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Flags of Israel and the European Union. Fruitful scientific cooperation. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Thirteen researchers from Israel have won the prestigious ERC Consolidator grants for 2025

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The ERC awarded 349 Consolidator grants this year, totaling €728 million. Israel stands out with 13 winners from Tel Aviv University, Ben-Gurion University, the Hebrew University, the Technion, the Weizmann Institute and the University of Haifa –
Computer simulation showing the gradual passage (from left to right) of the protein alpha-lactalbumin through a solid-state nanopore with a diameter of approximately 4 nanometers. The passage of the protein through the pores allows the reading of the sequence of markers attached to the cysteine ​​groups (red color) and the identification of the protein.

Without antibodies and without amplification: Rapid identification of intact proteins with technology developed at the Technion

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Nano-needle technology from Prof. Amit Meller's lab enables rapid, digital identification of individual proteins in near real-time, paving the way for early diagnosis of cancer and other diseases through simple blood tests.
Prof. Moran Berkowitz and Prof. Naama Geva Zatorsky, winners of the ERC Poc grant for 2025. Photo: Technion Spokesperson and Lucido Studio.

Technion researchers win EU "feasibility grants" for developing breakthrough technologies in medicine and optics

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Prof. Moran Berkowitz from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Prof. Naama Geva-Zatorsky from the Faculty of Medicine will develop technologies for the production of customized lenses and personalized melanoma treatment – thanks to ERC Proof of Concept grants
European Union President Ursula von der Leyen at the announcement of the super grants program aimed at attracting American researchers, Paris, May 5, 2025

The European Union will allocate 500 million euros to absorb American scientists in the Horizon Europe program (which also includes Israel)

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According to EU President Ursula von der Leyen, Europe is committed to research freedom, mega-grants and global cooperation.
US President Donald Trump is firing all scientists without realizing what damage he is causing. Illustration: Avi Blizovsky via IDEOGRAM.AI

Europe can serve as a haven for American researchers, says European Research Council (ERC) president

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Israeli researchers win ERC grants for proof of feasibility and transition to implementation

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Dr. Ayelet Landau. From the Facebook page of the Department of Psychology, Hebrew University

Three researchers from the Hebrew University won research grants to prove commercialization ability on behalf of the European Union Research Fund

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The European Research Council of the European Union (ERC) has announced its support for 7 Israeli research proposals, 3 of which are led by Hebrew University researchers. The three Hebrew University researchers who will receive the grant this year will join
Right: Prof. Ronit Sachi-Painero and doctoral student Shani Koshrovsky-Michael

Innovative technology: Two drugs are launched together, attacking cancerous tumors simultaneously

Innovative technology will allow two drugs to be launched to simultaneously attack a cancerous tumor
Prof. Jackie Schiller. Photo: Technion spokespeople

Two researchers from the Technion won ERC Advanced grants

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Prof. Michael Glickman and Prof. Jackie Schiller from the Technion won ERC Advanced grants - prestigious grants on behalf of the European Union's Horizon Europe program given to veteran researchers with unprecedented achievements in research in a decade
social functioning. Illustration: depositphotos.com

ERC grant for research that will lead to the improvement of group functioning

The European Union grants 2 million euros to Prof. Ilanit Gordon from the Department of Psychology and the Multidisciplinary Center for Brain Research at Bar-Ilan University, for her research that deals with brain, physical and behavioral synchronization during group dynamics
Prof. Ado Kaminer in his laboratory. Photo: Nitzan Zohar, Technion Spokesperson

Towards the discovery of quantum phenomena that have not yet been observed: Prof. Ado Kaminer of the Technion won an ERC Consolidator grant

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"The observations will be made possible through the control we have developed over the wave nature of free electrons," explains Prof. Kaminer
Scientist in the lab. Illustration: shutterstock

Israeli researchers this week received a flood of ERC grants - the European Research Council

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Among others: three ERC grants were awarded to three researchers from Tel Aviv University, three from the Hebrew University - some of them for the third time, four from the Technion and one researcher from the University of Haifa. Grant value: 2 million euros each
Horizon 2020. From the program website.

Leaving the UK would harm science in the EU and the UK itself

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Prof. Tomer Volansky at the ceremony of winning the Krill Prize for 2013

14 Israeli winners of the European Union's ERC grant

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synthetic biology. Illustration: shutterstock

European Union research grant to the MBG research group in the field of glucose metabolism in cancer conditions

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