ERC Grants
Source: https://www.univie.ac.at/en/research/prizes-and-awards/erc-grants
Since 2007, academics at the University of Vienna have successfully acquired 162 ERC grants, demonstrating the high quality of basic research conducted at the University and its strong international competitiveness.
The promotion of pioneering basic research is a key priority of the European Union, which established the European Research Council (ERC) to support this mission. The ERC funds research projects with high potential for academic breakthroughs and innovation through various grant categories: Starting Grants, Consolidator Grants, Advanced Grants, Synergy Grants, and Proof of Concept Grants.
Here you will find a list of grants awarded in 2025 and a complete list of all ERC grants by category.
[### Böttcher, Thomas
27.01.2026 ERC Grants
ERC Proof of Concept for the PhageTRAP research project](https://www.univie.ac.at/en/research/prizes-and-awards/erc-grants/details/boettcher-thomas)
[### Batovici, Dan
02.01.2026 ERC Grants
ERC Consolidator Grant for the CLAIM research project](https://www.univie.ac.at/en/research/prizes-and-awards/erc-grants/details/batovici-dan)
[### Bosch, Marjolein
30.12.2025 ERC Grants
ERC Starting Grant for the COPE research project](https://www.univie.ac.at/en/research/prizes-and-awards/erc-grants/details/bosch-marjolein)
[### Kurzbach, Dennis
09.12.2025 ERC Grants
ERC Consolidator Grant for the EVOCAT research project](https://www.univie.ac.at/en/research/prizes-and-awards/erc-grants/details/kurzbach-dennis)
[### Wagner, Stefan
05.11.2025 ERC Grants
ERC Synergy Grant for the SUSTECH research project](https://www.univie.ac.at/en/research/prizes-and-awards/erc-grants/details/wagner-stefan-1)
[### Martens, Sascha
05.11.2025 ERC Grants
ERC Synergy Grant for the DegrAbility research project](https://www.univie.ac.at/en/research/prizes-and-awards/erc-grants/details/martens-sascha)
[### Muschik, Eva-Maria
04.09.2025 ERC Grants
ERC Starting Grant for the SHOCKAGE research project](https://www.univie.ac.at/en/research/prizes-and-awards/erc-grants/details/muschik-eva-maria)
[### Zysiak, Agata
04.09.2025 ERC Grants
ERC Starting Grant for the CLASS-UP research project](https://www.univie.ac.at/en/research/prizes-and-awards/erc-grants/details/zysiak-agata)
[### Sørensen, Megan
04.09.2025 ERC Grants
ERC Starting Grant für das Forschungsprojekt TRANSITIONS](https://www.univie.ac.at/en/research/prizes-and-awards/erc-grants/details/soerensen-megan)
[### Grestenberger, Laura
26.08.2025 ERC Grants
ERC Consolidator Grant for the EVOCAT research project](https://www.univie.ac.at/en/research/prizes-and-awards/erc-grants/details/grestenberger-laura)
[### Sachdeva, Himani
07.07.2025 ERC Grants
ERC Consolidator Grant for the Genes in Space research project](https://www.univie.ac.at/en/research/prizes-and-awards/erc-grants/details/sachdeva-himani)
[### Wöbken, Dagmar
17.06.2025 ERC Grants
ERC Advanced Grant for the WinMicAct research project](https://www.univie.ac.at/en/research/prizes-and-awards/erc-grants/details/woebken-dagmar)
[### Durnová, Anna
17.06.2025 ERC Grants
ERC Advanced Grant for the LONERS research project](https://www.univie.ac.at/en/research/prizes-and-awards/erc-grants/details/durnova-anna)
[### Haddad, Christian
28.02.2025 ERC Grants
ERC Starting Grant for the ALTERBIOTIC research project](https://www.univie.ac.at/en/research/prizes-and-awards/erc-grants/details/haddad-christian)
[### Ries, Jonas
23.01.2025 ERC Grants
ERC Proof of Concept for the MINFLUX research project](https://www.univie.ac.at/en/research/prizes-and-awards/erc-grants/details/ries-jonas)
[### Muttenthaler, Markus
23.01.2025 ERC Grants
ERC Proof of Concept for the research project Theranostic Peptide Tracers for Breast Cancer](https://www.univie.ac.at/en/research/prizes-and-awards/erc-grants/details/muttenthaler-markus)
