Two Prestigious Grants from European Research Council for Freie Universität Berlin

ERC Consolidator Grants for Physicist Stephanie Reich and Computer Scientist Frank Noé. No 332/2017 from Nov 28, 2017 Researchers at Freie Universität Berlin have been awarded two prestigious grants from the European Research Council (ERC). Physicist Stephanie Reich and computer scientist Frank Noé won ERC Consolidator Grants, as the ERC announced on Tuesday in Brussels. Over five years Professor Reich will receive 2.3 million euros and Professor Noé will receive 2 million euros. Frank Noé had already received an ERC Starting Grant amounting to 1.4 million euros from 2012 to 2017, and Stephanie Reich had already had an ERC Starting Grant amounting to 1.2 million euros from 2008 to 2013. Of a total of 329 new ERC Grants approved in 22 EU member states, 56 were awarded to researchers in Germany, including these two for researchers at Freie Universität Berlin. The president of Freie Universität, Peter-André Alt congratulated Professor Reich and Professor Noé, saying that this was a wonderful day for Freie Universität and all those involved in the winning projects and that the ERC grants signify a "huge success for the natural sciences in Berlin." About the ERC Grant for Stephanie Reich: With the consolidator grant, Stephanie Reich plans to develop a new field of research in which she aims to customize the reaction of materials to light.