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| The other 97.8%: why is the Nature Publishing Group uncritically hyping the ERC? |
| In April Nature Genetics poured heaps of praise on a granting body that that awards grants only to 2.2% of all applicants. Let's recap: In 2007, there were about 9200 young scientists in Europe anxiously waiting for an o...[more] |
| ERC starting grant Nature Nature Genetics science politics science funding |
| Posted on Tuesday 12 August 2008 - 19:18:10 |
| High-Gain/High-Risk: can the ERC walk the talk? |
| In the 2009 call for their starting grants, the ERC announced that they would be funding innovative 'Frontier' research with higher-than-normal risk of not meting the proposed objectives: ...[more] |
| ERC starting grant rejection application |
| Posted on Tuesday 20 April 2010 - 15:45:14 |
| Everybody agrees: this is a great project - but still no funding |
| For almost two years now I've been trying to find out if insects have a default-mode network. Last year, I applied to the European Research Council, asking for the money for a microscope and some research staff. The revi...[more] |
| ERC starting grant rejection application |
| Posted on Thursday 07 April 2011 - 08:57:30 |