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ERC Grants at TU Graz

The European Research Council (ERC) of the European Commission supports outstanding researchers with highly endowed grants. Various grants are awarded to promising early-career researchers (Starting Grants), to excellent researchers already anchored in the research community (Consolidator Grants), to established research leaders (Advanced Grants) and to existing ERC grant holders for proof of concept (Proof of Concept).

At TU Graz seven researchers are currently conducting research with ERC Starting Grants and on researcher with an ERC Synergy Grant.

FRESCO – Paolo Falcaro

Grant: ERC Proof of Concept Grant

Grant holer: Univ.-Prof. Paolo Falcaro

Project: FRESCO


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MechVivo – Gerhard Holzapfel

Grant: ERC Synergy Grant

Grant holer: Univ.-Prof. Gerhard Holzapfel

Project: MechVivo - Mechanical characterization of soft tissue in vivo by microstructural imaging and physics-informed neural networks: bridging the gap between biomechanics and clinical practice


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Fariba Karimi

NetFair – Fariba Karimi

Grant: ERC Starting Grant

Grant holder: Univ.-Prof. Fariba Karimi

Project: NetFair - Network Fairness: A novel complex network approach for tackling inequalities in society and algorithms

Project start: early 2025


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Maria Eichlseder

KEYLESS – Maria Eichlseder

Grant: ERC Starting Grant

Grant holder: Ass.Prof. Maria Eichlseder

Project: KEYLESS - Keyless Cryptography for Efficiency and Security

Duration: 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2029


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NetZero-Opt – Sonja Wogrin

Grant: ERC Starting Grant

Grant holder: Univ.-.Prof. Sonja Wogrin

Project: Optimization and data aggregation for net-zero power systems

Duration: 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2028


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ERC Grant Holder Daniel Gruss

FSSec – Daniel Gruss

Grant: ERC Starting Grant

Grant holder: Assoc.Prof. Daniel Gruss

Project: FSSec - Foundations for Sustainable Security

Duration: 1 March 2023 to 29 February 2028


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ERC Grant Holder Marcus Ossiander

EUVORAM – Marcus Ossiander

Grant: ERC Starting Grant

Grant holder: Dr.rer.nat. Marcus Ossiander

Project: EUVORAM - Extreme-Ultraviolet Meta-Optics for Attosecond Microscopy

Duration: 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2027


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ELFIS – Birgitta Schultze-Bernhardt

Grant: ERC Starting Grant

Grant holder: Dr.rer.nat. Birgitta Schultze-Bernhardt

Project: ELFIS – Electronic Fingerprint Spectroscopy

Duration: 1 May 2021 to 1 May 2026


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HelixMold – Gustav Oberdorfer

Grant: ERC Starting Grant

Grant holder: Dr.rer.nat. Gustav Oberdorfer

Project: HelixMold – Computational design of novel functions in helical proteins by deviating from ideal geometries

Duration: 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2025


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Past ERC Grants

[Translate to Englisch:] Materialforscher und ERC Grant Träger Paolo Falcaro

POPCRYSTAL – Paolo Falcaro

Grant: ERC Consolidator Grant

Grant holder: Univ.-Prof. Paolo Falcaro

Project: POPCRYSTAL – Precisely Oriented Porous Crystalline Films and Patterns

Duration: 1 May 2018 to 31 July 2024


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[Translate to Englisch:] ERC Grant Trägerin Anna Coclite

SmartCore – Anna Coclite

Grant: ERC Starting Grant

Grant holder: Ass.Prof. Anna Coclite

Project: SmartCore – Smart Core/Shell Nanorods Arrays for Artificial Skin

Duration: 1 December 2016 to 30 November 2022


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SOPHIA – Stefan Mangard

Grant: ERC Consolidator Grant

Grant holder: Univ.-Prof. Stefan Mangard

Project: SOPHIA –  Securing Software against Physical Attacks

Duration: 1 September 2016 to 31 December 2021


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FEEL YOUR REACH – Gernot Müller-Putz

Grant: ERC Consolidator Grant

Grant holder: Univ.-Prof. Gernot Müller-Putz

Project: Feel Your Reach – Non-invasive decoding of cortical patterns induced by goal directed movement intentions and artificial sensory feedback in humans

Duration: 1 May 2016 to 31 July 2021


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ERC grant holder Thomas Pock

HOMOVIS – Thomas Pock

Grant: ERC Starting Grant

Grant holder: Univ.-Prof. Thomas Pock

Project: HOMOVIS – High Level Prior Models for Computer Vision

Duration: 1 June 2015 to 31 December 2020


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[Translate to Englisch:] ERC Grant Träger Stefan Freunberger

OMICON – Stefan Freunberger

Grant: ERC Starting Grant

Grant holder: Dr.sc.ETH Stefan Freunberger

Project: OMICON – Organic Mixed Ion and Electron Conductors for High-Energy Batteries

Duration: 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2020


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