ERC has granted four Stockholm researchers

Congratulations - ERC has granted four young reserachers from Stockholm!

Researchers applying for grants in ERC's first call, "Starting Independent Researcher Grant", have been notified regarding the successfulness of their application.

Out of the 9 167 proposals that were submitted by young researchers to the first call for young scientists, 559 continued to the second part of the evaluation process. 454 of the proposals were submitted from researchers planning to conduct their research at Swedish host institutions. 19 out of these passed to the second stage of the evaluation process. Seven of these have been granted funding. A few more applications of the 19 might recieve funding. This will be decided at the beginning of 2008, after the budget has been finalized.

Stockholm Grantees:

Karolinska Institute
Henrik Ehrsson
“Neural mechanisms of body ownership and the projection of ownership onto artificial limbs"

Stockholm University
Erik Lindahl
“Multiscale & Distributed Computing Algorithms for Biomolecular Simulation and Efficient Free Energy Calculations" 
David Strömberg
"The impact of mass media on public policy"
Jonas Tallberg
"The Design of International Institutions: Democratic Legitimacy and Problem-Solving Effectiveness in Global Governance"

And from
Göteborg University
Martin Bergö
"CAAX Protein Processing in Human Disease: from Cancer to Progeria"
Lund University
Fredrik Kahl
"Global Optimization Methods in Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition and Medical Imaging"
Uppsala Universiity
Johan Elf
"Transcription Factor Dynamics in Living Cells at the Single Molecule Level"

The first call for ERC Starting Independent Researcher Grant was published earlier in 2007. The total budget is 289.5 million €. To be eligible, applicants must have two to nine years postdoctoral experience. The grants are of the order of €100 000-400 000 a year, awarded for up to five years. A new call will be announced during the later part of 2008.
More information on applications on VR.