Fourfold success

Four scientists can look forward to additional funding in this year's ERC Advanced Grants. Successful ERC Advanced Grants recipients ( from left to right ): Brenda A. Schulman, MPI of Biochemistry,  Sven Sturm, MPI of Nuclear Physics, Alexander Meissner, MPI of Molecular Genetics, and Sami K. Solanki, MPI of Solar System Research   © MPG - Over 1,600 funding applications reached the European Research Council (ERC) this year. Only a fraction of them were successful: 218 applications will be funded with an Advanced Grant this year. Among them are four scientists from the Max Planck Society. Biology & Medicine Chemistry, Physics, Technology Sami K. Solanki, MPI for Solar System Research The MPG's success rate this year is one quarter, which means that the Max Planck Society shares first place with the Helmholtz Association in Germany, despite the steep decline compared to 2022, when the success rate was 48 percent. In a European comparison, the MPG comes in fourth place. As in the previous year, the French scientific organization CNRS is the frontrunner with a total of twelve grants.