In the most recent round of calls for Consolidator Grants of the European Research Council, the Max Planck Society achieved an outstanding result with 10 grants. In the Europe-wide comparison, the French Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) once again took first place with 18 grants acquired, followed by the Max Planck Society in seconod place with ten grants. The University of Cambridge is in third place with eight grants. The Helmholtz Association, the Leibniz Association, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Weizmann Institute of Science came fourth with six grants each. Of a total of 2222 applications submitted, 321 were approved across Europe, 112 of them for female scientists. The overall success rate was 14.4 percent. In comparison, Max Planck was extremely successful with a success rate of 30.3 percent.
2022 were announced Multi-million euro grants from Brussels