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!!Milena Žic Fuchs elected first Croatian member of the ERC Scientific Council
![Professor Milena Žic Fuchs|Member/Žic_Fuchs_Milena], member of the [Linguistic Science section|Acad_Main/Sections/Linguistic_studies] of Academia Europaea was elected first Croatian member of the [ERC Scientific Council|https://erc.europa.eu].
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In the past, Prof. Žic Fuchs was involved in other science policy work on the EU level. Among others, she was the chair of the Standing Committee for the Humanities at the European Science Foundation and she was one of the 12 members of the EC high-level group on maximising the impact of EU research and innovation programmes (the Lamy Group). The report of the group will be a possible basis for the EU’s research and innovation funding programme from 2021 to 2026: “Horizon Europe”. 
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Read an [interview|https://erc.europa.eu/news-events/magazine/erc-welcomes-first-croatian-member-scientific-council?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ERC+Magazine%3A+%23LockdownLife+podcasts+%E2%80%93+...&utm_source=Newsletters+YMLP] with Prof. Žic Fuchs in the European Research Council magazine.

!Academia Europaea congratulates Prof. Žic Fuchs to this distinction!
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