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University of Eastern Finland associate professor secures ERC Consolidator Grant
Associate Professor Tanja Tarvainen from the Department of Applied Physics at the University of Eastern Finland has been granted the European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant for five years, with the funding amounting to 2 million euros. This is the first ERC Consolidator Grant awarded to a University of Eastern Finland researcher. The ERC grants are among the most esteemed European grants, making them highly competitive. This year, the funding awarded as ERC Consolidator Grants amounted to 655 million euros. In Finland, the ERC Consolidator Grant was awarded to a total of six researchers.