As in the previous EU Framework Programmes, the European Research Council (ERC) also supports basic and ground-breaking "frontier research" within the 9th Framework Programme for Research and Innovation "HORIZON Europe". Its funding lines support particularly innovative projects ("frontier research") by young scientists ("ERC Starting Grants" and "ERC Consolidator Grants") and by established scientists ("ERC Advanced Grants"). The topics of the projects can be chosen freely (open-topic calls). The only decision criteria for the selection of funded projects is the scientific excellence of the researcher and the innovative potential of the respective research idea.
- CoSpiN: Coherent Spintronic Networks for Neuromorphic Computing
- MitoCyto: Mitochondrial Precursor Proteins in the Cytosol as Major Determinants of Cellular Health
- MAWiCS: Magneto-Acoustic Waves in Complex Spin Systems
- FRIDOM: Flux Race Investigation for Dissection Of Metabolic-bottlenecks: Leveraging the tremendous potential of algal metabolic diversity
- LASD: Logic and Automata over Sequences with Data
- LIVE: Laser-Based Infrared Vibrational Electric-Field Fingerprinting