Listen to 2026 Nobel laureate Peter Hegemann, ERC-funded for 9 years. "Breaking the wall of optogenetics". 🔨 Find out more: falling-walls.com/programme/br... Register to follow the livestream 🎥 falling-walls.com/livestream-2...

Did you ever leave an energy-efficient lightbulb on much longer than you needed, having convinced yourself that it's OK to do so? This action is a type of rebound effect - a negative consequence that undermines the potential gains of our sustainability efforts. 🧵Thread 1/5 #SustainableLiving

Falling Walls is in full swing in Berlin - tune in live! 🕰️ Today 8 Nov 10:00-11:00 "Innovative funding: foundations driving European research" with ERC President @marialep.bsky.social among the speakers: falling-walls.com/programme/in... Register for livestream 🎥 falling-walls.com/livestream-2...

Why do some children bully, and how can parents and teachers help? On the International Day against Violence and #Bullying at School, including Cyberbullying, hear from Tessa Lansu of Radboud University. ▶️ Watch the clip for her advice. #FrontierResearch #EUfunded @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu

🌍 Based in the US or Canada and considering taking your research to Europe? Join an info session on ERC funding! 📅 17 Nov 2026 🕒 18.30 CET | 12.30 ET | 09.30 Pacific 💻 Zoom Register 👉 buff.ly/cnsirwf #ResearchFunding #ChooseEurope #AcademicSky @euintheus.bsky.social @euincanada.bsky.social

Less than one week to go to the #RiDaysEU! During a special session, the ERC will celebrate the winners of its 2026 Public Engagement with Research Award. Separately, ERC Scientific Council member Conny Aerts will discuss gender equality in research. Tune in online! link.europa.eu/9W3QBx

When states stay silent, international law still listens. ERC grantee Danae Azaria from @ucl.ac.uk explores how silence can signal consent, protest or strategy, and how it shapes the development of international norms. 👉 buff.ly/ILeGWCh 🔗 buff.ly/4IZLKj3 #LawSky @uclcel.bsky.social

It's Halloween. A great time to go bats! 🦇 New research - the largest analysis of bat genomes and fossils - sheds light on the origins of these mysterious mammals. Lean more 🔗 buff.ly/eNpA0nH #FrontierResearch @emmateeling.bsky.social @batprotect.bsky.social 📷 © @soride.bsky.social @wcs.org

Mimicking blood vessel morphology on a chip. Cecilia Sahlgren at Åbo Akademi developed miniature models to study safer and smarter ways to treat cardiovascular diseases – the leading cause of death in the EU. Read more 👉 buff.ly/Efr7AZn #WorldStrokeDay #FrontierResearch

Mutlu Cumhuriyet Bayramı! 🇹🇷 Happy Republic Day, Türkiye! Mustafa Yücel, our Ambassador for the ERC from Türkiye, sends his best wishes and reminds us of challenges that researchers in some countries face in securing ERC funding.

Ahoj, it's Czech Independence Day! With over 100 ERC-funded projects across 31 host institutions, Czechia has been shaping Europe's research success story... ... and the @labvacha.bsky.social fight against antibiotic resistance. 🔗 buff.ly/VrC9CZS @ceitec.eu @masarykuniversity.bsky.social

Once a staple, broomcorn millet faded from European fields and diets. Archaeologist Giedrė Motuzaitė Matuzevičiūtė at Vilnius University is discovering what this ancient crop can teach us about farming in a warming world. Could the future of agriculture lie in the past? 🔗 link.europa.eu/myB63G

🎢 We are seeing a record 7710 proposals – a 60.4% increase since 2026 – for ERC Starting Grants in 2027. ⚛️ Physical Sciences & Engineering proposals are most numerous (43%), followed by Social Sciences & Humanities (29%), and Life Sciences (28%). 🔗 link.europa.eu/d3J8Jw 🧪 #AcademicSky

🎢 We are seeing a record 7710 proposals – a 60.4% increase since 2026 – for ERC Starting Grants in 2027. ⚛️ Physical Sciences & Engineering proposals are most numerous (43%), followed by Social Sciences & Humanities (29%), and Life Sciences (28%). 🔗 link.europa.eu/d3J8Jw 🧪 #AcademicSky

