Three researchers awarded ERC Starting Grant 2021

In January, the European Research Council (ERC) announced the winners of the 2021 Starting Grants, which provide substantial funding for projects by young researchers who obtained their doctorate between 2 and 7 years ago. This is the first type of European funding available to them, and can represent a contribution of up to 1.5 million euros to carry out a research project over a maximum period of 5 years.

Discover the three winners

Among the 397 winning scientists, three are conducting their research in laboratories co-supervised by Aix-Marseille Université:

• Thomas Chalk, CNRS researcher at the Centre européen de recherche et d'enseignement de géosciences de l'environnement (CEREGE, Aix-Marseille Université/CNRS/IRD/INRAE) for the research project ForCry: Analyse des foraminifères congelés par cryostage LA-ICPMS: CO2 néogène, motifs, cycles, et sensibilité climatique.
• Tilman Grünewald, CNRS researcher at Institut Fresnel (Aix-Marseille Université/CNRS/Centrale Marseille) for the TexTOM research project: X-ray texture tomography as a tool for multi-scale, in situ imaging of enthesis, the biological connection between bone and tendon.
• Dorothea Vom Bruch, CNRS research fellow at the Centre de physique des particules de Marseille (CPPM, Aix-Marseille Université/CNRS) for the ALPaCA research project: "AcceLerated PreCision Tests of Lepton UniversAlity".