Five UCL academics awarded European Research Council funding

European Commission - UCL researchers have received the most EU funding of any UK institution, alongside the University of Cambridge, with five academics being awarded with prestigious Consolidator Grants to support projects in areas such as memory function, robotics and sustainability. There were 313 winners of the European Research Council's latest round of Consolidator Grants, which had a funding total of €632 million (£530,000). Part of the EU's Horizon Europe programme, the money will support mid-career researchers to help tackle major questions across all scientific disciplines. The new round of grants will also create an estimated 1,900 jobs for postdoctoral fellows, PhD students and other staff at 189 host institutions. The five recipients are : Dr Maja Fowkes (UCL Institute of Advanced Studies) : Dr Fowkes is an art historian, curator and co-director of the Post-Socialist Art Centre (PACT) at the Institute of Advanced Studies, UCL. She has been awarded funding for her research into the Socialist Anthropocene in the Visual Arts. Professor Tamar Makin (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences) : Professor Makin is a neuroscientist at UCL's Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, and is the head of the Plasticity Lab.