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# European Research Council (ERC) Grants

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### European Research Council (ERC) Grants

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UCD College of Engineering & Architecture hosts several [European Research Council (ERC) Grant](https://erc.europa.eu/homepage "Go to 'European Research Council (ERC) Grant' page") Awardees all of whom are listed below.

The ERC is amongst the most prestigious and competitive EU funding schemes to support frontier research, providing researchers with the opportunity to pursue ambitious, curiosity-driven projects that could lead to major scientific breakthroughs.

**ERC Advanced Grants** award funding of up to €2.5 million for a period of 5 years to established, leading researchers with a proven track-record of significant research achievements over the past decade. This funding enables researchers to explore their most innovative and ambitious ideas.

**ERC Consolidator Grants** award funding of up to €2 million for a period of 5 years to researchers with 7-12 years of experience since completion of PhD, with a scientific track record showing great promise and an excellent research proposal.  This funding enables researchers to consolidate their independence by establishing / consolidating a research team and continuing to develop a successful career in Europe.

**ERC Starter Grants** award funding of up to €1.5 million for a period of 5 years to researchers with 2-7 years of experience since completion of PhD, who have a scientific track record showing great promise and an excellent research proposal.

**Proof-of-Concept awards** provide a lump sum of €150,000 for a period of 18 months to researchers who already have an ERC award, to establish proof of concept of an idea that was generated during their ERC-funded projects.

#### ERC Grants Hosted in the UCD College of Engineering & Architecture

##### ERC Advanced Grant Awardees

| Grant | Awardee | School | Project |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ERC-2023-ADG | Prof Gary Boyd | UCD School of Architecture, Planning & Environmental Policy | [ARCHITECTURES OF COAL AND MODERN EUROPE](https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101140713 "Go to 'ARCHITECTURES OF COAL AND MODERN EUROPE' page") |
| ERC-2022-ADG | Prof Niall English | UCD School of Chemical & Bioprocess Engineering | [NIMBLE - NANO-PERSONALITY: ENGINEERING AND MANIPULATING GREEN SOLVENTS BY NANO-BUBBLES](https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101095098 "Go to 'NIMBLE - NANO-PERSONALITY: ENGINEERING AND MANIPULATING GREEN SOLVENTS BY NANO-BUBBLES' page") |
| ERC-2021-ADG | Prof Eoin Casey | UCD School of Chemical & Bioprocess Engineering | [ABSOLUTE - Analysis of Biofilm Solid Interactions Underpinning Wastewater Treatment](https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101052376 "Go to 'ABSOLUTE - Analysis of Biofilm Solid Interactions Underpinning Wastewater Treatment' page") |

##### ERC Consolidator Grant Awardees

| Grant | Awardee | School | Project |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ERC-2024-COG | Assoc Prof Aisling Ní Annaidh | UCD School of Mechanical & Materials Engineering | [BreastRecon: A patient-specific approach to tissue expansion in breast Reconstruction](https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101171623 "Go to 'BreastRecon: A patient-specific approach to tissue expansion in breast Reconstruction' page") |
| ERC-2023-COG | Prof Niamh Nowlan | UCD School of Mechanical & Materials Engineering | [ReZone - Regulation of Articular Cartilage Zonal Emergence: Harnessing Developmental Pathways to Enhance Regeneration](https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101124603 "Go to 'ReZone - Regulation of Articular Cartilage Zonal Emergence: Harnessing Developmental Pathways to Enhance Regeneration' page") |
| ERC-2022-COG | Associate Prof Philip Cardiff | UCD School of Mechanical & Materials Engineering | [XenoSim - Providing Computational Insights into Cardiac Xenotransplantation](https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101088740 "Go to 'XenoSim - Providing Computational Insights into Cardiac Xenotransplantation' page") |
| ERC-2019-COG | Prof Dimitrios Zevgolis | UCD School of Mechanical & Materials Engineering | [ACHIEVE - Advanced Cellular Hierarchical Tissue-Imitations based on Excluded Volume Effect](https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/866126 "Go to 'ACHIEVE - Advanced Cellular Hierarchical Tissue-Imitations based on Excluded Volume Effect' page") |
| ERC-2014-COG | Prof Madeleine Lowery | UCD School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering | [DBSModel - Multiscale Modelling of the Neuromuscular System for Closed Loop Deep Brain Stimulation](https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/646923 "Go to 'DBSModel - Multiscale Modelling of the Neuromuscular System for Closed Loop Deep Brain Stimulation' page") |

