Patrick Meyfroidt is FNRS Senior Research Associate at UCLouvain. He is one of 281 researchers to be awarded an ERC Advanced Grant following the latest call for proposals launched by the European Research Council (ERC). Well done to him! 

His project is entitled: “Land use, Sustainability, and Democratic Backsliding”. 

Gaëtan Kerschen, Professor at ULiège, is the second winner from the Wallonia-Brussels Federation. He has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant for his project entitled: ‘Experimental Continuation in Nonlinear Dynamics: Aerospace Engineering and Beyond’.

The funding, worth in total €721 million, will go to 281 leading researchers across Europe. The Advanced Grant competition gives senior researchers the opportunity to pursue ambitious, curiosity-driven projects that could lead to major scientific breakthroughs. The new grants are part of the EU’s Horizon Europe programme. 

See the ERC press release.