Prof. George Meyiri Bob-Milliar of the Department of History and Political Studies at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has been named as one of the principal investigators in a major European Research Council (ERC) Synergy Grant, joining a global team of scientists selected to tackle some of the world’s most complex scientific challenges.

The ERC Synergy Grant, awarded under the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme, supports collaborative research teams bringing together leading experts from different disciplines and countries.

This year, 66 international research teams comprising 239 researchers will share €684 million to pursue frontier science projects ranging from fundamental physics and biosciences to climate and social systems research.

About the ERC

The ERC, set up by the European Union in 2007, is the premier European funding organisation for excellent frontier research. It funds creative researchers of any nationality and age, to run projects based across Europe. The ERC offers four core grant schemes: Starting Grants, Consolidator Grants, Advanced Grants and Synergy Grants. With its additional Proof of Concept Grant scheme, the ERC helps grantees to bridge the gap between their pioneering research and early phases of its commercialisation. The ERC is led by an independent governing body, the Scientific Council. Since November 2021, Maria Leptin is the President of the ERC. The overall ERC budget from 2021 to 2027 is more than €16 billion, as part of the Horizon Europe programme, under the responsibility of European Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation, Ekaterina Zaharieva.