Berlin, February 2007: the ERC's early days. On World Day for Audiovisual Heritage, revisit our history as we approach the ERC's 20th anniversary. 👇 You can also explore our archive (and follow new stories!) on ERC YouTube: @europeanresearchcouncil 🎥 #AudiovisualHeritage ec.europa.eu

Servus! 🇦🇹 On Austrian National Day let's celebrate 630 ERC-funded research projects hosted at 63 Austrian institutions! A major contribution to European science... ... and to a more inclusive society, as showcased by one researcher - @katta.bsky.social - based there. 🔗 link.europa.eu/rhQ6Fc

When states stay silent, international law still listens. An ERC-funded project led by Fiona Smyth from @ucddublin.bsky.social explores how silence can shape legal meaning, signal consent or protest, and influence the development of international norms. 🔗 buff.ly/HqIqRFA #InternationalLaw

Fruitful visit to Madrid 🇪🇸 Thank you for your support for frontier science, State Secretary Cruz Cigudosa, and to our host, @ageinves.bsky.social! Spanish scientists inspired the room and ERC President Maria Leptin denounced the proposed EU budget cuts. 🎥 Playback: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fcjp...

Fresh perspective on how children make sense of the social world. Very young children do not recognise character traits but focus on patterns of interaction. Research result from Gergely Csibra and his team @weareceu.bsky.social. More details 👉 buff.ly/G9SPdnr

📍Researchers in Australia & New Zealand — this one's for you! Join the EURAXESS ANZ + European Research Council webinar on funding opportunities with the ERC. 📆 4 Nov 2026 🕓 6.00 p.m. AEDT | 8.00 p.m. NZDT 💻 Online | in English 🔗 link.europa.eu/r6jXkw

🎬 It's #OpenAccessWeek and we're taking you behind the scenes! We're filming a brand new #ERCclasses video on open access and what it means for ERC-funded researchers. 🎥 📺 Coming soon! Subscribe to the ERC's YouTube channel and you won't miss it 👉 buff.ly/44lVP38

📊 There are 19 000+ ERC-funded projects. What do the numbers reveal? On #EuropeanStatisticsDay, explore and analyse the data behind frontier research, using the ERC Dashboard. 🔎 Discover trends, compare countries and more! 🎥 Watch our tutorial 👇 and then get started 👉 link.europa.eu/6TgQCp

Live from Athens 🇬🇷 🇪🇺 Join via Zoom - the right link: us06web.zoom.us/j/8725584639... "Strengthening Greece's Participation in the ERC"

Today 🇬🇷🇪🇺 Maria Leptin is in Athens to meet the scientific community and politicians - her first EL visit as ERC President. ⏰ 20/10 8.50 CEST (9.50 Athens time) Event on "Strengthening Greece's ERC participation" Programme praxinetwork.gr/el/doclib/Ho... 🎥Join via Zoom us06web.zoom.us/j/8893164710

TUE 20 Oct. 🇬🇷 🇪🇺 ERC President Maria Leptin goes to Athens - her first Greece visit - to meet the scientific community and politicians. Event at 8.50 CEST (9.50 Athens time): "Strengthening Greece's ERC participation" praxinetwork.gr/el/doclib/Ho... 🎥 Zoom link: us06web.zoom.us/j/8893164710...

🔮 What will shape biotech by 2030? ERC grantees point to AI-powered data mining in the life sciences as the technology most likely to transform the field. 🧬🤖 What else is on the horizon? 🔗 buff.ly/P9O8ecz #Biotechnology #FrontierResearch @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu

Many families sit down together to a big meal at weekends. Did you know that eating with loved ones is good for you? @shiratzil.bsky.social investigates a biological theory of social relations, and found that in these circumstances, blood glucose lowers afterwards. 🔗 buff.ly/tTHcEYA

🌍 How can science drive food innovation? On #WorldFoodDay, hear from Carlos Gonçalo das Neves, Chief Scientist at @efsa.europa.eu, on how the best science connects the dots to further #FoodInnovation.🌽 @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu @cgdasneves.bsky.social