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Success rate falls to 8% in latest round of ERC Advanced Grants

European Research Council announces winners and says Covid-19 impacts will be considered in 2022 calls

The 2020 round of the European Research Council’s prestigious Advanced Grants for established researchers had a success rate of just under 8 per cent, around 1.9 percentage points lower than the 2019 round.

The funder announced on 22 April that it had made 209 awards after receiving 2,678 applications. Interim president Jean-Pierre Bourguignon said a “great increase in demand led to a very fierce competition”.

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