Vítor Cardoso is awarded ERC Advanced Grant

Vítor Cardoso, professor of Physics at the Niels Bohr Institute and at CENTRA in Técnico-Lisbon, and a strong member, receives a research grant from the European Research Council (ERC) to lead science on black holes and fundamental physics.

Gravitas is the name of the project that aims to explore and discover the potential of black holes and that will bring together researchers of excellence, evaluated by a renowned external panel. The result of another innovative proposal receives, for the third time, funding from the European Research Council (ERC), which will allow him to develop a multidisciplinary work dynamic ready to challenge the understanding of gravity.

In this edition of the ERC Advanced Grants 2021, a total of 1.735 proposals were presented divided into three categories: Physical Sciences and Engineering, Social and Human Sciences and Life Sciences, distributed by 21 countries and 28 nationalities. 253 proposals from renowned researchers across Europe have been selected.