ERC Grants
European Research Council (ERC)
The ERC funds ground-breaking research projects of outstanding scientists with highly endowed grants. ERC Starting Grants are awarded to young innovative researchers who want to establish their own research group. ERC Consolidator Grants are awarded to promising scientists at the beginning of an independent career whose research group is in the consolidation phase. The Advanced Grants are aimed at established, active researchers from all disciplines with an outstanding scientific track record. The complementary Proof of Concept Grant is awarded to researchers who already hold an ERC grant and wish to pre-commercialize a research result from their ongoing or already completed project. The ERC Synergy Grants support teams of two to four promising scientists.
At the University of Freiburg, the following researchers have been awarded an ERC grant so far:
ERC Synergy Grants
- urbisphere – coupling dynamic cities and climate (2019)
Prof. Dr. Andreas Christen, Institute for Geo and Environmental Sciences
ERC Advanced Grants
- STEADY – Engineering homeostasis into living materials (2022) Prof. Dr. Wilfried Weber, Institut für Biologie II
- InnoChem – Innocent Deelectronation Chemistry – From the unified redox scale valid in all solvents to innocent deelectronation chemistry in innocent solvents (2022)
Prof. Dr. Ingo Krossing, Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie - BaSaR – Beyond the silk Road: Economic Development, Frontier Zones and Inter-Imperiality in Afro-Eurasian World Region, 300 BCE to 300 CE (2016)
Prof. Dr. Sitta von Reden, Seminar for Ancient History - COCONIS – Coherent multidimensional spectroscopy of controlled isolated systems (2016)
Prof. Dr. Frank Stienkemeier, Institute of Physics - VSSC – Verifying and Synthesizing Software Compositions (2013)
Prof. Dr. Andreas Podelski###, Institute of Informatics - Nano-Islands – nanoscale analysis of protein islands on lymphocytes (2013)
Prof. Dr. Michael Reth, Centre for Biological Signalling Studies (BIOSS) - NMCEL – A modular micro nuclear magnetic resonance in vivo platform for the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans (2012)
Prof. Dr. Jan Korvink#, Institute for Microsystems Engineering - UniChem – Unifiying Concepts for Acid-Base- and Redox-Chemistry: Development, Validation and Application of Absolute pH and pe Scales Culminating in the Protoelectric Potential Map PPM (2012)
Prof. Dr. Ingo Krossing, Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry - LifeNav – Reliable Lifelong Navigation for Mobile Robots (2011)
Prof. Dr. Wolfram Burgard, Institute of Informatics
ERC Consolidator Grants
- PHASE – Photonic metasurfaces for resource-efficient ultrahigh efficiency tandem solar cells (2024)
Dr. Oliver Höhn, INATECH - DERIVATE – Retelling and Repetition: Towards a Literary History of Derivation (2024)
Dr. Eva von Contzen, English Department - DeepLearning 2.0 – Deeplearning 2.0: Meta-Learning Qualitatively New Components (2022)
Prof. Dr. Frank Hutter, Institute of Informatics - InCanTeSiMo – Intelligent cancer therapy with synthetic biology methods (2020)
Prof. Dr. Barbara Di Ventura, Institute of Biology III - M3ALI – Metabolic Mechanical Materials: Adaptation, Learning & Interactivity (2020)
Prof. Dr. Andreas Walther#, Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry - GloQur – The Global Qur’an. Shared Traditions, Imperial Languages and Transnational Actors (2019)
Prof. Dr. Johanna Pink, Oriental Seminar - PDPcardio – Protein phosphatase 1-disrupting peptides: Scope and mechanism of action in the treatment of heart insufficiency (2019)
Prof. Dr. Maja Banks-Köhn, Institute of Biology II - PP-MAGIC – (Photo-)Control of Persisters: Targeting the Magic Spot (2019)
Prof. Dr. Henning Jessen, Institute of Organic Chemistry - CaLA – The Capillary Lock Actuator: A novel bistable microfluidic actuator for cost-effective high-density actuator arrays suitable for large-scale graphical tactile displays (2018)
Prof. Dr. Bastian Rapp, Institute for Microsystems Engineering - MicroAdiPSChip – Micro-Fat Tissue on Chip (2017)
Dr. Matthias Meier#, Institute for Microsystems Engineering - ULTIMATE – Towards the ultimate dark matter detector (2016)
Prof. Dr. Marc Schumann, Institute of Physics - PROSINT – Multi-protein interaction kinetics by single molecule methods (2016)
Prof. Dr. Thorsten Hugel, Institute of Physical Chemistry - VOCO – Biochemical link between plant volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions and CO2 metabolism - from sub-molecular to ecosystem scales (2015)
Prof. Dr. Christiane Werner-Pinto, Institute of Forest Sciences - MITOSmORFs – Identification and analysis of novel mitochondrial proteins encoded by small open reading frames (2015)
