Two researchers in Sweden to receive an ERC Proof of concept grant

The ERC Proof of Concept funding is made available to those who already have an ERC award, and will cover activities at the very early stage of turning research outputs into a commercial or socially valuable proposition. 55 researchers from 11 different countries were awarded this grant, worth 150 000 euro. Two of those are affiliated to a Swedish university.

Karolinska Institutet

Simon Elsässer with the project hmqChIP: Highly multiplexed, quantitative epigenetic profiling

University of Gothenburg

Richard Neutze wirh the project Serial-X: Serial crystallography solutions for synchrotron radiation facilities

The ERC website has more statistics and a list of all the grant recipients External link.