ERC Grants at Pader­born Uni­ver­sity

The European Research Council (ERC) funds excellent frontier research throughout Europe. Its grants support scientists in realising innovative and high-risk ideas.

ERC grants are among the most important awards in science and create scope for visionary projects with great potential for social and technological impact. Paderborn University is proud of its researchers who contribute to the University's international visibility and innovative strength with ERC grants.

SPICEScalable Photon-Number-Resolving Integrated Cryogenic Electronics
ERC Proof of Concept Grant		Prof Dr Tim Bartley
KoOpeRaDEKoopman-Operator-based Reinforcement Learning Control of Partial Differential Equations
ERC Starting Grant		Junior Prof. Dr. Sebastian Peitz (at TU Dortmund University since 01 October 2024)
SOSASelf-Optimising Static Program Analysis
ERC Advanced Grant
Duration 2024-2029		Prof. Dr Eric Bodden
CultCryoThe Cultures of the Cryosphere
ERC Synergy Grant
Duration 2024-2030		Prof Dr Suzana Alpsancar
QuESADILLAQuantum Engineering of Superconducting Array Detectors In Low-Light Applications
ERC Starting Grant
Duration 2022-2028		Prof. Dr Tim Bartley
LiNQsLithium Niobate Quantum Systems
ERC Starting Grant
Duration 2022-2027		Prof. Dr Klaus J?ns
REWOCRYPTTheoretically-Sound Real-World Cryptography
ERC Starting Grant
Duration 2019-2024		Prof Dr Tibor Jager (Former)
GreenOnWaterCatUnravelling the Nature of Green Organic "On-Water" Catalysis via Novel Quantum Chemical Methods
ERC Starting Grant
Duration 2017-2021		Prof Dr Thomas Kühne (Former)
QuPoPCoRNQuantum Particles on Programmable Complex Reconfigurable Networks
ERC Consolidator Grant
Duration 2017-2023		Prof. Dr Christine Silberhorn
NONLINMATFunctional extreme nonlinear nanomaterials
ERC Consolidator Grant
Duration 2017-2022		Prof Dr Thomas Zentgraf
HARGHarmonic analysis on reductive groups
ERC Advanced Grant 
Duration 2011-2016 (taken over by Leibniz Universit?t Hannover in 2013)		Prof. Dr Bernhard Kr?tz

News

Photo (University of Paderborn, Besim Mazhiqi): Prof Dr Tim Bartley has been awarded an "ERC Proof of Concept Grant".

ERC Proof of Concept Grant: QuESA­D­ILLA - Quantum En­gin­eer­ing Su­per­con­duct­ing Ar­ray De­tect­ors in Low-Light Ap­plic­a­tions

Prof. Dr. Tim Bartley, physicist at the University of Paderborn, has once again been awarded a prestigious European grant. The Proof of Concept Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) will support the scientist in applying his previous research findings in the field of quantum optics.

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Photo (University of Paderborn): Prof. Dr. Eric Bodden was awarded an ERC grant for his research on secure software systems.

ERC Ad­vanced Grant: Self-Op­tim­iz­ing Stat­ic Pro­gram Ana­lys­is

Millions in EU funding for secure software systems. Professor Eric Bodden, a computer scientist at Paderborn University and director of the Fraunhofer IEM, has been awarded the ‘ERC Advanced Grant’ of 2.5 million euros by the European Research Council for his research into secure software systems.

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Photo (University of Paderborn, Heinz Nixdorf Institute): Assistant Professor Dr. Suzana Alpsancar receives an ERC Synergy Grant for her research.

ERC Syn­ergy Grant: CultCryo - The Cul­tures of the Cryo­sphere

For its research on global artificial cooling and its cultural conditions and effects, a team of researchers, in which the Paderborn University is also involved, has received a "Synergy Grant" of around 9.9 million euros from the European Research Council (ERC).

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Photo (University of Paderborn): Prof. Dr. Klaus J?ns receives an ERC Starting Grant for his research.

ERC Start­ing Grant: LiN­Qs - lith­i­um niobate quantum sys­tems

Paderborn University physicist Professor Klaus J?ns has been awarded an ‘ERC Starting Grant’ from the European Research Council (ERC) – one of the most prestigious awards in the field of science in Europe.

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