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!!News from the [European Research Council|https://erc.europa.eu]

__ERC Update – Coronavirus research, Advanced Grants results, new stories
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!ERC News

*The 185 winners of the annual [ERC Advanced Grants competition|https://erc.europa.eu/news/erc-2019-advanced-grants-results?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ERC+Update+%E2%80%93+Coronavirus+research%2C+...&utm_source=Newsletters+YMLP] were announced. Read more about some of the [research|https://erc.europa.eu/news-events/magazine/erc-2019-advanced-grants-examples?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ERC+Update+%E2%80%93+Coronavirus+research%2C+...&utm_source=Newsletters+YMLP] funded in this call.
*[Coronavirus – Business continuity measures at the ERC|https://erc.europa.eu/news/coronavirus-business-continuity-measures-erc?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ERC+Update+%E2%80%93+Coronavirus+research%2C+...&utm_source=Newsletters+YMLP]
*Newly updated with information on the possibility to redirect ongoing grants and a request to current grantees to inform the ERC on research results relevant for COVID-19.

!Coronavirus research

*[AI app collects the sounds of COVID-19 to develop algorithms for disease detection|https://erc.europa.eu/news/ai-app-part-funded-eu-collects-sounds-covid-19?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ERC+Update+%E2%80%93+Coronavirus+research%2C+...&utm_source=Newsletters+YMLP]
*[Frontier research at the service of the coronavirus epidemic response|https://erc.europa.eu/news-events/magazine/frontier-research-service-coronavirus-epidemic-response?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ERC+Update+%E2%80%93+Coronavirus+research%2C+...&utm_source=Newsletters+YMLP]
*[Interview – Coronavirus: What’s beyond the science frontier|https://erc.europa.eu/news-events/magazine/coronavirus-what-s-beyond-science-frontier?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ERC+Update+%E2%80%93+Coronavirus+research%2C+...&utm_source=Newsletters+YMLP]
*[List of ERC-funded research projects related to coronavirus|https://erc.europa.eu/list-erc-funded-research-projects-related-coronavirus?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ERC+Update+%E2%80%93+Coronavirus+research%2C+...&utm_source=Newsletters+YMLP]

!ERC Stories

*[A repairable brain: Cell reprogramming to halt neurodegenerative disease|https://erc.europa.eu/projects-figures/stories/repairable-brain-cell-reprogramming-halt-neurodegenerative-disease?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ERC+Update+%E2%80%93+Coronavirus+research%2C+...&utm_source=Newsletters+YMLP]
*[Paving the way to a healthier old age|https://erc.europa.eu/projects-figures/stories/paving-way-healthier-old-age?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ERC+Update+%E2%80%93+Coronavirus+research%2C+...&utm_source=Newsletters+YMLP]
*[Studies of cardiovascular disease in women could lead to improvements in treatment|https://erc.europa.eu/projects-figures/stories/studies-cardiovascular-disease-women-could-lead-improvements-treatment?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ERC+Update+%E2%80%93+Coronavirus+research%2C+...&utm_source=Newsletters+YMLP]

!Open calls

*[Proof of Concept 2020|https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/erc-2020-poc;freeTextSearchKeyword=ERC-2020-PoC;typeCodes=0,1;statusCodes=31094501,31094502,31094503;programCode=null;programDivisionCode=null;focusAreaCode=null;crossCuttingPriorityCode=null;callCode=Default;sortQuery=openingDate;orderBy=asc;onlyTenders=false;topicListKey=topicSearchTablePageState] - NEW DEADLINE __7 May 2020__ (Extension due to the COVID-19 crisis) | __Last deadline 17 Sep 2020__