The European Research Council provides funding for frontier science, irrespective of thematic priorities and within all disciplines. The sole evaluation criterion for proposals is scientific excellence. The funding of the ERC is highly prestigious and is open for researchers from all domains and nationalities.
ERC grants are to be taken up in a European host country but are open to researchers of any nationality.
There are currently five types of grants for which the ERC publishes annual calls for proposals.
Acquired ERC Grants
The researchers below have previously received ERC funding for their work at the University of Antwerp:
Synergy Grants
- - Department of Physics
Research Group: Electron Microscopy for Materials Science (EMAT)
Project:
Call: ERC-2024-SyG
Duration: 01/04/2025 โ 31/03/2031 - Annemie Bogaerts - Department of Chemistry
Research group: Plasma, Laser Ablation and Surface Modelling - ANTwerp (PLASMANT)
Project: โ
Call: ERC-2018-SyG
Duration: 01/04/2019 โ 31/03/2025
- Ivan Janssens - Department of Biology
Research Group: Plants and Ecosystems (PLECO)
Project:
Call: ERC-2013-SyG
Duration: 01/09/2014 โ 31/08/2019
Advanced Grants
- โ Faculty of Social Sciences
Research group: Visual and Digital Cultures Research Center (ViDi)
Project:
Call: ERC-2024-AdG
Duration: 01/07/2026 โ 30/06/2031 - โ Faculty of Science
Research group: Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
Project: โ
Call: ERC-2024-AdG
Duration: 01/12/2025 โ 30/11/2030 -
โ Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Research group: Social Epidemiology & Health Policy (SEHPO) & Global Health Institute (GHI)
Project: โ
Call: ERC-2024-AdG
Duration: 01/01/2026 โ 31/12/2030 - โ Faculty of Arts
Research group: Antwerp Centre for Digital humanities and literary Criticism (ACDC)
Project: โ
Call: ERC-2024-AdG
Duration: 01/01/2026 โ 31/12/2030
- Dimitri Mortelmans โ Department of Sociology
Research Group: Centre for Population, Family and Health
Project:
Call: ERC-2021-AdG
Duration: 01/03/2023 - 29/02/2028
- Stefaan Walgrave - Department of Politics
Research Group: Media, Movement and Politics (M2P)
Project: โ
Call: ERC-2020-AdG
Duration: 01/01/2022 - 31/12/2027
- Robert (Bob) Colebunders - Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Research Group: Epidemiology and Social Medicine (ESOC)
Project: โ
Call: ERC-2014-AdG
Duration: 01/10/2015 โ 30/09/2020
- Stefaan Walgrave - Department of Politics
Research Group: Media, Movement and Politics (M2P)
Project: โ
Call: ERC-2011-AdG
Duration: 01/10/2012 โ 30/09/2017 - Gustaaf (Staf) Van Tendeloo - Department of Physics
Research Group: Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
Project: โ
Call: ERC-2010-AdG
Duration: 01/01/2010 โ 31/12/2014 - Reinhart Ceulemans - Department of Biology
Research Group: Plants and Ecosystems (PLECO)
Project: โ
Call: ERC-2008-AdG
Duration: 01/03/2009 โ 31/10/2014
Consolidator Grants
- - Department of Communication Studies
Research Group: Visual and Digital Cultures Research Center (ViDi)
Project: โ
Call: ERC-2024-CoG
Duration: 01/05/2025 โ 30/04/2030
- Ben Jeurissen โ Faculty of Sciences
Research Group: Vision lab
Project: โ
Call: ERC-2023-CoG
Duration: 01/05/2024 โ 30/04/2029 - โTom Breugelmansโ Faculty of Applied Engineering
Research Group: Applied Electrochemistry & Catalysis (ELCAT)
Project: โ
Call: ERC-2022-CoG
Duration: 01/04/2024 โ 31/03/2029 - Wendy Lowen - Department of Mathematics & Computer Science
Research Group: Fundamental Mathematics
Project: โ
Call: ERC-2018-COG
Duration: 01/06/2019 โ 31/05/2024
- Sara Bals - Department of Physics
Research Group: Electron Microscopy for Materials Science (EMAT)
Project: โ
Call: ERC-2018-COG
