ERC awards EUR 705 million in Starting Grants, draws researchers from US and Canada
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.
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