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Funding totalling £12.

9 million has been awarded to researchers at ×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳ by the European Research Council (ERC) under the Advanced Grants programme, which supports research leaders to develop ground-breaking projects and support pioneering research with far-reaching impact.

The scheme targets established research leaders with a track record of significant research impact, to enable them to develop high-risk or unconventional projects that open up new research frontiers.

A total of eight applications were awarded a total of £12.9m under this year's call for funding, a substantial increase on the £9m awarded in 2011, bringing the total value of ERC funding allocated to ×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳ to €116.6 million. There are currently 71 ERC funded projects taking place at ×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳, including 29 Advanced Grants.

Professor David Price, ×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳ Vice-Provost (Research) said: "These awards recognise the exceptionally high calibre of research and leadership taking place at ×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳, and will support the long-term growth of projects with cross-cutting impact. Developing research that challenges our understanding of the world around us and transcends disciplinary boundaries is a crucial part of ×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳'s research strategy, and I would like to congratulate the successful applicants on their extraordinary achievement. "

The successful applicants are:

Professor Sacha Stern (×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳ Hebrew & Jewish studies) "Calendars in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages: Standardization and fixation"

Professor Ron Cohen (×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳ Earth Sciences) "Theory of Mantle, Core and Technological Materials"

Professor Christian Dustmann (×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳ Economics) "The Dynamics of Migration and Economic Adjustment"

Professor Dmitri Ruskarov (×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳ Institute of Neurology) "Signal Formation in Synaptic Circuits with Astroglia"

Professor Max Telford (×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳ Genetics, Evolution & Environment) "The evolution of simplicity: comparative morphology, embryology and genomics of Xenacoelomorpha, the fourth phylum of deuterostome"

Professor Robin Ali (×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳ Institute of Opthalmology) "Generation of stem cell derived photoreceptors for the treatment and modelling of retinal degeneration"

Professor Dorian Fuller (×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳ Institute of Archaelogy) "Comparative Pathways to Agriculture: the archaeobotany of parallel and divergent plant domestications across world regions"

Professor Patrick Haggard (×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳ Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience) "Human Volition, Agency and Responsibility"

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