ERC Grants
The European Research Council (ERC) promotes frontier research by awarding multi-million grants to outstanding researchers for projects of a pioneering nature.
Since the first call for proposals in 2007, LMU researchers have always been very successful in the ERC’s highly competitive selection process. In the evaluation process the scientific excellence of the applicants and the innovative character of the projects is assessed.
ERC Synergy Grants
ERC Synergy Grants (up to €14 million euros for a max. of six years) are awarded to teams of two to four excellent researchers from all disciplines, whose research projects have a transformative character and are only feasible on the basis of intensive collaboration in (interdisciplinary) research teams.
The following researchers have received ERC Synergy Grants at LMU to date:
- Prof. Dr. Knut Müller-Caspary (2023)
Faculty for Chemistry and Pharmacy - Prof. Dr. Georgi Dvali (2022)
Faculty of Physics - Prof. Dr. Dario Leister (2019) – Corresponding PI
Faculty of Biology - PD Dr. Peter Thirolf (2019)
Faculty of Physics
ERC Advanced Grants
ERC Advanced Grants (up to € 3.5 million euros for a max. of five years) are awarded for innovative projects proposed by outstanding established researchers from all disciplines, whose highly innovative research promises to lead to significant advances in the current state of the art and opens new horizons.
The following researchers have been awarded ERC Advanced Grants at LMU to date:
- Prof. Dr. Christoph Knill (2023)
Faculty of Social Sciences - Prof. Dr. Chiara Franceschini (2022)
Faculty of History and Arts - Prof. Dr. Erwin Frey (2022)
Faculty of Physics - Prof. Dr. Kiran Patel (2022)
Faculty of History and Arts - Prof. Dr. Jeyaprakash Arulanandam (2021)**
Faculty for Chemistry and Pharmacy - Prof. Dr. Klaus Goetz (2021)
Faculty of Social Sciences - Prof. Dr. Jonathan Harrington (2021)
Faculty of Languages and Literatures - Prof. Dr. Ivan Huc (2021)
Faculty for Chemistry and Pharmacy - Prof. Dr. Meike Wagner (2020)**
Faculty of History and Arts - Prof. Dr. Veit Hornung (2020)
Faculty for Chemistry and Pharmacy - Dr. Klaus Dolag (2019)
Faculty of Physics - Prof. Dr. Gregg Mitman (2019)
Faculty of Languages and Literatures - Dr. Silke Robatzek (2019)
Faculty of Biology - Prof. Dr. Donald Bruce Dingwell (2018)
Faculty of Geosciences - Prof. Dr. Karl-Peter Hopfner (2018)
Faculty for Chemistry and Pharmacy - Prof. Dr. Steffen Massberg (2018)
Faculty of Medicine - Prof. Dr. Peter Adamson (2017)
Faculty of Philosophy - Prof. Dr. Dieter Braun (2017)
Faculty of Physics - Prof. Dr. Christoph Knill (2017)
Faculty of Social Sciences - Prof. Dr. Thomas Carell (2016)
Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy - Prof. Dr. Jonathan Harrington (2016)
Faculty of Languages and Literatures - Prof. Dr. Ludger Klein (2016)
Faculty of Medicine - Prof. Dr. Hinrich Schütze (2016)
Faculty of Languages and Literatures - Prof. Dr. Christopher Balme (2015)
Faculty of History and Arts - Prof. Dr. Martin Reincke (2015)
Faculty of Medicine - Prof. Dr. Christian Weber (2015)
Faculty of Medicine - Prof. Dr. Magdalena Götz (2013)
Faculty of Medicine - Prof. Dr. Martin Parniske (2013)
Faculty of Biology - Prof. Dr. Heiner Igel (2013)
Faculty of Geosciences - Prof. Dr. Georgi Dvali (2013)
Faculty of Physics - Prof. Dr. Martin Wallraff (2013) **
Faculty of Protestant Theology - Prof. Dr. Jochen Wolf (2013) **
Faculty of Biology - Prof. Dr. Thomas Bein (2012)
Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy - Prof. Dr. Ronald Cohen (2012) **
Faculty of Geosciences - Prof. Dr. Christian Haass (2012)
Faculty of Medicine - Prof. Dr. Ivan Huc (2012) **
Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy - Prof. Dr. Ulrich Beck (2012)
Faculty of Social Sciences - Prof. Dr. Karl-Peter Hopfner (2012)
Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy - Prof. Dr. Berthold Koletzko (2012)
Faculty of Medicine - Prof. Dr. Dieter Lüst (2012)
Faculty of Physics - Prof. Dr. Peter Becker (2011)
Faculty of Medicine - Prof. Dr. Roland Beckmann (2011)
Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy - Prof. Dr. Hermann Gaub (2011)
Faculty of Physics - Prof. Dr. Jonathan Harrington (2011)
Faculty of Languages and Literatures - Prof. Dr. Christoph Klein (2011) **
Faculty of Medicine - Prof. Dr. Patrick Cramer (2010) *
Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy - Prof. Dr. Jochen Feldmann (2010)
Faculty of Physics - Prof. Dr. Theodor Hänsch (2010)
Faculty of Physics - Prof. Dr. Dirk Trauner (2010) *
Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy - Prof. Dr. Christoph Knill (2009) **
Faculty of Social Sciences - Prof. Dr. Erika von Mutius (2009)
Faculty of Medicine - Prof. Dr. Christoph Bode (2009)
Faculty of Languages and Literatures - Prof. Dr. Donald Bruce Dingwell (2009)
Faculty of Geosciences - Prof. Dr. Adamantios Gafos (2009) *
Faculty of Languages and Literatures - Prof. Dr. Ferenc Krausz (2009)
Faculty of Physics - Prof. Dr. Christian Weber (2009) **
Faculty of Medicine - Prof. Dr. Paul Knochel (2008)
Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy
ERC Consolidator Grants
ERC Consolidator Grants (up to €3 million euros for a max. of five years) are intended to fund innovative projects proposed by outstanding mid-career researchers from all disciplines, whose own independent research group is in the consolidation phase.
The following researchers have been awarded ERC Consolidator Grants at LMU to date:
- Prof. Dr. Til Birnstiel (2023)
Faculty of Physics - Prof. Dr. Benjamin Fingerhut (2023)
Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy - Dr. Steffen Hurka (2023)*
Faculty of Social Sciences - Prof. Dr. Sebastian Kobold (2023)
Faculty of Medicine
Prof. Dr. Korbinian Schneeberger (2023)
Faculty of Biology - Prof. Dr. Julian Stingele (2023)
Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy - Prof. Dr. Heidi Stöckl (2023)
Faculty of Medicine
Prof. Dr. Sahana Udupa (2023)
Faculty for the Study of Culture - Dr. Martin Biersack (2022)*
Faculty of History and the Arts - Prof. Dr. Jasmin Blanchette (2022)**
Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Statistics - Prof. Dr. Olivia Merkel (2022)
Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy - Prof. Allan Milan Peter (2021)**
Faculty of Physics - Prof. Dr. Davide Cantoni (2021)
Faculty of Economics - Prof. Dr. Silvia Cappello (2021)**
Faculty of Medicine - Prof. Dr. Barbara Plank (2021)
Faculty of Languages and Literatures - Prof. Dr. Nicolai Siegel (2021)
Faculty of Medicine - Prof. Dr. Phan Thanh Nam (2021)
Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Statistics - Prof. Dr. Nicole Bolleyer (2020)
Faculty of Social Sciences - Prof. Dr. Ralf Jungmann (2020)
Faculty of Physics - Prof. Dr. Yan Lavallee (2020)
Faculty of Geosciences - Prof. Dr. Jan Lipfert (2020)*
Faculty of Physics - Prof. Dr. Martin Saxer (2020)
Faculty for the Study of Culture - Prof. Dr. Philipp Stockhammer (2020)
Faculty for the Study of Culture - Prof. Dr. Ronny Vollandt (2020)
Faculty for the Study of Culture - Prof. Dr. Julia Budka (2019)
Faculty for the Study of Culture - Prof. Dr. Barbara Stecher (2019)
Faculty of Medicine - Dr. Bahador Bahrami (2018)
Faculty of Psychology and Educational Science - Prof. Dr. David Keays (2018)**
Faculty of Biology - Prof. Dr. Tim Liedl (2018)
Faculty of Physics - Prof. Dr. Alexander Högele (2017)
Faculty of Physics - Prof. Dr. Lode Pollet (2017)
Faculty of Physics - Prof. Dr. Konstantinos Panagiotou (2017)
Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Statistics - Prof. Dr. Katia Parodi (2016)
Faculty of Physics - Prof. Dr. Burcu Dogramaci (2016)
Faculty of History and the Arts - Prof. Dr. Albrecht Schmidt (2015) **
Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Statistics - Dr. Peter Baum (2014)
Faculty of Physics - Prof. Dr. Veit Hornung (2014)
Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy
ERC Starting Grants
ERC Starting Grants (up to €2.5 million euros for a max. of five years) are awarded for innovative projects proposed by outstanding early-career researchers from all disciplines, who wish to set up or expand their own research groups in Europe.
