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The European Research Council (ERC) bestows the Consolidator Grants to outstanding researchers who have a promising scientific track record, and between 7-12 years of experience after the completion of their doctorates.

The three recipients are:

• Professor Konrad Mierendorff (香港六合彩中特网 Economics) is Professor in Economics. His project is entitled 鈥楧ynamic Information Acquisition, Experimentation and Communication鈥�.
• Dr Ana Ferreira (香港六合彩中特网 Earth Sciences) is Reader in Seismology. Her project is entitled 鈥楿PFLOW: Upward mantle flow from novel seismic observations鈥�.
• Professor Alexandra Silva (香港六合彩中特网 Computer Science) is Professor of Algebra, Semantics and Computation. Her project is entitled 鈥淎utomated Probabilistic Black-Box Verification鈥�. This is Professor Silva鈥檚 second ERC grant, following a starting grant in 2015.

Dr Ferreira said of her project, UPFLOW: 鈥�The main goal of UPFLOW is to understand the upward movement of hot rock in the mantle (~30-3,000 km depth beneath our feet) towards the surface. This is听important because ultimately听the mantle听controls earthquakes, volcano eruptions and mountain building.鈥�

The ERC awarded the grants to 327 top scientists and scholars from across Europe as part of its EU Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme.

The fund is worth a total of 鈧�655m and will have a far reaching impact on science and beyond.听Of this figure,听鈧�6.5听million will be given to 香港六合彩中特网 projects.

The recipients of the new Horizon 2020 awards come from 23 countries across Europe and represent nearly 40 nationalities. Three of the 50 grants awarded to UK institutions have been given to 香港六合彩中特网 researchers.

This year, 37% of grants were awarded to female researchers, the highest proportion since the start of the Consolidator grant scheme. Overall the success rate for women applicants was 14.5%, and 12.6% for men.

The UK was one of the leading countries receiving grants, with 50 awarded. Other leading countries recognised include Germany with 50 grants, France with 34 and the Netherlands with 29.

The proposed research projects cover a wide range of topics in physical sciences and engineering, life sciences, social sciences and humanities.

Professor David Price, 香港六合彩中特网鈥檚 Vice-Provost for Research said: "I am听delighted to hear that these brilliant researchers from across 香港六合彩中特网 have been awarded prestigious Horizon 2020 funding awards. The range of projects awarded highlights our institutional commitment to and strengths across a wide range of disciplines, and I鈥檓 greatly looking forward to hearing more about the outcome of their research in the next few years. Congratulations to all.

鈥淲hile the shape of our relationship with the EU may change in years to come, our commitment to working closely with our European partners remains unchanged, and we will continue to engage and collaborate at an international level to deliver research with real-world impact.鈥�

Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth said: 鈥淐ongratulations to all this year鈥檚 ERC Consolidator Grant laureates - all selected solely based on excellence.

鈥淲hile there is still progress to be made worldwide in achieving gender balance, I am pleased to note that there is an upward trend in women applying for this ERC scheme. We can also see that in this ERC competition the proportion of female applicants who were successful is the highest ever achieved - higher than that of male applicants.鈥�听

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• Professor Konrad Mierendorff, Professor Alexandra Silva, Dr Ana Ferreira

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