Six Oxford researchers awarded European Research Council Starting Grants to launch ambitious projects

The application process for ERC Starting Grants is highly competitive: this year, around 14% of applications were successful, with 494 researchers selected out of 3,474 proposals. Each of the Oxford researchers selected for a Starting Grant will receive up to €1.5 million for a period of five years. The new ERC Starting Grants winners aim to deepen our understanding of the world. In the humanities, the ERC Starting Grant is unique in giving an early career researcher the opportunity to embark on an incredibly ambitious, disruptive, and risky project with an unparalleled level of intellectual freedom. Full details about the 2024 ERC Starting Grants can be found on the ERC website.