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The five-year grants are awarded by the European Research Council and are aimed at allowing the recipients to focus on promising research.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Five ERC Starting Grants is an incredible result<\/p>\n<p class=\"quotee\">Thomas Bj\u00f8rnholm,\u00a0prorector for research and innovation<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The highly competitive Starting Grants are awarded to early career researchers from around the world and can serve as stepping stones to successful academic careers. A total of <secret text=\"In addition to the five Copenhagen scientists, three researchers from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) were awarded grants.\">eight Danes<\/secret> were awarded grants this year.<\/p>\n<h3>Meet the rearcherse<\/h3>\n<p>De fem forskere, der har f\u00e5et anerkendelse af Det Europ\u00e6iske Forskningsr\u00e5d (ERC) er:<\/p>\n<p>Postdoc <secret url=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/jonathanshik-180x180.png\" text=\"\">Jonathan Z. Shik<\/secret> Postdoc Jonathan Z Shik, Centre for Social Evolution, Department of Biology, for\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www1.bio.ku.dk\/presserum\/pressemeddelelser\/myrernes-svampelandbrug\/\">a study of ant fungus-farming.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><secret url=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/mariepedersen336-290x180.jpg\" text=\"\">Marie Pedersen<\/secret>,\u00a0Department of Public Health,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sund.ku.dk\/nyheder\/2017\/09\/millioner-fra-erc-til-forskning-i-akrylamids-mulige-sundhedsskadelige-virkninger\/\">to study the potential health risks of acrylamide.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><secret url=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/jacobbourjaily250-250x180.jpg\" text=\"\">Jacob Bourjaily<\/secret>, Theoretical Particle Physics and Cosmology, Niels Bohr Institute, to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbi.ku.dk\/english\/namely_names\/2017\/erc-starting-grant-for-jacob-bourjaily\/\">develop methods for analysing the results of particle-physics research.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><secret url=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/hanschristian-290x180.jpg\" text=\"\">Hans Christian Steen Larsen<\/secret>, Centre for Ice and Climate, Niels Bohr Institute, for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bios.edu\/currents\/scientist-at-work-a-conversation-with-hans-christian-steen-larsen\">a study of the isotopic fingerprint of ice cores. <\/a><\/p>\n<p><secret url=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/sebastianmarquardtapril2015140x197-140x180.jpg\" text=\"\">Sebastian Marquardt<\/secret>, adjunct professor, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, to <a href=\"http:\/\/plen.ku.dk\/nyheder\/nyheder-2017\/de-skal-knaekke-koden-for-junk-dna\/\">study the properties of junk DNA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFive ERC Starting Grants is an incredible result. Not only does it reflect the depth of our talent pool, it also shows that it is appreciated in the rest of Europe. 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Researchers spend a lot of time and effort trying to land the grants they need for their projects. For five of the university\u2019s rising academic stars those concerns have been put on hold for the time being after they secured \u20ac1.5 million (DKK 11 million) EU Starting Grants. The five-year grants are awarded by the European Research Council and are aimed at allowing the recipients to focus on promising research.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Five ERC Starting Grants is an incredible result<\/p>\n<p class=\"quotee\">Thomas Bj\u00f8rnholm,\u00a0prorector for research and innovation<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The highly competitive Starting Grants are awarded to early career researchers from around the world and can serve as stepping stones to successful academic careers. A total of <secret text=\"In addition to the five Copenhagen scientists, three researchers from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) were awarded grants.\">eight Danes<\/secret> were awarded grants this year.<\/p>\n<h3>Meet the rearcherse<\/h3>\n<p>De fem forskere, der har f\u00e5et anerkendelse af Det Europ\u00e6iske Forskningsr\u00e5d (ERC) er:<\/p>\n<p>Postdoc <secret url=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/jonathanshik-180x180.png\" text=\"\">Jonathan Z. Shik<\/secret> Postdoc Jonathan Z Shik, Centre for Social Evolution, Department of Biology, for\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www1.bio.ku.dk\/presserum\/pressemeddelelser\/myrernes-svampelandbrug\/\">a study of ant fungus-farming.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><secret url=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/mariepedersen336-290x180.jpg\" text=\"\">Marie Pedersen<\/secret>,\u00a0Department of Public Health,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sund.ku.dk\/nyheder\/2017\/09\/millioner-fra-erc-til-forskning-i-akrylamids-mulige-sundhedsskadelige-virkninger\/\">to study the potential health risks of acrylamide.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><secret url=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/jacobbourjaily250-250x180.jpg\" text=\"\">Jacob Bourjaily<\/secret>, Theoretical Particle Physics and Cosmology, Niels Bohr Institute, to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbi.ku.dk\/english\/namely_names\/2017\/erc-starting-grant-for-jacob-bourjaily\/\">develop methods for analysing the results of particle-physics research.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><secret url=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/hanschristian-290x180.jpg\" text=\"\">Hans Christian Steen Larsen<\/secret>, Centre for Ice and Climate, Niels Bohr Institute, for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bios.edu\/currents\/scientist-at-work-a-conversation-with-hans-christian-steen-larsen\">a study of the isotopic fingerprint of ice cores. <\/a><\/p>\n<p><secret url=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/sebastianmarquardtapril2015140x197-140x180.jpg\" text=\"\">Sebastian Marquardt<\/secret>, adjunct professor, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, to <a href=\"http:\/\/plen.ku.dk\/nyheder\/nyheder-2017\/de-skal-knaekke-koden-for-junk-dna\/\">study the properties of junk DNA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFive ERC Starting Grants is an incredible result. Not only does it reflect the depth of our talent pool, it also shows that it is appreciated in the rest of Europe. This speaks highly of our future,\u201d Thomas Bj\u00f8rnholm, the prorector for research and innovation, told nyheder.ku.dk.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"ArticleEnd"},{"acf_fc_layout":"Banner","img":false,"url":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"OtherStories","headline":"","hand_picked_posts":false,"references":false,"category":false,"theme":false,"number_of_posts":"4","style":"default"}]},"taxonomyData":{"category":[{"term_id":46,"name":"Science","slug":"science","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":46,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":831,"filter":"raw"}],"post_tag":[{"term_id":790,"name":"ERC Grant","slug":"erc-grant-en","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":790,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":3,"filter":"raw"}],"post_format":[],"expression":[{"term_id":15,"name":"News Article","slug":"news_article","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":15,"taxonomy":"expression","description":"","parent":0,"count":11491,"filter":"raw"}],"translation_priority":[]},"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/myrer-1-1280x1133.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55301"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55304,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55301\/revisions\/55304"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}