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# ERC awards EUR 705 million in Starting Grants, draws researchers from US and Canada
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-09-03-erc-705-million-starting-grants/
- Published: 2026-09-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-04T03:46:51.000Z
- Description: The European Research Council awarded EUR 705 million in Starting Grants to 421 early-career researchers under its 2026 call. Twenty-one, mostly from the United States, are relocating to Europe under the Choose Europe scheme, which offers up to EUR 2 million extra for relocation costs.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Industry, investment and R&D, #news, #verified

Verified [European Research Council press release, 3 September 2026](https://erc.europa.eu/news-events/news/erc-2026-starting-grants-results?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not establish that the relocating researchers will remain in Europe long-term or that this cohort's brain gain extends beyond these 21 grantees.

**How this item counts.** No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0\. 21 researchers relocating changes no ownership/operation/law/parts answer. [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/)