The following researchers have received ERC Starting Grants at LMU to date:
- Prof. Aaron Bufe (2024)
Faculty of Geosciences - Dr. Jan David Hauck (2023)
Faculty of Languages and Literatures - Prof. Anna Schröder (2023)**
Faculty of Biology - Prof. Dr. Claudia Steinwender (2023)
Faculty of Economics - Dr. Rodrigo Villaseñor (2023)
Faculty of Medicine - Dr. Erkan Aydin (2022)**
Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy - Prof. Dr. Florian Gärtner (2022)
Faculty of Medicine - Dr. Sarah Kim-Hellmuth (2022)
Faculty of Medicine - Prof. Dr. Elisa Mantelli (2022)**
Faculty of Geosciences - Prof. Dr. Ilse Sturkenboom (2022)
Faculty of History and the Arts - Dr. Andreas Tittl (2022)
Faculty of Physics - Prof. Dr. Timm Betz (2021)**
Faculty of Social Sciences - Dr. Sebastian Höhna (2021)
Faculty of Geosciences - Prof. Dr. Daniel Merk (2021)
Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy - Dr. Liang Emlyn Yang (2021)
Faculty of Geosciences - Prof. Dr. Lena Burbulla (2020)
Faculty of Medicine - Prof. Dr. Lena Daumann (2020)
Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy - Prof. Dr. Fabian Grusdt (2020)
Faculty of Physics - Dr. Konstantin Stark (2020)
Faculty of Medicine - Dr. Christoph Weber (2020)
Faculty of Physics - Prof. Dr. Steffen Rulands (2020)**
Faculty of Physics - Prof. Dr. Alexander Bartelt (2019)
Faculty of Medicine - Dr. Laurent Frantz (2019)**
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine - Prof. Dr. Alice-Agnes Gabriel (2019)
Faculty of Geosciences - Dr. Alvaro Hacar (2019) *
Faculty of Physics - Dr. Thomas-Christian Jagau (2019) *
Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy - Prof. Dr. Richard Merrill (2019)
Faculty of Biology - Prof. Dr. Pierre-Héli Monot (2019)
Faculty of Languages and Literatures - Prof. Dr. Benedikt Sabass (2019)**
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine - Dr. Friedhelm Serwane (2019)**
Faculty of Physics - Prof. Dr. Berenika Szymanski-Düll (2019)
Faculty of History and the Arts - Wolfgang Tress (2019) *
Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy - Prof. Dr. Arthur Liesz (2018)
Faculty of Medicine - Prof. Dr. Korbinian Schneeberger (2018) **
Faculty of Biology - Prof. Dr. Philipp Schorch (2018)
Faculty for the Study of Culture - Tobias Staudigl (2018)
Faculty of Psychology and Educational Science - Majid Zamani (2018) **
Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Statistics - Dr. Monika Aidelsburger (2018)
Faculty of Physics - Prof. Dr. Emiliano Cortés (2018)
Faculty of Physics - Dr. Lucas Jae (2018)
Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy - Prof. Dr. Inga Katharina Koerte (2018)
Faculty of Medicine - PD Dr. Frank Niklas (2018)
Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences - Dr. Christiane Schwab (2018)
Faculty for the Study of Culture - Prof. Dr. Julian Stingele (2018)
Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy - Dr. Sebastian Kobold (2017)
Faculty of Medicine - Prof. Kai Papenfort (2017)
Faculty of Biology - Prof. Dr. Johannes Stigler (2017)
Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy - Prof. Dr. Alexander Urban (2017)
Faculty of Physics - Prof. Dr. Tim Nicolai Siegel (2016)
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine - Prof. Dr. Til Birnstiel (2016) **
Faculty of Physics - Prof. Dr. Sahana Udupa (2016)
Faculty for the Study of the Culture - Prof. Dr. Davide Cantoni (2016)
Faculty of Economics - Dr. Thomas Magauer (2016) *
Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy - Prof. Dr. Christof Osman (2016)
Faculty of Biology - Prof. Dr. Barbara Schraml (2016)
Faculty of Medicine - Dr. Daniel Braun (2015) *
Faculty of Medicine - Prof. Dr. Chiara Franceschini (2015)
Faculty of History and the Arts - Prof. Dr. Ralf Jungmann (2015)
Faculty of Physics - Prof. Dr. Markus Paulus (2015)
Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences - Prof. Dr. Philipp Stockhammer (2015)