Prof. Dr. Bettina Warscheid###, PD. Dr. Bernd Kammerer###, Centre for Biological Signalling Studies (BIOSS), Centre for Biosystems Analysis (ZBSA) - TIAMO – Trapping Ions in Atoms and Molecules Optically (2015)
Prof. Dr. Tobias Schätz, Institute of Physics Prof. of Atomic and Molecular Physics - NANOREACTOR – Multiscale modelling of stimuli-responsive nanoreactors (2014)
Prof. Dr. Joachim Dzubiella##, Institute of Physics - MEMOPHI – Medieval Philosophy in Modern History of Philosophy (2014)
PD Dr. Catherine König-Pralong
ERC Starting Grants
- PhosphotoSupraChem – Developing Roles for Phosphates Outside of Biology: A Systems Chemistry Approach Towards Abiotic Phosphate Fuels (2023)
Dr.Charalampos Pappas, Cluster of Excellence livMatS - MULTIPLEX – Multidimensional interferometric photoelectron spectroscopy with extreme ultraviolet photons (2023)
Dr. Lukas Bruder, Institute of Physics - SODI – From face-to-face to face-to-screen: Social animals interacting in a digital world (2023)
Dr. Bastian Schiller, Institute for Psychology - READCHINA – The Politics of Reading in the People’s Republic of China (2017)
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Lena Henningsen, Institute of Sinology
- SPEEDER – Supercapacitive Polymer Electrodes for Directing Epithelial Repair (2017)
Dr. Maria Asplund, Institute for Microsystems Engineering - ShapingRoughness – Emergence of Surface Roughness in Shaping, Finishing and Wear Processes (2017)
Prof. Dr. Lars Pastewka, Institute for Microsystems Engineering - LISTLIT – Lists in Literature and Culture: Towards a Listology (2016)
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Eva von Contzen, English Seminar - AppSAM – A Flexible Platform for the Application of SAM-dependent enzymes (2016)
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Jennifer Andexer, Institute for Pharmaceutical and Medical Pharmacy - NARMESH – Narrating the Mesh: Ecology and the Non-Human in Contemporary Fiction and Oral Storytelling (2016)
Dr. Marco Caracciolo#, Freiburg Institute For Advanced Studies (FRIAS) - TimePROSAMAT – Time-Programmed Self-Assemblies and Dynamic Materials (2016)
Prof. Dr. Andreas Walther, Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry - BeyondBlackbox – Data-Driven Methods for Modelling and Optimizing the Empirical Performance of Deep Neural Networks (2016)
Dr. Frank Hutter, Institute of Informatics - Regenerate – Self-regenerating Functional Surfaces - Towards a Technology Platform for New Materials and Devices (2015)
Dr. Karen Lienkamp, Institute for Microsystems Engineering - PP1tools – Development of chemical biology tools for the elucidation of protein phosphatase-1 substrates and druggability (2014)
Prof. Dr. Maja Banks-Köhn##, Institute of Biology III - MaoLegacy – The Maoist Legacy: Party Dictatorship, Transitional Justice, and the Politics of Truth (2014)
Prof. Dr. Daniel Leese, Institute of Sinology - OptoMotorPath – Optogenetic dissection of motor cortex dynamics and pathways (2014)
Prof. Dr. Ilka Diester##, Institute of Biology III - ACDC – Algorithms and Complexity of Highly Decentralized Computations (2013)
Prof. Dr. Fabian Kuhn, Institute of Informatics - ARCHAELLUM – Assembly and function of the crenarchaeal flagellum (2013)
Prof. Dr. Sonja-Verena Albers##, Institute of Biology II Prof. of Microbiology II - N-ABLE – Nitrogenase and Nitrous Oxide Reductase: Biomolecular Engineering of Complex Redox Enzymes(2013)
Prof. Dr. Oliver Einsle, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry - MITOSIGAGE – Mitochondrial crosstalk signalling in the regulation of ageing (2012)
Dr. Marta Artal-Sanz#, Institute of Biology III - VIDEOLEARN – Video and 3D Analysis for Visual Learning (2012)
Prof. Dr. Thomas Brox, Institute of Informatics - FLYVISUALCIRCUITS – Linking neural circuits to visual guidance in flying flies (2011)
Prof. Dr. Andrew Straw##, Institute of Biology I - HIGHWIND – Simulation, Optimization and Control of High-Altitude Wind Power Generators (2011)
Prof. Dr. Moritz Diehl##, Institute for Microsystems Engineering - lec&lip2invade – The interactions of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa lectins LecA and LecB with glycosphingolipids result in membrane invagination, signaling and cellular uptake of the bacterium (2011)
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Winfried Römer, Centre Centre for Biological Signalling Studies (BIOSS) - odycquent – Optimal dynamcal control of quantum entanglement (2011)
Dr. Florian Mintert#, Institute of Physics - CompBioMat – Computing Biomaterials (2010)
Prof. Dr. Wilfried Weber, Centre for Biological Signalling Studies (BIOSS) und Institute of Biology II - TQFT – The geometry of topological quantum field theories (2009)
