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UCL Principle Research Fellow awarded a European Research Council Consolidator (ERC) Grant 

22 November 2023

The European Research Council (ERC) have awarded a grant to Dr. Floriaan Schmidt, Principle Research Fellow at the UCL Institute of Cardiovascular Science.

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Dr. Floriaan Schmidt, Principle Research Fellow at the UCL Institute of Cardiovascular Science, secured a European Research Council Consolidator award aimed at enhancing and reducing the risks associated with drug development for atrial fibrillation. 

Atrial fibrillation, characterized by irregular and often rapid heart contractions, affects approximately a third of the population throughout their lives. When left untreated, it can lead to stroke, cognitive decline, and premature death. The funded initiative intends to merge data from human genetics and electronic health records and aims to pinpoint new and repurposed targets for drugs addressing atrial fibrillation.  

The European Research Council (ERC) selected 308 researchers out of 2,130 candidates, for this year’s Consolidator Grants, including Dr Schmidt. The funding will support excellent scientists and scholars at the career stage where they may still be consolidating their own independent research teams to pursue their most promising scientific ideas. Worth in total €627 million, the grants are part of the EU’s Horizon Europe programme. 

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About the ERC

The ERC, set up by the European Union in 2007, is the premier European funding organisation for excellent frontier research. It funds creative researchers of any nationality and age, to run projects based across Europe. The ERC offers four core grant schemes: Starting Grants, Consolidator Grants, Advanced Grants and Synergy Grants. With its additional Proof of Concept Grant scheme, the ERC helps grantees to bridge the gap between their pioneering research and early phases of its commercialisation. Learn more about the ERC.

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