SISSA: €1.2 million ERC Grant for physicist Gabriel Cuomo to explore new frontiers of physics

Gabriel Francisco Cuomo, a physicist at SISSA, has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant worth €1.2 million for his theoretical physics project, Extended Probes in Quantum Field Theory: from Impurities to Confining Strings.

The announcement was made today by the European Research Council (ERC), the European organisation that awards one of the most prestigious funding schemes supporting research excellence. Starting Grants are aimed at emerging researchers with up to 10 years of experience since obtaining their PhD. As stated in this year’s announcement of the winners: “The grants will help researchers develop ambitious ideas, build their own teams and establish their independence at a pivotal stage in their careers.” The competition for the funding is extremely strong: this year, only 8.8% of the 4,807 proposals submitted were funded.