ERC Advanced Grants fund exceptional research at UCL

Funding totalling £12.9 million has been awarded to researchers at UCL by the European Research Council (ERC) under the Advanced Grants programme, which supports research leaders to develop ground-breaking projects and support pioneering research with far-reaching impact. The scheme targets established research leaders with a track record of significant research impact, to enable them to develop high-risk or unconventional projects that open up new research frontiers. A total of eight applications were awarded a total of £12.9m under this year's call for funding, a substantial increase on the £9m awarded in 2011, bringing the total value of ERC funding allocated to UCL to €116.6 million. There are currently 71 ERC funded projects taking place at UCL, including 29 Advanced Grants. David Price, UCL Vice-Provost (Research) said: "These awards recognise the exceptionally high calibre of research and leadership taking place at UCL, and will support the long-term growth of projects with cross-cutting impact. Developing research that challenges our understanding of the world around us and transcends disciplinary boundaries is a crucial part of UCL's research strategy, and I would like to congratulate the successful applicants on their extraordinary achievement. " The successful applicants are: Sacha Stern (UCL Hebrew & Jewish studies) "Calendars in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages: Standardization and fixation" Ron Cohen (UCL Earth Sciences) "Theory of Mantle, Core and Technological Materials" Christian Dustmann (UCL Economics) "The Dynamics of Migration and Economic Adjustment" Dmitri Ruskarov (UCL