ERC Grants
ERC grants are funding programs of the European Research Council that finance European top-level research with high international visibility. The programs are open to outstanding scientists of all disciplines and career stages.
DeSiRe - Designing Social Media Recommendation Algorithms for Societal Good
Principal Investigator: Jana Lasser (IDea_Lab – The Interdisciplinary Digital Lab of the University of Graz)
Grant: ERC Starting Grant
Duration: January 2025 to December 2029
Further information: University of Graz is researching better algorithms for social media (uni-graz.at)
SignAlloMod: Deciphering GPCR Signaling with Allosteric Models
Principal Investigator: Georg Krainer (Department of Molecular Biosciences)
Grant: ERC Starting Grant
Duration: January 2025 to December 2029
Further information: Researchers at the University of Graz have been awarded three ERC Starting Grants (uni-graz.at)
NanoArchive - Deciphering information encoded on the nanoscale
Principal Investigator: David Clases (Department of Chemistry)
Grant: ERC Starting Grant
Duration: November 2024 to October 2029
Further information: Researchers at the University of Graz have been awarded three ERC Starting Grants (uni-graz.at)
The Present Dead: Investigating Interactions with the Dead in Early Medieval Central and Eastern Europe from 5th to 8th Centuries CE
Principal Investigator: Edeltraud Aspöck (Department of Classics)
Grant: ERC Consolidator Grant
Duration: October 2024 to August 2028
Further information: The Present Dead
GLOSSIT - Celtic and Latin glossing traditions: uncovering early medieval language contact and knowledge transfer
Principal Investigator: Bernhard Bauer (Department of Digital Humanities)
Grant: ERC Consolidator Grant
Duration: June 2024 to May 2029
Homepage: Celtic and Latin glossing traditions - Gloss.IT. (uni-graz.at)
Further information: Homepage Bernhard Bauer (uni-graz.at)
StimulART - Stimuli responsive bio-based bisphenols for the synthesis of recyclable thermosets
Principal Investigator: Katalin Barta Weissert (Department of Chemistry)
Grant: ERC Consolidator Grant
Duration: May 2024 to April 2029
Homepage: Barta Group
Further information: Grüne Revolution in der Kunststoffindustrie: ERC Grant für Katalin Barta Weissert - Universität Graz (uni-graz.at)
REVEALing Signatures of Habitable Worlds Hidden by Stellar Activity
Principal Investigator: Alexander Shapiro (Department of Physics)
Grant: ERC Synergy Grant
Duration: April 2024 to March 2030
Further information: REVEALing Signatures of Habitable Worlds Hidden by Stellar Activity
COLLAPSE - Collaboration and Pseudepigraphy. Facing the Anonymous in Imperial Greek Literature
Principal Investigator: Markus Hafner (Department of Classics)
Grant: ERC Starting Grant
Duration: January 2024 to December 2028
Homepage: Forschungsprojekt COLLAPSE - collapse.uni-graz.at
Further information: Rewriting literary history: ERC Grant for Markus Hafner
AMOS - Adsorbate Motors: Tricking Microscopic Reversibility on Surfaces
Principal Investigator: Leonhard Grill (Department of Chemistry)
Grant: ERC Advanced Grant
Duration: July 2023 to June 2028
Further information: Controlling Molecular Engines - The University's Online Magazine (uni-graz.at)
Orbital Cinema - Photoemission Orbital Cinematography: an ultrafast wave function lab
Principal Investigator: Peter Puschnig (Department of Physics)
Grant: ERC Synergy Grant
Duration: July 2023 to June 2029
Homepage: Orbital Cinema (orbital-cinema.eu)
Further information:Quantum Cinema - The Online Magazine of the University (uni-graz.at)
DiDip - From Digital to Distant Diplomacy
Principal Investigator: Georg Vogeler (Department of Digital Humanities)
Grant: ERC Advanced Grant
Duration: January 2022 to December 2026
Homepage: The project - DiDip (hypotheses.org)
EIC Grants
EIC grants are funding instruments of the European Innovation Council that support breakthrough innovations with a disruptive character. The following projects are coordinated by the University of Graz:
PureSurf - Bio-based surfactants from renewable waste streams for the circular economy
Coordinator: Katalin Barta Weissert (Department of Chemistry)
Grant: EIC Transition
Duration: May 2022 to April 2025
Homepage: Home - Puresurf
Further information: Reasons Tensides - The online magazine of the university (uni-graz.at)
Robocoenosis - ROBOts in cooperation with a bioCOENOSIS
Coordinator: Ronald Thenius (Department of Biology)
Grant: EIC Pathfinder Open
Duration: January 2020 to September 2025
Homepage: Home | Robocoenosis
Further information: Mussels to measure - The online magazine of the university (uni-graz.at)
HIVEOPOLIS - Futuristic beehives for a smart metropolis
Coordinator: Thomas Schmickl (Department of Biology)
Grant: EIC Pathfinder Proactive
Duration: April 2019 to March 2024
Homepage: HIVEOPOLIS - beehives of the future
Further information: Smart City for Bees - The Online Magazine of the University (uni-graz.at)