Faculty for the Study of Culture - Prof. Dr. Thorben Cordes (2014)**
Faculty of Biology - Dr. Christoph Scheiermann (2014)
Faculty of Medicine - Dr. Franz Herzog (2014)
Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy - Prof. Dr. Bernadett Weinzierl (2014) *
Faculty of Physics - Dr. Barbara Osimani (2014) *
Faculty of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and the Study of Religion - Dr. Martin Saxer (2014)
Faculty for the Study of Culture - Prof. Dr. Olivia Merkel (2014)
Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy - Prof. Dr. Alexander Fraser (2014)
Faculty of Languages and Literatures - Prof. Dr. Alexander Högele (2013)
Faculty of Physics - Prof. Tim Liedl (2013)
Faculty of Physics - Prof. Dr. Jochen Wolf (2013) **
Faculty of Biology - Prof. Dr. Julia Budka (2012) **
Faculty for the Study of Culture - Prof. Dr. Mario Halic (2012)
Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy - Prof. Dr. Martin Kerschensteiner (2012)
Faculty of Medicine - Prof. Dr. Matthias Kling (2012)
Faculty of Physics - Prof. Dr. Lode Pollet (2012)
Faculty of Physics - Prof. Dr. Achim Hartschuh (2011)
Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy - Dr. Marianne Pouplier (2011)
Faculty of Languages and Literatures - Prof. Dr. Dieter Braun (2010)
Faculty of Physics - Dr. Robert Huber (2010) *
Faculty of Physics - Dr. Michael Cysow (2009) * / **
Faculty of Languages and Literatures - Prof. Dr. Jens Michaelis (2009) *
Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy - PD Dr. David Vöhringer (2009) *
Faculty of Medicine - Dr. Katja Sträßer (2008) *
Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy
ERC Proof of Concept Grants
ERC Proof of Concept Grants provide extra funding for researchers who have already received an ERC Grant. They are intended to permit the recipient to test whether an idea that resulted from the preious ERC-funded project can be translated into a product or service. These awards are thus designed to enable ERC grantees to translate research results into practical applications (funding amount: 150 000 euros, period: 18 months).
The following researchers have already received an ERC Proof of Concept Grant at LMU:
- Prof. Dr. Thomas Carell (2024)
Faculty for Chemistry and Pharmacy - Prof. Dr. Tim Liedl (2023)
Faculty of Physics - Prof. Dr. Emiliano Cortés (2023)
Faculty of Physics - Prof. Dr. Majid Zamani (2023)
Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Statistics - Prof. Dr. Thorben Cordes (2022)
Faculty of Biology - Prof. Dr. Alexander Fraser (2022)*
Faculty of Languages and Literatures - Prof. Dr. Alexander Högele (2022)
Faculty of Physics - Prof. Dr. Sebastian Kobold (2022)
Faculty of Medicine - Prof. Dr. Olivia Merkel (2022)
Faculty for Chemistry and Pharmacy - Prof. Dr. Hinrich Schütze (2022)
Faculty of Languages and Literatures - Prof. Dr. Sahana Udupa (2020)
Faculty for the Study of Culture - Prof. Dr. Alexander Högele (2018)
Faculty of Physics - Prof. Dr. Ralf Jungmann (2017)
Faculty of Physics - Prof. Dr. Jonathan Harrington (2016)
Faculty of Languages and Literatures - Prof. Dr. Martin Wallraff (2016)
Faculty of Protestant Theology
LMU participation as partner in an ERC project
- Dr. Alexander Haumann (2021)
Faculty of Geosciences - Prof. Dr. James Kirby (2020)
Faculty of Languages and Literatures - Prof. Dr. Katia Parodi (2019), AdG
Faculty of Physics - Prof. Dr. Irmela Jeremias (2015), CoG
Faculty of Medicine - Prof. Dr. Barbara Osimani (2014), StG
Faculty of Philosophy - Prof. Dr. Harald Weinfurter (2011). AdG
Faculty of Physics - Prof. Dr. Vigo Heissmeyer (2011), StG
Faculty of Medicine - Prof. Dr. Beate Sodian (2010), AdG
Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences
* Contract signed with LMU as Host Institution, but ERC Grantee has left LMU in the meantime
** ERC Grantee was not yet at LMU when the grant was awarded.