Duration: 01/05/2019 โ 30/04/2024
- Sandra Van Aert - Faculty of Sciences
Research Group: Electron Microscopy for Material Science (EMAT)
Project: โ
Call: ERC-2017-COG
Duration: 01/05/2018 โ 30/04/2023 - โBart Loeys - Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Research Group: Medical Genetics (MEDGEN)
Project: โ
Call: ERC-2017-COG
Duration: 01/01/2019 โ 31/12/2023
- Bence Nanay - Faculty of Arts
Research Group: Centre for Philosophical Pshychology
Project: โ
Call: ERC-2016-COG
Duration: 01/09/2017 โ 31/08/2022
- Niel Hens - Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Research Group: Vaccine & Infectious Disease Institute (VAXINFECTIO)
Project: โ
Call: ERC-2015-COG
Duration: 01/10/2016 โ 30/09/2021
- Jan Beyers - Department of Political Sciences
Research Group: Antwerp Centre for Institutions and Multi-Level Politics (ACIM)
Project:โ
Call: ERC-2013-COG
Duration: 01/09/2014 โ 31/08/2019
Starting Grants
- โ Faculteit Farmaceutische, Biomedische en Diergeneeskundige Wetenschappen
Onderzoeksgroep: VIB Centrum voor Moleculaire Neurologie โ Laboratorium voor Immunologisch Onderzoek naar de Darm-Brein-As
Project: โ
Oproep: ERC-2025-StG
Looptijd: 01/01/2026 โ 31/12/2030
- โ Faculty of Social Sciences
Research group: Media, Movements, and Politics (MยฒP)
Project:
Call: ERC-2025-StG
Duration: 01/01/2026 โ 31/12/2030
- โEmanuela Pasciuto - Faculty of Pharmaceutical, Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences
Research group: VIB Center for Molecular Neurology โ Neuroimmunology
Project: โ
Call: ERC-2024-StG
Duration: 01/01/2025 โ 31/12/2029
- โ Faculty of Social Sciences
Research group: Media, Movements, and Politics (MยฒP)
Project: โ
Call: ERC-2024-StG
Duration: 01/08/2025 โ 31/07/2030
- Lisa Suckert โ Faculty of Social Sciences
Research group: Centre for Research on Environmental and Social Change (CRESC)
Project:
Call: ERC-2024-StG
Duration: 01/04/2025 โ 31/03/2030
- โ Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Research Group: Global Health Institute (GHI)
Project: โ
Call: ERC-2024-StG
Duration: 01/02/2025 โ 31/01/2030
- โ Faculty of Social Sciences
Research group: Herman Deleeck Centre for Social Policy (CSB)
Project: โ
Call: ERC-2024-StG
Duration: 01/02/2025 โ 31/01/2030
- Aline Verstraetenโ Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Research Group: Medical Genetics (MEDGEN)
Project:
Call: ERC-2023-StG
Duration: 01/09/2024 โ 31/08/2029 - Gamze Erdem Tรผrkelli โ Faculty of Law
Research Group: Law & Development
Project:
Call: ERC-2023-StG
Duration: 01/01/2024 โ 31/12/2028 - Jonas Hereijgers โ Faculty of Applied Engineering
Research Group: Applied Electrochemistry & Catalysis (ELCAT)
Project:
Call: ERC-2023-StG
Duration: 01/01/2024 โ 31/12/2028 - Renzo Mancuso โ Faculty of Pharmaceutical, Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences
Research group: VIB Center for Molecular Neurology - Microglia and Inflammation in Neurological Disorders (MIND) lab
Project: โ
Call: ERC-2022-StG
Duration: 01/01/2023 โ 31/12/2027 - Moisรฉs Kopper - Institute of Development Policy (IOB)
Research Group: Development processes, actors and policies
Project:
Call: ERC-2022-StG
Duration: 01/07/2023 โ 30/06/2028 - โAlex Vorsters โ Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences
Research Group: Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute
Project: โ
Call: ERC-2021-StG
Duration: 01/05/2022 โ 30/04/2027 - Nele Wynants โ Faculty of Arts
Research Group: Antwerp Research Institute for the Arts (ARIA)
Project:
Call: ERC-2020-StG
Duration: 01/10/2021 โ 30/09/2026 - Sarah Lebeer - Department of Biochemical Engineering
Research Group: Environmental Ecology & Applied Microbiology (ENdEMIC)
Project: โ
