👉 Out of 2,130 applicants, the ERC has selected 308 researchers for this year's Consolidator Grants. Of these, 14 are Belgian, 3 from the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles.

Congratulations to :
🔹 François Leo, FNRS Research Associate at the Photonics Unit of ULB
➡ Funded project: HIGHRES - High resolution dual comb spectroscopy and ranging

🔹 Corentin Claeys Bouuaert, FNRS Research Associate at the Louvain Institute of Biomolecular Science and Technology of UCLouvain
➡ Funded project: MeioticCondensate - Elucidating the role of biomolecular condensation in meiotic DNA double-strand break formation

And also to Thomas Marichal, Pincipal Investigator PDR-FNRS and WEL Research Institute, and winner of the Baillet Latour Medical Award 2022
➡ Funded project: MoMacTrajectALI - Monocyte-to-Macrophage Trajectories After Lung Injury: Spatio-temporal investigation, molecular regulation & functional implications for lung regeneration and immunity

➕ Consolidator Grants support scientists at a stage in their career when they may still be in the process of consolidating their own independent research teams to pursue their most promising scientific ideas. With a total value of €627 million, these grants are part of the European Union program Horizon Europe.