##### ERC Starter Grant Awardees

| Grant | Awardee | School | Project |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ERC-2024-STG | Dr Junli Xu | UCD School of Biosystems & Food Engineering | [Plastox - Machine Learning Combined with Spectral Imaging for Inferring the Toxicity of Micro- and Nanoplastics](https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101161961 "Go to 'Plastox - Machine Learning Combined with Spectral Imaging for Inferring the Toxicity of Micro- and Nanoplastics' page") |
| ERC-2024-STG | Dr David Macmanus | UCD School of Mechanical & Materials Engineering | [Brainsex - Bridging the sex gap in traumatic brain injury biomechanics](https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101118002 "Go to 'Brainsex - Bridging the sex gap in traumatic brain injury biomechanics' page") |
| ERC-2022-STG | Dr Fiona Freeman | UCD School of Mechanical & Materials Engineering | [META-CHIP - Development of a lung METAstasis-on-a-CHIP model for osteosarcoma as a biomimetic testing platform for drug discovery and therapeutic innovation](https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101118002 "Go to 'META-CHIP - Development of a lung METAstasis-on-a-CHIP model for osteosarcoma as a biomimetic testing platform for drug discovery and therapeutic innovation' page") |
| ERC-2022-STG | Associate Prof Elaine Corbett | UCD School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering | [MYODECISION - Neuromuscular-cognitive interactions in sensorimotor decision making](https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101077772 "Go to 'MYODECISION - Neuromuscular-cognitive interactions in sensorimotor decision making' page") |
| ERC-2016-STG | Associate Prof Dieter Kogler | UCD School of Architecture, Planning & Environmental Policy | [TechEvo - Technology Evolution in Regional Economies](https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/715631 "Go to 'TechEvo - Technology Evolution in Regional Economies' page") |
| ERC-2013-STG | Prof Aoife Gowen | UCD School of Biosystems & Food Engineering | [BioWater - Development of new chemical imaging techniques to understand the function of water in biocompatibility, biodegradation and biofouling](https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/335508 "Go to 'BioWater - Development of new chemical imaging techniques to understand the function of water in biocompatibility, biodegradation and biofouling' page") |
| ERC-2012-STG | Prof Robert Staszewski | UCD School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering | [TDRFSP - Time-Domain RF and Analog Signal Processing](https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/307624 "Go to 'TDRFSP - Time-Domain RF and Analog Signal Processing' page") |
| ERC-2012-STG | Adjunct Prof Debra Laefer | UCD School of Civil Engineering | [RETURN – Rethinking Tunnelling in Urban Neighbourhoods](https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/307836 "Go to 'RETURN – Rethinking Tunnelling in Urban Neighbourhoods' page") |
| ERC-2011-STG | Prof Eoin Casey | UCD School of Chemical & Bioprocess Engineering | [AFFIRM - Analysis of Biofilm Mediated Fouling of Nanofiltration Membranes](https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/278530 "Go to 'AFFIRM - Analysis of Biofilm Mediated Fouling of Nanofiltration Membranes' page") |

##### ERC Proof of Concept Grant Awardees

| Grant | Awardee | School | Project |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ERC-2024-POC | Prof Eoin Casey | UCD School of Chemical & Bioprocess Engineering | [AMADEUS - Accelerating biofilm Matrix dispersion with Deep Eutectic Solvents](https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101188296 "Go to 'AMADEUS - Accelerating biofilm Matrix dispersion with Deep Eutectic Solvents' page") |
| ERC-2023-POC | Prof Dimitrios Zevgolis | UCD School of Mechanical & Materials Engineering | [DECIPHER - Decellularised Extracellular Carpets for the Innovative Production of Human Engineered Replicates](https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101138593 "Go to 'DECIPHER - Decellularised Extracellular Carpets for the Innovative Production of Human Engineered Replicates' page") |
| ERC-2019-POC | Prof Madeleine Lowery | UCD School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering | [DBScontrol - Implementation and preclinical testing of a closed-loop control system for deep brain stimulation](https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/875516 "Go to 'DBScontrol - Implementation and preclinical testing of a closed-loop control system for deep brain stimulation' page") |
| ERC-2018-POC | Prof Aoife Gowen | UCD School of Biosystems & Food Engineering | [HyperBio - Vis-NIR Hyperspectral imaging for biomaterial quality control](https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/840116 "Go to 'HyperBio - Vis-NIR Hyperspectral imaging for biomaterial quality control' page") |
| ERC-2017-POC | Prof Eoin Casey | UCD School of Chemical & Bioprocess Engineering | [ANEMONE - Antibiofouling Nanopatterned Electrospun Membranes for Nanofiltration Applications](https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/768731 "Go to 'ANEMONE - Antibiofouling Nanopatterned Electrospun Membranes for Nanofiltration Applications' page") |
| ERC-2014-POC | Prof Eoin Casey | UCD School of Chemical & Bioprocess Engineering | [SmartSpacer - Biofouling control in nanofiltration and reverse osmosis processes using a smart polymer approach](https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/640492 "Go to 'SmartSpacer - Biofouling control in nanofiltration and reverse osmosis processes using a smart polymer approach' page") |
| ERC-2013-POC | Adjunct Prof Debra Fern Laefer | UCD School of Civil Engineering | [RETURNPOC - Proof of Concept for Rethinking Tunnels in Urban Neighbourhoods](https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/632227 "Go to 'RETURNPOC - Proof of Concept for Rethinking Tunnels in Urban Neighbourhoods' page") |

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