[### Vernot, Benjamin
02.01.2025 ERC Grants
ERC Consolidator Grant for the UNEARTH research project](https://www.univie.ac.at/en/research/prizes-and-awards/erc-grants/details/vernot-benjamin)
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ERC Advanced Grants
2025
- Durnová, Anna: ERC project “LONERS”
- Wöbken, Dagmar: ERC project “WinMicAct”
2024
- Erismann, Christophe: ERC project “This_one_There”
- Herndl, Gerhard: ERC project “NEREIDES”
- Higham, Thomas: ERC project “Disperse”
- Lanzinger, Margareth: ERC project “ALPINNKONNECT”
- Maulide, Nuno: ERC project "C-HANCE"
- Technau, Ulrich: ERC project “EVONeuroMuscle”
2023
- Ciotti, Manuela: ERC project “ANTHROFUTURE”
2022
- Alves, Joao: ERC project “The 3D motion of the Interstellar Medium with ESO and ESA telescopes”
- Felt, Ulrike: ERC project "Innovation Residues – Modes and infrastructures of caring for our longue-durée environmental futures"
- Lingen, Kerstin von: ERC project "Global Resettlement Regimes: Ambivalent Lessons learned from the Postwar (1945-1951)"
- Marchart, Oliver: ERC project "Prefiguring Democratic Futures“
- Matthes, Jörg: ERC project "Digital Hate: Perpetrators, Audiences, and (Dis)Empowered Targets"
- Zimmer, Manuel: ERC project “Mechanisms and Functions of Brain- Body- Environment Interactions in C. elegans”
2021
- Henzinger, Monika*: ERC project “The design and evaluation of modern fully dynamic data structures"
- Procházka, Stephan: ERC project “What is bedouin-type Arabic? The linguistic and socio-historical realities behind the millennia-old dichotomous concept of nomadic and sedentary people in the Middle East and North Africa”
2020
- Dullinger, Stefan: ERC project “A micro-scale perspective on alpine floras under climate change. Linking observations and models to improve our understanding of the future of European high mountain plants”
- Schweitzer, Peter: ERC project “Building Arctic Futures: Transport Infrastructures and Sustainable Northern Communities”
2019
- Kruschwitz, Peter: ERC project “Mapping out the poetic landscape(s) of the Roman Empire: ethnic and regional variations, socio-cultural diversity, and crosscultural transformations”
2017
- Pauer-Studer, Herlinde: ERC project “The Normative and Moral Foundations of Group Agency”
2016
- Schleper, Christa: ERC project "TACK Superphylum and Lokiarchaeota Evolution - Dissecting the Ecology and Evolution of Archaea to Elucidate the Prokaryote to Eukaryote Transition"
2015 und früher
- Arndt, Markus (2012): ERC project “Processing of biomolecular targets for interferometric quantum experiments”
- Constantin, Adrian (2010): ERC project “Nonlinear studies of water flows with vorticity”
- Fitch, Tecumseh (2008): ERC project “The Syntax of the Mind: A Comparative Computational Approach”
- Henzinger, Monika* (2013): ERC project "Challenges in Graph Algorithms with Applications”
- Herndl, Gerhard(2010): ERC project “Microbial Ecology of the DEep Atlantic pelagic realm”
- Katzarkov, Ludmil* (2008): ERC project “Generalized Homological Mirror Symmetry and Applications”
- Kusch, Martin* (2013): ERC project “The Emergence of Relativism -- Historical, Philosophical and Sociological Perspectives”
- Pauer-Studer, Herlinde (2009): ERC project “Distortions of Normativity: The NS-System and Morality”
- Pohl, Walter (2010): ERC project “Social Cohesion, Identity and Religion in Europe, 400-1200”
- Schachermayer, Walter (2009): ERC project “Risk and Valuation of Financial Assets: A Robust Approach”
- Wagner, Michael (2011): ERC project “Nitrification Reloaded - a Single Cell Approach”
- Zeilinger, Anton (2008): ERC project “Photonic Quantum Information Technology and the Foundations of Quantum Physics in Higher Dimensions”
*no longer employed at the University of Vienna
ERC Synergy Grants
2025
