ERC 2026 Synergy Grants: 48 projects funded with €500 million, six linked to climate or transition

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The European Research Council (ERC) awarded a total of €500 million in 2026 Synergy Grants to 48 projects, representing 172 researchers, it announced on 12/11/2026. Among them, six are linked to climate or transition.

It includes :
• GIPAD (€10M over six years): explores how reducing global inequalities can be reconciled with deep decarbonisation, through scenarios compatible with planetary boundaries.
• GROUNDSWELL (allocation not specified): Studies how societal tipping points can bring humanity back within a safe operating space.
• ODDITY (€9.7M over six years): uses machine learning to design tailor-made molecules for more efficient solar cells and energy storage.
• RaMPA (€10M): adapts numerical precision to make scientific computing and AI faster and less energy-hungry.

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