ICTP Senior Research Scientist Paolo Creminelli has been awarded a prestigious European Research Council Advanced Grant to explore the theory underlying some of the most complex systems in the universe, from black holes to the early phase of the universe’s expansion, the so-called inflation.
ERC Grants are prestigious and competitive funding schemes supporting frontier research. Although ICTP became eligible only in 2021, six ICTP researchers have already been awarded ERC Grants. ERC Advanced Grants give senior researchers the opportunity to pursue ambitious, curiosity-driven projects that could lead to major scientific breakthroughs; only 10% of all proposals are selected for the grants.
