ERC Support for novel ways to highlight the work funded by the ERC and reach out a wider public.

The ERC wishes to support an ambitious series of communication actions to promote and raise awareness of ERC-funded projects and results across Europe to as wide an audience as possible, including: scientists, students, media, policy-makers, the business community and the general public.

The actions will go beyond traditional scientific conferences and take a novel and creative approach with the following characteristics:

-         spreading new ideas in science;

-         reaching a very wide public of specialists and non-specialists and new audiences at both European and local levels;

-         holding frequent, regular events throughout the duration of the campaign;

-         being based on carefully selected ERC projects and grantees, from a range of countries and disciplines;

-         ensuring visibility across Europe, covering different countries and languages;

-         ensuring further dissemination and stron