2014 Distinctions to ERC Grantees
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The Nobel Prize in Economic
Sciences 2014 was awarded to Jean
Tirole "for his analysis of market
power and regulation".
Artur Avila
Jean Tirole
Two of the Fields Medals 2014
awarded to researchers based
in Europe: Artur Avila "for his
work in dynamical systems” and
to Martin Hairer “for his work
on stochastic singularities”.
The Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine 2014 was
awarded to May-Britt Moser and Edvard Moser,
together with John O'Keefe,
"for their discoveries of cells that constitute a
positioning system in the brain”.
The research leading to these discoveries* was
supported by FP5. "Spatial Representation in the
Entorhinal Cortex”
May-Britt
Moser
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Martin Hairer
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Edvard Moser
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Priority to Young Scientists
Two-thirds of ERC
grants to early-stage
Principal Investigators.
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Developing a New Generation
On average each
ERC project team
has six members.
2/3 of team members
are in the initial
phase of their
career.
+ 15 000 PhD
and post-doc
researchers
working in
ERC teams.
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ERC Grants versus Top Publications
*) Host institution refers to the organisation with which the first grant agreement was signed │ 4
ERC Grants versus Global R&D Effort
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Evaluated Proposals in Ireland
Ineligible and withdrawn proposals not taken into account
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Funded Projects in Ireland
Current host institutions; data as of 21/08/2014
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Host Institutions in Ireland
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Current host institutions; data as of 21/08/2014
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Distribution of ERC Grants in Ireland
2
4
25
1
1
1
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Mobility of Researchers
12 foreign PIs in Ireland,
of 7 different nationalities
25 Irish nationals abroad,
most of them (19) in UK
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Current host institutions; data as of 21/08/2014
Success Rates versus Applications
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