ERC grantees of the Leibniz Association
ERC Starting Grants are academic milestones that significantly influence the further course of a researcher's career. They are awarded to excellent young researchers who completed their doctorate two to seven years ago. ERC Starting Grants of up to 1.5 million euro can be awarded for a period of up to 5 years.
Researchers currently funded in the ERC Starting Grants programme whose projects are being carried out at a Leibniz Institute or in which a Leibniz Institute is involved as a partner:
Dr Kasra Amini
Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie (MBI), Berlin
„TERES - Complete Characterization of Photochemical Reactions by Time- and Energy-Resolved Electron Scattering“Dr Raymundo Báez-Mendoza
German Primate Center - Leibniz Institute for Primate Research (DPZ), Göttingen
"NEUROGROUP – Neuronal basis of group cooperation and social ties in monkeys and human"Dr Sanja Bauer Mikulovic
Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology (LIN), Magdeburg
"ProSocial – Regulation of prosocial and cognitive behaviors along the dorsoventral hippocampal axis"Dr Vanessa Boese-Schlosser
WZB Berlin Social Science Center
"WAVES – Waves of Regime Transformation"Dr Johannes Broichhagen
Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP), Berlin
"deuterON – Introducing deuterium for next generation chemical biology probes and direct imaging"Dr Ramona Clemen
Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology (INP), Greifswald
"PriME – Next-Generation Oxidative Protein Modifications Enhancing Antitumor Immunity"Dr Kaspars Dadzis
Leibniz-Institut für Kristallzüchtung (IKZ), Berlin
"NEMOCRYS - Next Generation Multiphysical Models for Crystal Growth Processes"Dr Michael Ebner
Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP), Berlin
"LysoLogs – Lysosomal lipid logistics"Dr Jenny Feige
Museum für Naturkunde - Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science (MfN), Berlin
"NoSHADE – Novel perspectives on our Solar System History recorded in the Atacama DEser"Dr Lola González-García
INM – Leibniz Institute for New Materials, Saarland
"ELECTROFLUID – Conductive suspension flows for soft electronics"Dr Ran He
Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (IFW)
"Tellurium-free Thermoelectric Technology for Near-room-temperature Applications"Dr Stefan Heckmann
Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Gatersleben
"MEIOBARMIX – Meiosis in barley: Mixing it up"Dr Michael Heide
German Primate Center - Leibniz Institute for Primate Research (DPZ), Göttingen
"PRIMAZINC – Deciphering the role of C2H2 zinc finger transcription factors during primate neocortex development and evolution"Dr Nadia Kamal
Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Gatersleben
RESIST - Improving Drought Stress Resistance in a Changing ClimateDr Mirjam Knörnschild
Museum für Naturkunde - Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science (MfN), Berlin
"CULTSONG - Culture as an evolutionary force: Does song learning accelerate speciation in a bat ring species?"Dr Fan Liu
Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP), Berlin
"SynLink – Revealing the Synapse Architecture and Plasticity by Structural Interactomics"Dr Martin Mascher
Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Gatersleben
"TRANSFER – Edaphic adaptation in barley wild relatives and its transfer to the domesticate"Dr Mariana Medina Sanchez
Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (IFW)
"Micro-GIFT - Microrobotic Gamete/Zygote IntraFallopian Transfer"Dr Sigrid Milles
Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP), Berlin
"MultiMotif - Motif repeats in intrinsically disordered regions of the clathrin mediated endocytosis pathway"Dr Prajal Pradhan
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
„BeyondSDG - Transformation towards long-term sustainability beyond Sustainable Development Goals“Dr Ignacio Rebollo
German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke (DIfE)
GUT-FEEL – Gut Influences on Brain and MindDr Alessio Rovere
Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT), Bremen
"WARMCOASTS - Sea level and extreme waves in the Last Interglacial"Dr Hannah Schneider
Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung (IPK), Gatersleben
„FATE - Discovering the developmental transition of cortical parenchyma cells into different cell fates“Dr Tim Schröder
Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, Leibniz-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik (FBH), Berlin
"QUREP - Quantum Repeater Architectures Based on Quantum Memories and Photonic Encoding"Dr Sebastian Siegloch
ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research, Mannheim
HIPPO - Housing, Inequality and Public PoliciesDr Julian Thiele
Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden (IPF)
3DPartForm - 3D-printing of PARTiculate FORMulations utilizing polymer microparticle-based voxelsDr Antigoni Triantafyllopoulou
German Rheumatism Research Centre Berlin
"DDRMac - DNA Damage Response-instructed Macrophoage Differentiation in Granulomatous Disease"Dr Hannes Ullrich
German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin)
"ABRSEIST - Antibiotic Resistance: Socio-Economic Determinants and the Role of Information and Alience in Treattment Choice"Dr Gianna Zocco
Leibniz-Center for Literary and Cultural Research (ZfL), Berlin
„AFROPEA – Black Narratives of Transcultural Appropriation: Constructing Afropean Worlds, Questioning European Foundation”ERC Consolidator Grants enable excellent scientists to further expand their own research area. Researchers who completed their doctorate seven to twelve years previously may apply for a Consolidator Grant. Applicants must demonstrate the ground-breaking approach of their project and its feasibility. The ERC Consolidator Grant comprises funding of two million euros over a period of five years.
