ERC

Fabio Marques dos Santos
Research Programme Officer
European Research Council Executive Agency

Title: European Research Council (ERC): insight into projects and funding opportunities

Abstract: The mission of the ERC is to encourage high quality research in Europe through competitive funding and to support investigator-driven frontier research across all fields, based on scientific excellence. This presentation will include an overview of funding opportunities at the ERC, which is open to researchers from any nationality and at any career stage. Insights will be provided into the evaluation and selection process, focusing on details of particular interest for the Industrial Electronics Society community, presenting also examples of projects in relevant areas.

Biography: Dr. Ir. Fabio Marques dos Santos is Research Programme Officer at the European Research Council Executive Agency, in charge of the coordination of the PE7 panel on Systems and Communication Engineering, which covers, among others, the areas of electrical engineering, power electronics, robotics, mechatronics, control, sensors, energy production. on achieving significant advancements in photonics, micro- nanoelectronics, robotics and communication necessary to enable the development of sophisticated products and services that fulfil in a sustainable way today’s societal needs. His experience includes several years of research at Siemens Industry Software and research assessment at the European Commission Joint Research Centre.