European Research Council
From Bilat-Wiki
The European Research Council (ERC), which is financed via the EU’s “Horizon 2020” programme, promotes basic research in cutting-edge areas of knowledge. Its project funding criteria emphasize the scientific excellence of the persons involved and of the relevant project ideas. The ERC does not prescribe research topics; it applies a “bottom-up” approach. With this approach, the ERC seeks to enable scientists to pursue approaches of their own that are thematically unrestricted and completely new.
No corresponding US term.
