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The ERC and the

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C IN BR FNRS in figures

THE RESULTS OF THE ERC SINCE ITS CREATION
ER 11,654 By instrument By Scientific field 1 2

Starting
ERC projects granted 4,955 5000
in EU member 3,078 Grant Measuring the impact
countries and in Advanced 4000
Grant
countries associated 3000
with the framework 2,266 96 2000
Synergy
programmes since Consolidator Grant 1000
2007 Grant he qualitative assessment that the
0 ERC has conducted on a sample of Contributing to Contributing to the
PE LS SH Tprojects launched under the 7th the training of a world of tomorrow
1,230 framework programme (2007-2013) and
Proof of Concept the results of which were published in new generation of ERC projects have resulted in more than
September 2020 , concluded that: researchers 800 applications for patents and are at
1
the origin of 100 new companies.
- almost one-fifth of the projects ended Overall, more than 75,000 researchers
IN THE WALLONIA-BRUSSELS FEDERATION in a scientific breakthrough, and professionals, most of them doctoral For example, in the Wallonia-Brussels
Federation, Christophe Caucheteur
113 Par instrument 66 By Scientific field 1 2 - three-fifths ended in a major students or post-doctorate graduates, (UMONS), FNRS Senior Research
have been funded thanks to the ERC.
scientific advance,
Associate, is one of the co-founders
19 Starting In the Wallonia-Brussels Federation, the of the UMONS spin-off, B-sens, a
ERC projects obtained Advanced Grant - one-fifth of the projects did not 113 ERC projects (for 101 grantees) have company whose expertise resides in the
have the success hoped initially or
by 101 researchers Grant 50 have not really led to a significant also enabled their promoters to expand development of optical fibre sensors for
from the WBF. 40 scientific contribution. their teams. the prevention of “industrial” risks (see
30 Although it is not one of the ERC’s The Europe of page 18).
24 20 selection criteria, it’s a fact that almost publications
half of the projects have already had
Consolidator 10 an impact on the economy, society and
Grant 4 the development of policies and the 150,000 articles have been published in
Proof of Concept 0 PE LS SH ERC forecasts that this is the case for scientific journals following discoveries
approximately two-thirds of medium- made possible by ERC funding, including
term and long-term projects. more than 6,100 articles in the most
quoted scientific publications. In 2014,
AT THE FNRS The results also indicate that there is a Europe overtook the United States for Almost half of the
positive correlation between the overall the first time in this regard; clearly the projects have already
84 Advanced Grant 51 By Scientific field 1 2 score of the project and the degree of recipients of ERC grants have contributed had an impact on the
By instrument
interdisciplinarity involved, and that the
towards this achievement.
most interdisciplinary projects have led to
economy, on society
12
ERC projects obtained by
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significant advances and breakthroughs.
35
International strategy
and the development of
Starting
researchers who have been
30
Qualitative evaluation has also concluded
Grant
see that this is the case
20
have signed international agreements
the criterion for “high risk, high gain”.
with the Commission in order to enable
15
for around two-thirds of
The results suggest that the funding of
18
their researchers to conduct short
projects that meet this criterion and that
10
47
medium-term and long-
visits in the context of ERC projects and
have an important scientific impact have
Grant
term projects.”
180 researchers – most of whom are
contributed to very successful projects
ERC projects obtained by
European – have relocated in Europe
and the development of innovative ideas
researchers during their FNRS
thanks to a grant from the ERC.
in emerging fields.
1. PE = Physical Sciences and Engineering; LS = Life Sciences; SH = Social Sciences and Humanities.
10 mandate. 1. European Research Council, “Qualitative Evaluation of completed Projects funded by the European Research Council 2019”, September 2020. 11
2. As Synergy Grants and Proofs of Concept are not classified by scientific field, they do not appear here.