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# ERC awards EUR 838 million in Advanced Grants to 319 researchers
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-06-23-erc-advanced-grants-838-million/
- Published: 2026-06-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-23T12:00:49.000Z
- Description: The European Research Council awarded EUR 838 million in Advanced Grants to 319 senior researchers across Europe, including thirteen recruited from outside Europe under its Choose Europe scheme, nine of them from the United States.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Industry, investment and R&D, #news, #verified, #editor-read

Verified Editor-read [European Research Council press release, "ERC Advanced Grants: Nearly EUR 840 million to support Europe's leading researchers", 23 June 2026](https://erc.europa.eu/news-events/news/erc-2025-advanced-grants-results?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** This does not show what share of the funding goes to digital, AI or chip related research rather than other scientific fields.

**How this item counts.** No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0\. EUR838m research grants awarded; share for digital/AI/chip work not established. [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/)

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-09-23\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)