4 femmes parmi les 24 lauréats israéliens des bourses 2015 du Conseil européen de la recherche (ERC)
[:fr]Quatre femmes, Shira Dvir Gvirsman (Hebrew U., Université de Tel Aviv), Yifat Merbl (Weizmann), Tali Kristal (Université de Haifa) et Reut Shalgi (Technion), se trouvent parmi les 24 lauréats israéliens de la bourse du Conseil européen de la Recherche (ERC). Le Dr Sivan Cohen-Wiesenfeld, membre du comité scientifique d’Israël Science Info, écrit : « L’ERC a récemment publié la liste des lauréats de ses prestigieuses bourses de recherche attribuées à de jeunes chercheurs pour l’année 2015 dans le cadre du programme Horizons 2020. Parmi les 291 bourses allouées, 24 ont été accordées à de jeunes chercheurs israéliens dont 8 de l’Université de Tel-Aviv. Les lauréats de l’Université de Tel-Aviv sont : Shira Dvir-Gvirsman (Sciences sociales ), Assaf Nachmias (Mathématiques), Moshé Parnas (sciences de la vie), Ron Peled (Physique), Nathan Shaked (Ingénierie), Eran, shack (Sciences de la vie), Roy Weinstain (Sciences de la vie) et Yossi Yovel (Zoologie).
L’Université Hébraïque de Jérusalem suit avec 5 bourses, l’institut Weizman et le Technion ont obtenus chacun 4 bourses et les universités de Haïfa, de Bar-Ilan et Ben Gourion du Néguev une chacune. Le Programme Horizon 2020 du Conseil européen de la Recherche (ERC), organe de l’Union européenne pour la recherche et le développement, est le plus grand programme de coopération scientifique et industrielle dans le monde.
Ces bourses peuvent atteindre jusqu’à 1,5 millions d’euros par projet. Israël y participe par l’intermédiaire de la Direction pour la Recherche et le développement Israël-Europe (ISERD), conjointe aux ministères de l’Economie, de la Science, des Finances et des Affaires étrangères, et au comité de la Planification et du Budget du Conseil de l’éducation supérieure. Les bourses pour jeunes chercheurs (jusqu’à 7 ans après le post-doctorat) sont accordées sur des critères d’excellence et pour des projets novateurs, à des candidats venant de toutes les universités d’Europe. Le taux de réussite est d’environ 10% : cette année, 291 projets choisis sur 2920 dossiers déposés. En nombre absolu, Israël arrive à la 5ème place sur 23 pays. A la première place on trouve l’Angleterre et l’Allemagne, avec respectivement 48 et 47 bourses.
20 candidats proviennent des domaines de la Physique, de l’Ingénierie et des Sciences de la vie, et deux des Sciences humaines et sociales. Notons que dans le classement selon le pays d’origine Israël parvient à la 3e place, à égalité avec la France, alors que l’Angleterre, par exemple, tombe à la sixième place. Ceci s’explique par le fait que le classement par pays prend en compte la mobilité des chercheurs qui se trouvent actuellement à l’extérieur de leur pays d’origine. Cette année, tous les candidats israéliens ayant obtenu une bourse de l’ERC sont basés en Israël ».
Dr Sivan Cohen-Wiesenfeld, rédactrice de recherche pour Afauta et l’Université de Tel Aviv[:en]Four women, Shira Dvir Gvirsman (Hebrew U., Tel Aviv University), Yifat Merbl (Weizmann), Tali Kristal (Haifa University) and Reut Shalgi (Technion), are among the 24 israeli laureates of ERC grants. The European Research Council (ERC) has announced the awarding of its Starting Grants to 291 early-career researchers. The funding, worth in total €429 million and up to €1.5 million per grant, will enable them to set up their own research teams and pursue ground-breaking ideas. The grants are awarded under the ‘excellent science’ pillar of Horizon 2020, the EU’s research and innovation programme. On this occasion, Carlos Moedas, European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, said: « We need to keep our most talented researchers in Europe while attracting the new and diverse perspectives of top researchers from elsewhere in the world. These grants ensure many of the world’s most exciting ideas are developed right here: giving researchers and scientists the freedom and security to pursue their careers and ambitions on our continent. »
The President of the ERC, Professor Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, said: « With the granting of two thirds of its support to younger researchers, the ERC has shown its strong commitment to backing up-and-coming talent. The latest funding round adds to the many Starting Grant holders already supported across Europe, allowing them to gain early independence and to go after their most creative ideas without pre-set themes. Europe needs to encourage such creativity and risky, cutting-edge research. This year, the number of grantees based in Central and Eastern Europe doubled. Although still a very low figure, I hope this will be the basis for a sustained positive trend. »
The new grantees will work on a wide range of topics, such as exploring Earth’s past climates, investigating neglected tropical diseases, and studying how diplomacy transforms under the pressure of new media. The funded research covers all disciplines: physical sciences and engineering, life sciences, and social science and humanities. See more examples of funded research.
ERC grants are awarded to researchers of any nationality based in, or willing to move to, Europe. In this competition, grantees of 38 nationalities received the funding. The new ERC projects will be hosted in 23 countries across Europe, with the United Kingdom (48), Germany (47), Netherlands (32) and France (29) as top locations. The number of grantees based in countries covered by the ERC initiative to widen participation, mainly in Central and Eastern Europe, increased compared with the past few years. Malta will host its first ERC grantee. See more statistics of this competition.
These grants will also enable the selected scientists to build their own research teams, engaging an estimated 1,000 postdocs and PhD students as ERC team members. The ERC thereby also contributes to supporting a new generation of top researchers in Europe.
List of all selected researchers by country of host institution (alphabetical order within each country group)
Lists of selected researchers by domain (in alphabetical order): Physical Sciences and Engineering; Life Sciences; Social Sciences and Humanities
ERC Starting Grants are awarded to researchers of any nationality with 2-7 years of experience since completion of PhD (or equivalent degree) and a scientific track record showing great promise. Research must be conducted in a public or private research organisation located in one of the EU Member States or Associated Countries. The funding (maximum €1.5 million per grant) is provided over up to five years. Two thirds of the ERC budget is earmarked for the Starting Grant and Consolidator Grant schemes, and calls for proposals are published once a year.
The European Research Council, set up by the European Union in 2007, is the first European funding organisation for excellent frontier research. Every year, it selects and funds the very best, creative researchers of any nationality and age, to run projects based in Europe. The ERC also strives to attract top researchers from anywhere in the world to come to Europe. To date, the ERC has funded more than 5,000 top researchers at various stages of their careers.
The ERC is led by an independent governing body, the Scientific Council, and, since January 2014, the ERC President is Professor Jean-Pierre Bourguignon. The ERC has a budget of over €13 billion for the years 2014-2020 and is part of the EU research and innovation programme, Horizon 2020, for which European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science Carlos Moedas is responsible.[:]