Prof. Dr. Katrin Wendland##, Institute of Mathematics
ERC Proof of Concept Grants
- FUTURE-NHP – Flexible and User-defined Technologies for Unconstrained neural Recording Experiments in Non-Human Primates (2020)
Dr. Maria Asplund### und Dr. Patrick Ruther###, Institute for Microsystems Engineering - AutoML – Unlocking the potential of machine learning for SMEs by automated machine learning be retained (2019)
Prof. Dr. Frank Hutter, Institute of Informatics - DeShield – Hide and Seek with Cancer Drugs (2017)
Prof. Dr. Wilfried Weber, Centre for Biological Signalling Studies (BIOSS) and Institute of Biology II - SmartVaccines – Smart Vaccine Depots (2013)
Prof. Dr. Wilfried Weber, Centre for Biological Signalling Studies (BIOSS) and Institute of Biology II
ERC Grants of the University Medicine
ERC Synergy Grants
- SOL – Switchable rhodOPsins in Life Sciences (2022)
Dr. Franziska Schneider-Warme, University Heart Center
ERC Advanced Grants
- AlloCure – Deciphering cellular signalling to cure graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) and leukemia relapse (2023)
Prof. Dr. Robert Zeiser, Clinic for Internal Medicine I: Haematology, Oncology and Stem Cells Transplantation - BatFlu – Deciphering the unconventional receptor binding and modulation activity of bat influenza A viruses (2020)
Prof. Dr. Martin Schwemmle, Institute of Virology - IN-Fo-trace-DG – Role of GABAergic interneurons in the formation of new memory traces in the Dentate Gyrus of behaving mice (2018)
Prof. Dr. Marlene Bartos, Institute of Physiology
- LSD1 – The lysine-specific demethylase1 (LSD1) in physiology and pathology (2013)
Prof. Dr. Roland Schüle, Clinic for Urology, ZKF
- CardioNect – Cardiac Connective Tissue: Beat-by-Beat Relevance for Heart Function in Health and Disease (2013)–
Prof. Dr. Peter Kohl##, UHZ Research Center for Cardiovascular Medicine
- OVOC – Ultra-Fast Magnetic Resonance Imaging Using One-Voxel-One-Coil Acquisition (2009)
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Hennig, Clinic for Radiology
ERC Consolidator Grants
- AutoClean – Cell-free reconstitution of autophagy to dissect molecular mechanisms (2018)
Prof. Dr. Claudine Kraft, Institute for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- GvHDCure – Understanding the dynamics of the immune system to cure graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) (2016)
Prof. Dr. Robert Zeiser, Clinic for Internal Medicine I
- MITOsmORFs – Identification and analysis of novel mitochondrial proteins encoded by small open reading frames (2015)
Prof. Dr. Nils Wiedemann, Institute for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- DNCure – Dynamic signalling networks in Diabetic Nephropathy (DN) - New avenues to a personalized therapy (2014)
Prof. Dr. Tobias Huber#, Clinic for Internal Medicine IV
ERC Starting Grants
- ANIMATE – Adaptive Immunity in Human Atherosclerosis: Understanding ist Cellular Basis to Define Novel Immunomodulatory Therapies (2019)
Dr. Dennis Wolf, Clinic for Cardiology and Angiology
- TREATCilia – Novel Therapeutic Avenues for dynein-related Ciliopathies (2017)
Dr. Miriam Schmidts##, Clinic for General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
- FLAMMASEC – Inflammasome-Induced ICL-1 Secretion: Route, Mechanism, and Cell Fate (2017)
Prof. Dr. Olaf Groß##, Institute of Neuropathology - ApoptoMDS – Hematopoietic stem cell Apoptosis in bone marrow failure and MyeloDysplastic Syndromes: Friend or foe? (2015)
Dr. Miriam Erlacher, Clinic for Pediatric Hematology and Oncology - NutrImmune – Nutrient-controlled molecular pathways instructing development and function of mucosa-associated innate lymphocytes (2013)
Prof. Dr. Andreas Diefenbach#, Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene - RANGEmri – Rapid Adaptive Nonlinear Gradient Encoding for Magnetic Resonance Imaging, IDEAS (2012)
Dr. Maxim Zaitsev, Clinic for Radiology
- ProteaSys – Protease Systems Biology in Tumorigenesis and Neurodegeneration (2012)
PD Dr. Oliver Schilling, Institute of Molecular Medicine and Cell Research
Proof of Concept Grants
- IMMUNOSTIM – Novel small molcule activators of the NLRP3 inflammsome as immunostimulants (2021)
Prof. Dr. Olaf Groß, Institute of Neuropathology - mrSANE - Magnetic Resonance Shimming Applications with Near-magnet Equipment (2017)
Dr. Maxim Zaitsev, Clinic for Radiology
- ProteasNter - Disseminating N-terminomics to Advance Protease Research (2017)
PD Dr. Oliver Schilling, Institute of Molecular Medicine and Cell Research
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You can find an overview of EU-funded collaborative projects of the Faculty of Medicine here.