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One researcher in Sweden receives ERC Proof of Concept Grant 2025

It has now been decided who will recieve an ERC Proof of Concept Grant in the second round of the call 2025. One of the researchers is affiliated to a Swedish host institution.

The ERC Proof of Concept Grant 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. The grant amount is 150 000 euro.

ERC-2025-PoC has a total of two deadlines. Now the results from the second round have arrived.

A total of 136 researchers from 20 different countries will receive grants. Of these, one researcher has a Swedish host institution.

In the first application round in 2025, six researchers in Sweden were among the grant recipients.

Seven researchers in Sweden receive ERC-2025 Proof of Concept Grant

Approved research projects in round two

Uppsala universitet

  • Lars Forsberg with the project TUMORLY: a novel largescale spatial transcriptomics technology to decipher the role of chromosome Y loss in tumor biology

More statistics and a list of all grant recipients can be found on the ERC website. External link.

The next Call for applications for the ERC 2026 Proof of Concept Grant closes on 17 March, followed by 17 September.

ERC Proof of Concept Grant: Bridging Research and Innovation External link.

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