Three University of Bonn researchers have been awarded a Proof of Concept Grant by the European Research Council (ERC). Neuroscientist Professor Dominik Bach, chemist Assistant Professor Ala Bunescu and radiologist Professor Philipp Vollmuth (from the University Hospital Bonn) are each receiving €150,000 over a period of 18 months. This program helps researchers to take findings from their work and turn them into commercial products or services.
That no fewer than three projects have been approved for funding demonstrates the University of Bonn’s growing innovative strength, which is also being boosted by the gradual development of transfer structures by the Transfer Center enaCom. “The ERC Proof of Concept Grants are a major sign of recognition for some uniquely innovative and visionary approaches,” says Dr. Daniela Treutlin, an enaCom innovation scout. “It shows that we at the University of Bonn start thinking early on in the research process about how new insights might also pave the way to solving some of the problems facing society.” The Transfer Center enaCom helps researchers to turn their findings to practical use and, together with the Transfer team in the Faculty of Medicine, accompanies applicants on their journey to take their product or service to market.
Source: University of Bonn Secures Three Proof of Concept Grants — University of Bonn
