Professor Patrícia Gonçalves, from the Department of Mathematics at Instituto Superior Técnico, received an ERC grant to develop her work on hydrodynamic limits and equilibrium fluctuations.

ERC Starting Grants are designed to encourage young researchers to form teamwork and develop innovative work.
ERC Starting Grants are designed to encourage young researchers to start their own independent research team or programme. According to Carlos Moedas, European commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, “Through these grants, the EU attracts young research talent and keeps it in Europe”. “With the EU backing these grantees will be able to pursue their best ideas, but also create quality jobs for more research staff who wish to work on the frontiers of science. Ultimately they will contribute to creating the most valuable resource Europe has: human capital.”

Besides Patrícia Gonçalves only five other Portuguese researchers, working in fields as wide as Computational Design, History and Political Sciences received ERC grants. The press release of the European Research Council can be found here.