The European Research Council has announced a total of €653 million worth of funding, that will benefit 269 senior researchers and their teams across Europe as well as creating an estimated 2,000 postdocs, PhD students and other staff positions. The research projects are vastly diverse, and in the words of Carlos Moedas, European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, ‘’ground-breaking’’ and ‘’high-risk’’. You can browse some examples of planned research projects here.