Published 1 December 2008, doi:10.1136/bmj.a2816
Cite this as: BMJ 2008;337:a2816

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UK came top in first round of European Research Council grants

Ned Stafford

1 Hamburg, Germany

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Just weeks after completing its first ever "advanced grants" competition for experienced scientists, the European Research Council has called for proposals for the next round of funding, with winners eligible for grants of up to {euro}3.5m (£2.9m; $4.4m) for five years.

In the first round the council, which was launched in February 2007, awarded 275 grants worth {euro}542m.

About a third of the grants were for the life sciences, which were broken down into nine sections, including genetics, genomics, bioinformatics, and biology; neurosciences and neural disorders; immunity and infection; and public health.

The United Kingdom received the largest proportion of all grants, getting about a fifth of the total. It was followed by France, Switzerland, and Germany.

The next competition for 2009 will be worth a total of {euro}490m, and the deadline for life sciences proposals is 6 May. The budget will increase in subsequent years, rising to {euro}741m in . . . [Full text of this article]


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