ERC Grants at Pader­born Uni­ver­sity

The European Research Council (ERC) funds excellent frontier research throughout Europe. Its grants support scientists in realising innovative and high-risk ideas.

ERC grants are among the most important awards in science and create scope for visionary projects with great potential for social and technological impact. Paderborn University is proud of its researchers who contribute to the University's international visibility and innovative strength with ERC grants.

 

Ongoing ERC-Grants

SPICE                               Sustainable Public spaces through Inclusive Community Engagement
ERC Proof of Concept Grant 
Duration: since 2025 till 2028        		Prof. Dr. Tim Bartley
CultCryoThe Cultures of the Cryosphere
ERC Synergy Grant
Duration: since 2024 till 2030		Prof. Dr. Suzana Alpsancar
SOSASelf-Optimising Static Program Analysis
ERC Advanced Grant
Duration: since 2024 till 2029		Prof. Dr. Eric Bodden
QuESADILLA Quantum Engineering of Superconducting Array Detectors In Low-Light Applications
ERC Starting Grant
Duration: since 2022 till 2028		Prof. Dr. Tim Bartley
LiNQsLithium Niobate Quantum Systems                                        
ERC Starting Grant         
Duration: since 2022 till 2027     		Prof. Dr. Klaus Jöns

 

 

Completed  ERC-Grants

REWOCRYPT                              Theoretically-Sound Real-World Cryptography
ERC Starting Grant
Duration: since 2019 till 2024		Prof. Dr. Tibor Jager (Former)
QuPoPCoRNQuantum Particles on Programmable Complex Reconfigurable Networks
ERC Consolidator Grant
Duration: since 2017 till 2023		Prof. Dr. Christine Silberhorn
NONLINMATFunctional extreme nonlinear nanomaterials
ERC Consolidator Grant
Duration: since 2017 till 2022		Prof. Dr. Thomas Zentgraf
GreenOnWaterCatUnravelling the Nature of Green Organic "On-Water" Catalysis via Novel Quantum Chemical Methods
ERC Starting Grant
Duration: since 2017 till 2021		Prof. Dr. Thomas Kühne (Former)
HARGHarmonic analysis on reductive groups
ERC Advanced Grant 
Duration: since 2011 till 2016 (taken over by Leibniz Universität Hannover in 2013)		Prof. Dr. Bernhard Krötz

News

Photo (University of Paderborn, Besim Mazhiqi): Prof Dr Tim Bartley has been awarded an "ERC Proof of Concept Grant".

ERC Proof of Concept Grant: QuESA­D­ILLA - Quantum En­gin­eer­ing Su­per­con­duct­ing Ar­ray De­tect­ors in Low-Light Ap­plic­a­tions

Prof. Dr. Tim Bartley, physicist at the University of Paderborn, has once again been awarded a prestigious European grant. The Proof of Concept Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) will support the scientist in applying his previous research findings in the field of quantum optics.

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Photo (University of Paderborn): Prof. Dr. Eric Bodden was awarded an ERC grant for his research on secure software systems.

ERC Ad­vanced Grant: Self-Op­tim­iz­ing Stat­ic Pro­gram Ana­lys­is

Millions in EU funding for secure software systems. Professor Eric Bodden, a computer scientist at Paderborn University and director of the Fraunhofer IEM, has been awarded the ‘ERC Advanced Grant’ of 2.5 million euros by the European Research Council for his research into secure software systems.

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Photo (University of Paderborn, Heinz Nixdorf Institute): Assistant Professor Dr. Suzana Alpsancar receives an ERC Synergy Grant for her research.

ERC Syn­ergy Grant: CultCryo - The Cul­tures of the Cryo­sphere

For its research on global artificial cooling and its cultural conditions and effects, a team of researchers, in which the Paderborn University is also involved, has received a "Synergy Grant" of around 9.9 million euros from the European Research Council (ERC).

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Photo (University of Paderborn): Prof. Dr. Klaus Jöns receives an ERC Starting Grant for his research.

ERC Start­ing Grant: LiN­Qs - lith­i­um niobate quantum sys­tems

Paderborn University physicist Professor Klaus Jöns has been awarded an ‘ERC Starting Grant’ from the European Research Council (ERC) – one of the most prestigious awards in the field of science in Europe.

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