ERC Proof of Concept Grant

Proof of Concept Grants are aimed exclusively at scientists who already hold an ERC grant and would like to pre-commercially exploit a research result from their ongoing or completed project. The aim of a proof-of-concept project is to test the market potential of the idea. The grants include a maximum of 150,000 euros for a period of up to 18 months.

All grantees

2023

• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Koos, Institute of Photonics and Quantum Electronics (IPQ), research project "TeraGEAR: Agile Ultra-Scale Communications Using Optical Arbitrary Waveform Generation and Measurement"

2017

• Dr. Pavel Levkin, former Institute of Toxicology and Genetics (ITG), research project "Platform for on-demand nano-scale printing of live cells and compounds for miniaturized and high-throughput cell screening applications"

• Prof. Dr. Alexander Nesterov-Müller, Institute of Microstructure Technology (IMT), research project „Scanner for novel chemical reactions and facebook of chemistry”

2016

• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Koos, Institute of Photonics and Quantum Electronics (IPQ), research project "Silicon-Organic Hybrid Transceivers for Terabit/s Data Network"


• Prof. Dr. Jan Korvink, Institute of Microstructure Technology (IMT), research project "A Custom Lock Chip for Compact NMR"

2015

• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Koos, Institute of Photonics and Quantum Electronics (IPQ), research project "Hybrid Photonic Engines for Massive Cloud Connectivity"


• Prof. Dr. Jan Korvink, Institute of Microstructure Technology (IMT), research project "Magic Angle Coil Spinning NMR on Living Voxels"


• Dr. Pavel Levkin, former Institute of Toxicology and Genetics (ITG), research project "All-in-One Cell Screening Chip: Device for Affordable High-Throughput Cell Screenings"


• Prof. Dr. Alexander Nesterov-Müller, Institute of Microstructure Technology (IMT), research project„Peptide Arrays as a High Throughput Pre-screening Tool”