€450 million for Europe's long-term frontier research

The 185 winners of the annual ERC Advanced Grants competition have been announced today. They will explore their most daring and innovative ideas proposed in response to last year's call. The new research projects, apart from strengthening Europe's knowledge base, will also lead to creation of some 1,800 new jobs for post-doctoral fellows, PhD students and other research staff. These researchers' work covers all fields of research, including 'What can we learn from the evolution of flu viruses?'