ICTA-UAB researcher, Eric Galbraith, receives an ERC Consolidator Grant

ICTA-UAB researcher Eric Galbraith has been graced with a Consolidator Grant of the European Research Council (ERC) for the project “Biogeochemical and ecosystem interactions with socio-economic activity in the global ocean (BIGSEA)”.

The European Research Council (ERC) has announced the 302 winners of the 302 winners of its 2015 Consolidator Grant competition. These excellent mid-career scientists are awarded a total of €585 million, as part of the European Union Research and Innovation programme Horizon 2020. With grants worth up to €2 million each, they will be able to consolidate their research teams and to develop their innovative ideas. They are likely to employ post docs, PhD students and other research team members.

ICTA-UAB researcher Eric Galbraith will receive the Consolidator Grant to develop the project "Biogeochemical and ecosystem interactions with socio-economic activity in the global ocean (BIGSEA)”. Ana Caño, researcher from the Centro de Investigación en Agrigenómica (CRAG) has been also selected in this call to develop the project “Improving Drought Resistance in Crops and Arabidopsis (IDRICA)”.

The ERC Consolidator Grant are awarded to outstanding researchers of any nationality and age, with at least seven and up to 12 years of experience after PhD, and a scientific track record showing great promise. Research must be conducted in a public or private research organisation located in one of the EU Member States or Associated Countries. The funding (maximum of €2 million per grant), is provided for up to five years.

The European Research Council, set up by the European Union in 2007, is the first European funding organisation for excellent frontier research. Every year, it selects and funds the very best, creative researchers of any nationality and age, to run projects based in Europe. The ERC also strives to attract top researchers from anywhere in the world to come to Europe. To date, the ERC has funded nearly 6,000 top researchers at various stages of their careers.