Call: ERC-2019-StG
Duration: 01/03/2020 โ 28/02/2025 - Benson Ogunjimi - Department of Vaccine & Infectious Disease Institute (VAXINFECTIO)
Research Group: Centre for the Evaluation of Vaccination (CEV)
Project: โ
Call: ERC-2019-StG
Duration: 01/03/2020 โ 28/02/2025 - Jeroen Puttevils - Department of History
Research Group: Centre for Urban History
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Call: ERC-2019-StG
Duration: 01/02/2020 โ 31/01/2025 - โTimothy Pennycook - Department of Physics
Research Group: Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
Project: โ
Call: ERC-2018-STG
Duration: 01/03/2019 โ 29/02/2024 - Kristien Hens - Department of Philosophy
Research Group: Center for Ethics
Project: โ
Call: ERC-2018-STG
Duration: 01/01/2019 โ 31/12/2024 - Vanessa Joosen - Department of Literature
Research Group: Antwerp Centre for Digital humanities and literary Criticism (ACDC)
Project: โ
Call: ERC-2018-STG
Duration: 01/02/2019 โ 31/01/2024 - Matteo Campioli - Department of Biology
Research Group: Plants and Ecosystem (PLECO)
Project: โ
Call: ERC-2016-STG
Duration: 01/02/2017 โ 31/01/2022 - Sofie Cambrรฉ - Department of Physics
Research Group: Experimental condensed matter physics (ECM)
Project: โ
Call: ERC-2015-STG
Duration: 01/05/2016 โ 30/04/2021 - Tine Van Osselaer - Faculty of Arts
Research Group: Ruusbroec Institute
Project: โ
Call: ERC-2014-STG
Duration: 01/04/2015 โ 31/03/2019 - Peter Petrรฉ - Departement of Linguistics
Research Group: Grammar and Pragmatics (GAP)
Project:
Call: ERC-2014-STG
Duration: 01/09/2015 โ 31/08/2020 - Sara Bals - Department of Physics
Research Group: Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
Project: โ
Call: ERC-2013-STG
Duration: 01/12/2013 โ 30/11/2018 - Bart Loeys - Medical Genetics
Research Group: Medical Genetics (MEDGEN)
Project: โ
Call: ERC-2013-STG
Duration: 01/05/2013 โ 30/04/2018 - Dirk Van Hulle - Departement of Linguistics
Research Group: Antwerp Centre for Digital humanities and literary Criticism (ACDC)
Project: โ
Call: ERC-2012-STG
Duration: 01/01/2013 โ 31/12/2017 - Johan Verbeeck - Department of Physics
Research Group: Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
Project: โ
Call: ERC-2011-STG
Duration: 01/01/2012 โ 31/12/2016 - Wendy Lowen - Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Research Group: Fundamental Mathematics
Project: โ
Call: ERC-2010-STG
Duration: 01/10/2010 โ 30/09/2016
Proof of Concept Grants
- โ Faculty of Arts Research group: Centre for Philosophical Psychology
Project:
Call: ERC-2024-PoC
Duration: 01/09/2025 โ 28/02/2027
- โ Faculty of Science
Research group: Laboratory of Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (LAMB)
Project:
Call: ERC-2024-PoC
Duration: 01/05/2025 โ 01/11/2026
- Benson Ogunjimi โ Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Research Group: Centre for Health Economics Research and Modelling Infectious Diseases (CHERMID)
Project:
Call: ERC-2023-POC Duration: 01/12/2023 โ 31/05/2025 - โSara Bals โ Faculty of Science
Research Group: Electron Microscopy for Materials Science (EMAT)
Project:
Call: ERC-2022-POC Duration: 01/08/2023 โ 31/01/2025 - โAnnemie Bogaerts - Faculty of Science
Research group: Plasma, Laser Ablation and Surface Modelling - ANTwerp (PLASMANT)
Project:
Call: ERC-2022-POC Duration: 01/11/2022 โ 30/04/2024
- Johan Verbeeck - Faculty of Sciences
Research Group: Electron microscopy for Materials Science (EMAT)
Project: โ
Call: ERC-2017-PoCG
Duration: 01/03/2018 โ 31/08/2019 - Robert (Bob) Colebunders - Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Research Group: Epidemiology and Social Medicine (ESOC) โ
Project: โ
Call: ERC-2017-PoCG
Duration: 01/09/2017 โ 28/02/2019