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• ERC Consolidator Grants for Leiden researchers News - 17 March 2022

  Five Leiden researchers have been awarded a Consolidator Grant by the European Research Council (ERC). This grant of up to two million euros will enable them to continue and expand their scientific research.

• ERC Starting Grants for seven Leiden researchers News - 5 September 2023

  Seven researchers from Leiden University have been awarded an ERC Starting Grant. This will enable them to start their own project, build their research team and put their best ideas into action.

• ERC Consolidator Grants for six Leiden researchers News - 31 January 2023

  From the effects of hormone fluctuations in women via the interior structure of giant planets to the prehistory of the languages: six Leiden researchers have been awarded a Consolidator Grant by the European Research Council.

• Three Leiden researchers awarded an ERC Starting Grant News - 2 September 2025

  Three researchers from Leiden University have been awarded a Starting Grant by the European Research Council. The subsidy will allow the researchers to set up their own projects and put together a research team.

• Four Leiden researchers receive ERC Advanced Grant News - 17 June 2025

  From social inequalities in prehistory to placebo effects in medical treatments. Four researchers from Leiden University have been awarded a prestigious ERC Advanced Grant worth EUR 2.5 million to develop their research.

• Six Leiden researchers receive ERC Starting Grant News - 22 November 2022

  Six researchers from Leiden University have received an ERC starting grant. This grant of on average 1.5m euros will enable the researchers to launch their own project, form their own research team and develop their best ideas.

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  Michel Orrit Professor emeritus of Spectroscopy of molecules in condensed matter

  Faculty of Science

  orrit@physics.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Dirk Bouwmeester Professor of Quantum optics and quantum information

  Faculty of Science

  bouwmeester@physics.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5892

• Questions about the ERC Advanced Grant? Join the information session on 30 March Announcement - 27 February 2023

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• Investigating the Europe-wide connections of early medieval commoners with an ERC Synergy Grant News - 6 November 2025

  A large research group involving Leiden University as corresponding Host Institution has been awarded a major European grant, the ERC Synergy Grant. This for research on how Europe developed after the fall of the Roman Empire with special attention to the yet underexplored but undoubtedly important…

• Looking for the earliest European home with an ERC Consolidator Grant News - 14 February 2024

  During the Late Pleistocene, Europe was a cold and unforgiving place to live. Even so, groups of early modern humans roamed around, just like their Neanderthal counterparts. It is unclear what kind of dwellings these people inhabited to shelter them against the elements, especially in regions without…

• Archaeologist Martin Berger explores Latin American collections with an ERC grant News - 4 September 2023

  All over Europe you will find ethnographic museums with large collections of indigenous objects from Latin America. These collections shaped the image of native populations in the European mind. An ERC Starting Grant allows Dr Martin Berger to look at the bigger picture, contextualizing individual collections…

• ERC grant for Nathalie Brusgaard's investigation into complex relationship early farmers and wild animals News - 3 September 2025

  The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded a prestigious Starting Grant to Leiden archaeologist Dr Nathalie Brusgaard. With this €1.5 million grant, Brusgaard will investigate how the transition to farming in Western Europe affected the relationship between humans and wild animals. A theme that,…

• Bleda Düring investigates social inequality in Cyprus with ERC Advanced Grant News - 17 June 2025

  Archaeologist Prof Bleda Düring has been awarded a prestigious ERC Advanced Grant for his research on the emergence of social inequalities in the transition from the Copper Age to the Bronze Age in Cyprus. Using excavations, isotope analysis and cultural interpretations, he investigates how and why…

• ERC Starting and Consolidator Grants Briefing Event - 21 September 2023

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  Tom van der Reep Researcher

  Faculty of Science

  reep@physics.leidenuniv.nl | +31 000 5896

• ERC Advanced Grant session Event - 30 March 2023

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  Huub Rottgering Professor of Observational cosmology

  Faculty of Science

  rottgering@strw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5851

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  Bernhard Brandl Professor of Infrared astronomy

  Faculty of Science

  brandl@strw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5830

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  Your funding needs might change as you advance through your career. Below we detail the opportunities available for every career stage.

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  Bas Hensen Assistant professor

  Faculty of Science

  hensen@physics.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1889

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  Milan Allan Associate professor

  Faculty of Science

  allan@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275819

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  Stefano Polla Postdoc

  Faculty of Science

  polla@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5526

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  Yudai Sato Postdoc / Guest

  Faculty of Science

  sato@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  JINYU ZHANG CSC PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  zhang@physics.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Zhiyuan Cheng PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  cheng@physics.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Owidiusz Makuta Postdoc

  Faculty of Science

  makuta@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Thomas Steenbergen Phd candidate

  Faculty of Science

  steenbergen@physics.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5926

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  Albert Gasull Celades Postdoc

  Faculty of Science

  gasullcelades@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Maria Luisa Mattana Postdoc

  Faculty of Science

  mattana@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276565

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  Saqib Ahmad Education/research assistant

  Faculty of Science

  ahmad@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275896

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  Jurriaan Langendorff PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  langendorff@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276464

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  Junxiang Yao Guest researcher

  Faculty of Science

  yao@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Kshiti Sneh Rai PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  sneh@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5528

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  Vitalii Fedosieiev Researcher

  Faculty of Science

  fedosieiev@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278405

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  Dennis Uitenbroek PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  uitenbroek@physics.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6464

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  Aletta Meinsma Guest

  Faculty of Science

  meinsma@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Resi Aarts PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  raarts@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275926

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  Patrick Emonts Guest researcher

  Faculty of Science

  emonts@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Kirsten Kanneworff Guest - PhD

  Faculty of Science

  kanneworff@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Mengyao Hu PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  mengyao@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275504

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  Sense Jan van der Molen Scientific Director / professor of Physics of condensed matter

  Faculty of Science

  wd-lion@physics.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5708

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  Jordi Tura Brugués Associate professor

  Faculty of Science

  tura@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Michiel de Dood Associate professor / Head of BSc Physics

  Faculty of Science

  dood@physics.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5929

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  Edison Salazar Quezada Guest postdoc

  Faculty of Science

  salazar@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Vadim Cheianov Associate professor

  Faculty of Science

  cheianov@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5935

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  Jacopo Piantanida Chiesa PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  piantanida@physics.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727