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Funding totalling £12.

9 million has been awarded to researchers at ÂÒÂ×Ðã by the European Research Council (ERC) under the Advanced Grants programme, which supports research leaders to develop ground-breaking projects and support pioneering research with far-reaching impact.

The scheme targets established research leaders with a track record of significant research impact, to enable them to develop high-risk or unconventional projects that open up new research frontiers.

A total of eight applications were awarded a total of £12.9m under this year's call for funding, a substantial increase on the £9m awarded in 2011, bringing the total value of ERC funding allocated to ÂÒÂ×Ðã to €116.6 million. There are currently 71 ERC funded projects taking place at ÂÒÂ×Ðã, including 29 Advanced Grants.

Professor David Price, ÂÒÂ×Ðã Vice-Provost (Research) said: "These awards recognise the exceptionally high calibre of research and leadership taking place at ÂÒÂ×Ðã, and will support the long-term growth of projects with cross-cutting impact. Developing research that challenges our understanding of the world around us and transcends disciplinary boundaries is a crucial part of ÂÒÂ×Ðã's research strategy, and I would like to congratulate the successful applicants on their extraordinary achievement. "

The successful applicants are:

Professor Sacha Stern (ÂÒÂ×Ðã Hebrew & Jewish studies) "Calendars in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages: Standardization and fixation"

Professor Ron Cohen (ÂÒÂ×Ðã Earth Sciences) "Theory of Mantle, Core and Technological Materials"

Professor Christian Dustmann (ÂÒÂ×Ðã Economics) "The Dynamics of Migration and Economic Adjustment"

Professor Dmitri Ruskarov (ÂÒÂ×Ðã Institute of Neurology) "Signal Formation in Synaptic Circuits with Astroglia"

Professor Max Telford (ÂÒÂ×Ðã Genetics, Evolution & Environment) "The evolution of simplicity: comparative morphology, embryology and genomics of Xenacoelomorpha, the fourth phylum of deuterostome"

Professor Robin Ali (ÂÒÂ×Ðã Institute of Opthalmology) "Generation of stem cell derived photoreceptors for the treatment and modelling of retinal degeneration"

Professor Dorian Fuller (ÂÒÂ×Ðã Institute of Archaelogy) "Comparative Pathways to Agriculture: the archaeobotany of parallel and divergent plant domestications across world regions"

Professor Patrick Haggard (ÂÒÂ×Ðã Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience) "Human Volition, Agency and Responsibility"

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