Researcher João Mano awarded ERC Advanced Grant

Yesterday, March 31, theEuropean ResearchCouncil (ERC) announced the results of the Advanced Grant awards. Among the 185 Studentships by the ERC for this category, one of the winners was Portuguese scientist João Mano, from the University of Aveiro, with a Studentship €2.5 million to work on bone tissue regeneration.

João Mano, professor in the Department of Chemistry and researcher at CICECO – Aveiro Institute of Materials, will use this Studentship the project “REBORN: Full human-based multi-scale constructs with jammed regenerative pockets for bone engineering” over the next five years. The researcher's goal is to develop work in the field of human tissue bioengineering and advanced biomaterials, namely in the creation of strategies for bone tissue regeneration, which is very relevant in cases of massive bone loss or extensive fractures.

João Mano was the only Portuguese researcher, or researcher working in Portugal, to receive this type of Studentship edition of Call, this being the second time he has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant. The first time was in 2015 with the project “ATLAS – Bioengineered autonomous cell-biomaterials devices for generating humanized microtissues for regenerative medicine.”

In this Call, the ERC received 1,881 applications, of which 185 were selected. These projects represent a total investment of €450 million in scientific research in Europe.

The European Research Council (ERC) was established by the European Union in 2007 and is Europe's premier funding organization for excellent research. Each year, it selects and funds the best researchers, of any nationality and age, to carry out projects based in Europe. It offers four main Studentships programs: Starting, Consolidator, Advanced, and Synergy Grants. To date, the ERC has funded more than 9,000 top researchers at various stages of their careers, and more than 50,000 postdoctoral researchers, doctoral students, and other members working in their research teams.

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Source: news from the University of Aveiro