Researchers currently funded in the ERC Consolidator Grants programme whose projects are being carried out at a Leibniz Institute or in which a Leibniz Institute is involved as a partner:
Dr Volha Bartash
Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies (IOS), Regensburg
"EMPOWER - Empowering Legacy. Sites of Romani Genocide and Community Commemoration in East and East-Central Europe"Dr Faysal Bibi
Museum für Naturkunde - Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science (MfN), Berlin
"PALEONILE – Evolution on the Nile: Faunal Regionalization and Continuity in the Pleistocene of Sudan"Prof. Thomas Bocklitz
Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (IPHT), Jena
"Stain-It – Non-invasive computational immunohistochemical staining based on deep learning and multimodal imaging"Prof. Arnold Boersma
DWI – Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, Aachen
PArtCell - Physiologically Crowded Artificial Cells for Relevant Drug ScreensProf. Laura De Laporte
DWI - Leibniz Institute for Interaktive Materials, Aachen
"Heartbeat – 3D-assembly of interactive microgels to grow in vitro vascularized, structured, and beating human cardiactissues in high-throughput"Dr Maria Ermolaeva
Leibniz Institute on Aging - Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI), Jena
"LifeLongFit – Late life-applicable enhancement of longevity and fitness"Dr Milos Filipovic
Leibniz-Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften – ISAS – e.V., Dortmund
"SULFAGING – Decoding protein persulfidation signaling"Prof. Oliver Gressel
Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP)
"EPOCH-OF-TAURUS – Early phases of planetary birth sites – environmental context and interstellar inheritance"Dr Debora Gasperini
Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Halle (Saale)
"MECHANOJAS - Unravelling biophysical signals governing phytohormone production and plant acclimation"Dr Christine Hopp
Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM), Hamburg
"AUTOIMMPRINT - Investigating the malaria-driven autoimmune imprint of humoral immunity"Prof. Maria Ivanova-Bieg
Senckenberg Society for Nature Research - Leibniz Institution for Biodiversity and Earth System Research (SGN), Frankfurt am Main
"SUSTAIN - Sustainability of Agriculture in Neolithic Europe"PD Dr Stefan Kirmse
Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO), Berlin
"JUSTIMINO - In Pursuit of ‘Legality’ and ‘Justice’: Minority Struggles in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union"Prof. Philipp Lersch
German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin)
„WEALTHTRAJECT - Understanding Trajectories of Wealth Accumulation and Their Variability“Prof. Daniela Lössner
Leibniz Institute of Polymer Reserch Dresden (IPF)
"CHIPIN - Tissue-engineering the tumour microenvironment to improve treatment of pancreatic cancer"Prof. Ivan Minev
Leibniz Institute of Polymer Reserch Dresden (IPF)
"GELECTRO - Hydrogel Machines for Seamless Living System Interfaces"Dr Nicola Poccia
Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (IFW)
"3DCuT - 3D Cuprate Twistronics as a platform for high temperature topological superconductivity"Prof. Katja Poppenhäger
Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP)
"EVAPORATOR - The missing stellar physics component for atmospheric evaporation of exoplanets"Prof. Anton Potapov
Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung (SGN), Frankfurt am Main
"CARBONWEB - Food web control of the global topsoil carbon cycling"Prof. Miriam Rosenbaum
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology - Hans Knöll Institute (HKI), Jena
"e-MICROBe - Energizing microbes with redox mediators for new bioproductions"Prof. Gabi Schierning
Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (IFW)
"MATTER - MAcroscopic quantum Transport maTERials by nanoparticle processing"Dr Nitin Sinha
Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO), Berlin
"TIMEHIST - Timely Histories: A Social History of Time in South Asia"Prof. Alexander Suh
Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB), Bonn
"GermlineChrom - Evolutionary origin and impact of germline-restricted chromosomes"Prof. Christoph Trebesch
Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel)
"Great.Power.Finance - International Finance and the Great Powers, 1800-2020"PD Dr Henning Trüper
Leibniz-Center for Literary and Cultural Research (ZfL), Berlin
"AISLES - Archipelagic Imperatives: Shipwreck and Lifesaving in European Societies since 1800"Prof. Yana Vaynzof
Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (IFW)
"PEROVAP - Engineering metal halide PEROvskites by VAPour deposition"Dr Jaroslaw Wilczynski
Senckenberg Society for Nature Research - Leibniz Institution for Biodiversity and Earth System Research (SGN), Frankfurt am Main
"MAMBA - Exploring Mammoth Bone Accumulations In Central Europe"Prof. Christina Zielinski
Leibniz-Institut für Naturstoff-Forschung und Infektionsbiologie - Hans-Knöll-Institut (HKI), Jena
"ORGANise-T - Dissecting the body-wide spatio-temporal organisation of human resident T helper cells"ERC Advanced Grants are awarded for the development of new research areas. Leading researchers with an outstanding scientific track record are eligible to apply. The ten years prior to the application are relevant for the scientific performance evaluation. The funding covers a period of up to five years, with a maximum budget of 2.5 million euros.
Researchers currently funded in the ERC Advanced Grants programme whose projects are being carried out at a Leibniz Institute or in which a Leibniz Institute is involved as a partner:
Prof. Marcus Altfeld
Leibniz Institute of Virology (LIV), Hamburg
"RegNK - Regulation of NK cell function"Prof. Thomas Elsässer
Max-Born-Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy (MBI), Berlin
"BIOVIB – Electric Interactions and Structural Dynamics of Hydrated Biomolecules Mapped by Ultrafast Vibrational Probes"Dr Juliane Fürst
Leibniz Centre for Contemporary History Potsdam (ZZF)
"PerefromBelow21 – Perestroika from Below: Participation, Subjectivities, and Emotional Communities across ‘the End of History’, 1980-2000"Prof. Volker Haucke
Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP), Berlin
"SynapseBuild - Mechanisms of Presynaptic Biogenesis and Dynamic Remodeling"Prof. Andreas Herrmann
DWI - Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, Aachen
"SONOPHARMAGEN - Remote controlling biological systems by sonopharmacology and sonogenetics"Prof. Christian Hertweck
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
"AnoxyGen - Harnessing Specialized Metabolism from Anaerobes"Prof. Eicke Latz
German Rheumatism Research Centre Berlin (DRFZ)
"4D-SkINFLAM - Spatio-temporal integration of skin inflammation"Prof. Gabriele Macho
Senckenberg Society for Nature Research - Leibniz Institution for Biodiversity and Earth System Research (SGN), Frankfurt am Main
"PLIODIS - Pliocene Hominin Dispersal to southern Africa: Choice or Chance?"Prof. Christoph Pfrommer
Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP)
"PICOGAL – Mind the Gap: from Plasma Kinetics to Cosmological"Prof. Chiara Romagnani
German Rheumatism Research Centre Berlin (DRFZ)
"MEM-CLONK – Imprinting and clonality of human NK cell memory"Prof. Oliver G. Schmidt
Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (IFW)
"MicroRepro - Medical microbots to support new assisted reproduction techniques"Prof. Olga Smirnova
Max-Born-Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy (MBI), Berlin
"ULISSES – Ultrafast molecular chirality: twisting light to twist electrons on ultrafast time scale"Dr Tobias Spielmann
Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM), Hamburg
