The ‘big three’ EU nations may have won the most Starting Grants this year from the European Research Council. But as Inga Vesper reports, a comparison of successes per head of population tells a different story.
Europe’s big three—Germany, France and the UK—sometimes seem to have it all: money, power and ERC Starting Grants. In this year’s Starting Grant round, announced on 10 September, the UK swept the board, with 131 grants out of 536. Germany and France followed at some distance, hosting 78 and 73 grants respectively. The Netherlands got 51, Switzerland got 33.
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