Two FNRS Postdoctoral researchers among the ERC Starting Grant 2026 laureates !

The European Research Council (ERC) has  announced the winners of its latest Starting Grant competition. The funding, worth €705 million in total, will go to 421 early-career researchers across Europe.

Among the grant recipients:
Shetye Shreeya, FNRS Postodoctoral researcher, ULB, for her project “Magnetism, Evolution, and Rotation in Late-stage Stellar Nucleosynthesis”
and
Arthur Ghins, FNRS Postodoctoral researcher, ULB, for his project “Democracy and Propaganda in the History of Political Thought”

Congratulations to them !

The grants will help researchers develop ambitious ideas, build their own teams and establish their independence at a pivotal stage in their careers.