Press Release No. 3
Berlin
European Research Council Consolidator Grant Awarded to the Biochemist and Protein Crystallographer Professor Oliver Daumke
Biochemist and protein crystallographer Professor Oliver Daumke of the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch and Freie Universität (FU) Berlin has been awarded one of the highly sought-after European Research Council (ERC) grants. During the next five years he will receive funding through a Consolidator Grant endowed with 2 million euros, the ERC in Brussels announced. These grants are awarded to researchers in the physical, engineering and life sciences, humanities and social sciences with over seven and up to 12 years of experience since completion of the PhD degree. For 2014, 312 top researchers have been awarded a prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant out of a total of 3 600 applicants.