Daniel Dadush (ACO '12) has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant of 1.5 million euro for his proposal “Towards a Quantitative Theory of Integer Programming.”
Researchers of any nationality with 2-7 years of experience since completion of PhD, a scientific track record showing great promise and an excellent research proposal may apply for an ERC starting grant. Research must be conducted in a public or private research organisation (known as a Host Institution/HI). It could be the HI where the applicant already works, or any other HI located in one of the EU Member States or Associated Countries.