ERC

An European Research Council (ERC) grant is a prestigious funding award given by the European Union to support groundbreaking research projects across all scientific fields

The European Research Council (ERC) is the first pan-European funding body for frontier research. It aims to enhance the dynamic character, creativity, and excellence of European research at the frontiers of knowledge. The ERC consists of a Scientific Council, which sets the scientific funding strategy, and an Executive Agency (ERCEA), which implements the ERC strategy. ERC grants are awarded through an open competition launched on projects headed by starting and/or established researchers, irrespective of their origins, who are working or moving to work in Europe. The sole selection criterion is scientific excellence. The aim is to recognize the best ideas and confer status and visibility to the best brains in Europe while at the same time attracting talent from abroad.

IIT has currently secured more than 60 ERC grants thanks to the following researchers.

Click on each researcher to view the details of the grants won.

ERC Starting Grant

Arash Ajoudani Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator Human-Robot Interfaces and Interaction

Maria Rosa Antognazza Technologist Nanomaterials for Energy and Lifescience

Cristina Becchio Visiting Scientist

Mario Caironi Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator Printed and Molecular Electronics

Gianni Ciofani Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator - Center Coordinator Smart Bio-Interfaces

Francesco Di Stasio Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator Photonic Nanomaterials

Monica Gori Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator Unit for Visually Impaired People

Alessandro Gozzi Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator Functional Neuroimaging

Michael Vincent Lombardo Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Liberato Manna Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator NanoChemistry

Giacomo Novembre Researcher Tenure Track - Principal Investigator Neuroscience of Perception and Action

Teresa Pellegrino Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications

Ferruccio Pisanello Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator - Center Coordinator Multifunctional Neural Interfaces with deep-brain regions

Alessandra Sciutti Senior Researcher Tenure Track - Principal Investigator COgNiTive Architecture for Collaborative Technologies

Velia Siciliano Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator Synthetic and Systems Biology for Biomedicine

Michele Tamagnone Visiting Scientist

Agnieszka Wykowska Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator Social cognition in human-robot interaction

ERC Consolidator Grant

Antonio Ambrosio Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator Vectorial Nano-imaging

Milena Arciniegas Senior Researcher Tenure Track - Principal Investigator Automated Nanomaterials Engineering

Mario Caironi Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator Printed and Molecular Electronics

Laura Cancedda Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator Brain Development and Disease

Francesco De Angelis Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator Plasmon Nanotechnologies

Paolo Decuzzi Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator Nanotechnology for Precision Medicine

Tommaso Fellin Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator Optical Approaches to Brain Function

Alessandro Gozzi Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator Functional Neuroimaging

Giandomenico Iannetti Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator Neuroscience and Behaviour

Michael Vincent Lombardo Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Liberato Manna Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator NanoChemistry

Barbara Mazzolai Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator Bioinspired Soft Robotics

Teresa Pellegrino Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications

Annamaria Petrozza Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator - Center Coordinator Advanced Materials for Optoelectronics

Ferruccio Pisanello Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator - Center Coordinator Multifunctional Neural Interfaces with deep-brain regions

Andrea Toma Technologist - Facility Coordinator Clean Room

Giuseppe Vicidomini Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator Molecular Microscopy and Spectroscopy

ERC Advanced Grant

Antonio Bicchi Senior Researcher - Principal Investigator Soft Robotics for Human Cooperation and Rehabilitation

Liberato Manna Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator NanoChemistry

Sauro Succi Senior Researcher - Principal Investigator Multiscale and Quantum Simulations

ERC Proof of Concept Grant

Arash Ajoudani Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator Human-Robot Interfaces and Interaction

Antonio Ambrosio Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator Vectorial Nano-imaging

Cristina Becchio Visiting Scientist

Antonio Bicchi Senior Researcher - Principal Investigator Soft Robotics for Human Cooperation and Rehabilitation

Gianni Ciofani Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator - Center Coordinator Smart Bio-Interfaces

Francesco De Angelis Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator Plasmon Nanotechnologies

Massimo De Vittorio Senior Researcher - Principal Investigator Smart Healthcare Technologies

Paolo Decuzzi Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator Nanotechnology for Precision Medicine

Francesco Di Stasio Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator Photonic Nanomaterials

Monica Gori Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator Unit for Visually Impaired People

Giandomenico Iannetti Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator Neuroscience and Behaviour

Liberato Manna Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator NanoChemistry

Giacomo Novembre Researcher Tenure Track - Principal Investigator Neuroscience of Perception and Action

Teresa Pellegrino Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications

Annamaria Petrozza Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator - Center Coordinator Advanced Materials for Optoelectronics

Ferruccio Pisanello Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator - Center Coordinator Multifunctional Neural Interfaces with deep-brain regions

Alessandra Sciutti Senior Researcher Tenure Track - Principal Investigator COgNiTive Architecture for Collaborative Technologies

Velia Siciliano Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator Synthetic and Systems Biology for Biomedicine

Sauro Succi Senior Researcher - Principal Investigator Multiscale and Quantum Simulations

Agnieszka Wykowska Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator Social cognition in human-robot interaction

ERC Synergy Grant

Antonio Bicchi Senior Researcher - Principal Investigator Soft Robotics for Human Cooperation and Rehabilitation

Irene Bozzoni Senior Researcher - Principal Investigator Non coding RNAs in Physiology and Pathology

Giancarlo Ruocco Senior Researcher - Principal Investigator - Center Coordinator Nanotechnologies for Neurosciences

Gian Gaetano Tartaglia Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator RNA Systems Biology

A further six grants (five starting grants and one consolidator grant) have been won by IIT researchers, who then moved to another research institute.