"MALART – Cellular basis of Artemisinin resistance in malaria parasites"Ignacio de la Torre
Museum für Naturkunde - Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science (MfN), Berlin
"BICAEHFID - Biogeographic and cultural adaptations of early humans during the first intercontinental dispersals"Prof. Wilfried Weber
INM – Leibniz Institute for New Materials, Saarbrücken
"STEADY - Engineering homeostasis into living materials"Prof. Philip Wigge
Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops (IGZ), Grossbeeren
"TIPTOP – Temperature Integration via Phase change and Translation Of Proteins in plant"Prof. Lutz Wisotzki
Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP)
"SPECMAP-CGM – Spectro-mapping of the circumgalactic medium across cosmic times"The ERC Proof of Concept Grant is aimed at scientists who already hold an ERC grant and want to explore the commercial or social potential of their project. Funding is provided as a fixed lump sum of 150,000 euros for a project duration of twelve months.
Researchers currently funded in the ERC Proof of Concept Grants programme whose projects are being carried out at a Leibniz Institute or in which a Leibniz Institute is involved as a partner:
Prof. Tomas Cizmar
Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (IPHT), Jena
"STEDGate" (STED-enabled super-resolution multimode-fibre based holographic endoscopy for deep-tissue observations of neuronal connectivity)Dr Kaspars Dadzis
Leibniz-Institut für Kristallzüchtung (IKZ), Berlin
"HANDSOME - Hands-on Materials Science for Education"Prof. Laura De Laporte
DWI - Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, Aachen
"AnisoPlate" - High-throughput production of anisotropic 3D human tissue modelsProf. Andreas Herrmann
DWI - Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, Aachen
"NARRATE - Novel ApameR-Based Rapid Test Technology for Virus Detection"Dr Daniela Lössner
Leibniz Institute for Polymer Research Dresden (IPF)
"Design2Guide - Cell-instructive matrices to deconstruct tumour tissues"ERC Synergy Grants are targeted at teams of two to four researchers whose projects are intended to lead to to substantial progress at the frontiers of knowledge – for example, the development of new methods and techniques. When submitting an application, it must be proven that the respective project is only possible and meaningful through the specific collaboration of the named scientists.
Researchers currently funded in the ERC Synergy Grants programme whose projects are being carried out at a Leibniz Institute or in which a Leibniz Institute is involved as a partner:
Prof. Katrine Juul Andresen (Co), Prof. Vincent Gaffney, Dr. Svea Mahlstedt, Ph. d. Peter Moe Astrup
Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research (IOW), Rostock
"SUBNORDICA - Beyond submerged landscapes - defining human response to postglacial sea-level rise and climate change"Prof. Artemis Alexiadou, Prof. Maria Teresa Guast, Prof. Uli Sauerland
Leibniz-Centre General Linguistics (ZAS), Berlin
"LeibnizDream - Realizing Leibniz’s Dream: Child Languages as a Mirror of the Mind"Dr Ursula Brosseder, Prof. Chris Gosden, Prof. Ludovic Orlando, Dr Ruiliang Liu
Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie (LEIZA), Mainz
"Horse Power - Interactions between China, Mongolia and the steppe 2000-0 BCE"Prof. Thomas Hickler
Senckenberg Society for Nature Research - Leibniz Institution for Biodiversity and Earth System Research (SGN)
"AFRI-CAN"Prof. Michael Hiller
Senckenberg Society for Nature Research - Leibniz Institution for Biodiversity and Earth System Research (SGN), Frankfurt am Main
"BATPROTECT - Learning from Bats: New Strategies to Extend Healthspan and Improve Disease Resistance"Prof. Alexander Sobolev, Prof. John Valley, Prof. Stephan Sobolev
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
"MEET - Monitoring Earth Evolution Through Time"