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    ERC starting grants 2026 9 September 2026

    Six ERC Starting Grants for Ghent University in an increasingly competitive funding landscape

    Six researchers have been awarded a prestigious ERC Starting Grant, reaffirming the university's strong position in European research. Despite the European success rate falling further to 8.8%, Ghent University achieved a success rate of almost 20%.

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    2 October 2026 The Nucleus opens: Ghent University and industry join forces to make medicines more sustainably
    22 September 2026 Ghent University coordinates unique research project on alternatives to PFAS in the medical and pharmaceutical sectors
    2 September 2026 Hanna Liubakova awarded the 2026 Amnesty International Chair
    27 August 2026 Ghent University researchers develop an ultrafast component that both detects and emits SWIR light
    25 June 2026 Climate change is threatening the nutritional value of our food
    7 May 2026 These study locations are available from 4 May 2026
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    Events

    • Oct 22

      Lecture 'Comparative genomics of Lactic Acid Bacteria: lessons for macro- and micro-evolution'

      Auditorium 8, campus Ledeganck, K.l. Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000 Ghent

    • Oct 26

      Symposium 'China Partners Academic Forum - Sedimentary processes in the deep ocean'

      Livestream

    • Oct 29

      Symposium 'China Partners Academic Forum - Nutrition and Health'

      Livestream

    • Dec 15

      Symposium '4th Belgian Research Software Engineering Day'

      FSVM I VIB-UGent, Technologiepark-Zwijnaarde 71, 9052 Ghent

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    PhD defenses

    • Oct 21

      Kick-starting a cold atoms lab - creating and probing Bose-Einstein condensates in flexible traps

      Tanghe, Clara

    • Oct 22

      Reading the (sub)surface: a geomorphological, stratigraphic and sedimentological investigation of the Axial Channel (southern North Sea)

      Vervoort, Morgan

    • Oct 22

      Extreme Precipitation in High-Resolution Physics-Based and Data-Driven Models: Balancing Cost and Realism

      Dewettinck, Wout

    • Oct 23

      Study on Maize Drought Responses: Integrating Leaf Growth Dynamics and Single-cell RNA Sequencing

      Shuai, Yang

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