ERC Grants
ERC Grants
Several outstanding researchers at NTNU have received grants from the European Research Council (ERC).
The award of a grant from ERC is the most prestigious funding a researcher can receive.
Immediately after the notification from the European Commission
Professor Fredrik Jutfelt, Department of Biology, and the research project CLIMEVOLVE – Evolution and mechanisms of thermal performance – answers through artificial selection in zebrafish.
Advanced Grant to:
Professor Kristin Ytterstad Pettersen, Department of Engineering Cybernetics, and the research project CRÈME – Control of light vehicle-manipulator systems.
Advanced Grant to:
Adjunct Professor Henrik Koch, Department of Chemistry, and the research project QuantumLight.
The ERC Grants receieved by our researchers
Professor
Arne Brataas
Controlling Electric Signals with Insulating Antiferromagnets and Insulating Ferromagnets
ERC-ADG-2014 – ERC Advanced Grant
Grant agreement ID: 669442
Photo: Per Henning/NTNU
Professor
Christian Doeller
Cognitive Geometry: Deciphering neural concept spaces and engineering knowledge to empower smart brains in a smart society
ERC-2016-COG – ERC Consolidator Grant
Grant agreement ID: 724836
Photo: Bård Ivar Basmo/Kavli Institute, NTNU
Professor
Dennis Meier
Creating building blocks for atomic-scale electronics
ERC-2019-COG – ERC Consolidator Grant
Grant agreement ID: 863691
Photo: Thor Nielsen/NTNU
Professor
Edvard Moser
Populations Codes for Space in the Mammalian Cortex
ERC-SyG – Synergy Grant
Grant agreement ID: 951319
CIRCUIT
Neural circuits for space representation in the mammalian cortex
ERC-AG-LS5 – ERC Advanced Grant
Grant agreement ID: 232608
GRIDCODE
Cortical maps for space
ERC-AG-LS5 – ERC Advanced Grant
Grant agreement ID: 338865
Photo: Bård Ivar Basmo/Kavli Institute, NTNU
Professor
May-Britt Moser
Neural mechanisms for memory retrieval
ERC-AG-LS5 – ERC Advanced Grant
Grant agreement ID: 268598
Photo: Bård Ivar Basmo/Kavli Institute, NTNU
Professor
Bernt-Erik Sæther
Stochastic Population Biology in a Fluctuating Environment
ERC-AG-LS8 – ERC Advanced Grant
Grant agreement ID: 268562
Photo: Per Henning/NTNU
Associate Professor
May-Britt Tessem
'Tissue is the issue': a multi-omics approach to improve prostate cancer diagnosis
ERC-2017-STG – ERC Starting Grant
Grant agreement ID: 758306
Photo: Geir Otto Johansen/NTNU
Associate Professor
Jan Torgersen
Exploring the Limits of Mass Transport in Electro-Chemical Energy Converters ThRough uncOnstrained Design and Interface Engineering
ERC Starting Grant
Grant agreement ID: 949807
Photo: Thor Nielsen/NTNU
Professor
Francesca Verones
ATLANTIS (project page)
Whales, waste and sea walnuts: incorporating human impacts on the marine ecosystem within life cycle impact assessment
ERC-2019-STG – ERC Starting Grant
Grant agreement ID: 850717
Photo: Lars Robert Bang/NTNU
Associate Professor
Jonathan Whitlock
Deconstructing action planning and action observation in parietal circuits in rats
ERC-SG-LS5 – ERC Starting Grant
Grant agreement ID: 335328
Photo: Bård Ivar Basmo/Kavli Institute, NTNU
Associate Professor
Nicholas Worth
Breaking the paradigm: A new approach to understanding and controlling combustion instabilities
ERC-StG-2015 – ERC Starting Grant
Grant agreement ID: 677931
Photo: Thor Nielsen/NTNU
Professor
Emre Yaksi
Function of Chemosensory Circuits
ERC-SG-LS5 – ERC Starting Grant
Grant agreement ID: 335561
Photo: Bård Ivar Basmo/Kavli Institute, NTNU