- Martens, Sascha: ERC project "DegrAbility”
- Wagner, Stefan: ERC project “SUSTECH”
2024
- Kitzinger, Katharina: ERC project “RECLESS”
2023
- Larios, Borayin: ERC project “MANTRAMS”
2022
- Chruściel, Peter* (togehter with Philip Walther): ERC project “GRAVITES” (Note: no longer at this university)
- Walther, Philip (together with Peter Chruściel): ERC project “GRAVITES”
2020
- Aspelmeyer, Markus (together with Thomas Pichler): ERC project “MORE-TEM”
- Pichler, Thomas (together with Markus Aspelmayer): ERC project “MORE-TEM”
*no longer employed at the University of Vienna
ERC Proof of Concept
2026
- Böttcher, Thomas: ERC project “PhageTRAP”
2025
- Muttenthaler, Markus: ERC project “Theranostic Peptide Tracers for Breast Cancer”
- Ries, Jonas: ERC project “MINFLUX”
2023
- Maulide, Nuno: ERC project “AGROSTERICS”
- Muttenthaler, Markus: ERC project “GUTOCINS”
- Schleper, Christa: ERC project “ArcHealth”
2022
- Chumak, Andrii: ERC project “MagnonCircuits”
- Juffmann, Thomas: ERC project “EOFLIM”
2020
- Muttenthaler, Markus: ERC project “Peptide Tracers”
2018
- Maulide, Nuno: ERC project “Neutramenth”
- Zagrovic, Bojan: ERC project "Short, weakly interacting RNAligands for the development of high-concentration monoclonal antibody therapeutics"
2011
- Aspelmeyer, Markus: ERC project “Crystalline Mirror Solutions”
ERC Consolidator Grants
2025
- Grestenberger, Laura: ERC-project EVOCAT
- Kurzbach, Dennis: ERC project "HypSurf"
- Sachdeva, Himani: ERC-project Genes in Space
- Vernot, Benjamin: ERC-project “UNEARTH”
2024
- Boykov, Grigor: ERC project “OttomanCORE”
- Bücker, Christa: ERC project “GENE-TUNE”
- Douka, Katerina: ERC project “RIFT-to-RIM”
- Kainz, Hans: ERC project “INSIDE-BONE”
2023
- Berghammer, Caroline
- Dagyeli, Jeanine
- Etienne, Noémie
- Kislyakova, Kristina
- Orts, Julien
- Petersen, Jilian
- Ries, Jonas
- Schünemann, Verena *
- Vadrot, Alice
2022
2021
2020
- Andrews, Tara
- Böttcher, Thomas
- Chin, Jin Min
- Ivanova-Bieg, Maria
- Lajta-Novak, Julia
- Mac Sweeney, Naoise
- Matos, Joao
- Mellit, Anton
- Steinhardt, Heinz-Christoph
- Schuch, Norbert
- von Lilienfeld-Toal, Anatole *
2019
- van de Ven, Glen
- Schmid, Stefan *
2018
2016
2013
*) This person is no longer employed at the University of Vienna.
ERC Starting Grants
2025
- Bosch, Marjolein: ERC projekt “COPE”
- Haddad, Christian: ERC project “ALTERBIOTIC”
- Muschik, Eva-Maria: ERC-project SHOCKAGE\ Sørensen, Megan: ERC-project TRANSITIONS\ Zysiak, Agata: ERC-project CLASS-UP
2024
- Anderson-Wagner, Isabella: ERC project “MemoryLane”
- Gelabert, Pere: ERC project “SHADOWS”
- Nemec, Birgit: ERC project “Beyond Thalidomide”
- Öztürk, Ugur: ERC project “UrbanSlide”
2023
- Dellinger, Agnes
- Bayer, Barbara
- Felten, Sebastian
- Grosse Wiesmann, Charlotte *
- Lóránd, Zsófia
- Querques, Irma
- Vargha, Mária
2022
- Keating, Ailsa
- Klimburg-Witjes, Nina
- Pirtea, Adrian
- Willemsen, Anouk
- Wratil, Christopher
2021
- D’Onofrio, Federico
- Douka, Katarina
- Stahlschmidt, Mareike
2020
- Ennser-Jedenastik, Laurenz
- Hacar, Alvaro
- Hahn, Oliver
- Plescia, Carolina
- Rademacher, Christoph
- Simakov, Oleg
2019
- Chumak, Andrii
- Kurzbach, Dennis
2018
- De Zorzi, Nicla
- Mezger-Backus, Eleonora Hendrika Gertruda
- Petersen, Jillian
- Sousa, Filipa
- Vadrot, Alice
2017
- Hartmuth, Maximilian
- Juffmann, Thomas
- Kuzmany, Börries
- Susi, Toma
2016
- Berry, David
- Muttenthaler, Markus
- Schiemer, Georg
- Weinzierl, Bernadett
2007 - 2015
- Arzhantseva, Goulnara (2010)
- Aspelmeyer, Markus (2009)
- Göbel, Christian (2015)
- Horn, Matthias (2011)
- Martens, Sascha (2010)
- Maulide, Nuno (2011)
- Meyer, Jannik (2013)
- Raible, Florian (2010)
- Teßmar-Raible, Kristin (2013)
- Verstraete, Frank (2009)
- Wadauer, Sigrid (2007)
- Wöbken, Dagmar (2014)
- Wujastyk, Dagmar (2014)
- Zagrovic, Bojan (2011)
- Zhou, Qi (2015)