ERC event: archaeology projects
Tarragona joins with archaeology to celebrate a decade of world-class European research projects.
On March 15th we will meet Spanish Principal Investigators who have obtained an ERC Grant, the most prestigious funding from the European Research Council.
This event co-organized by ICRPC, IPHES and ICAC as a part of the European ERC Week, will take place at the ICAC headquarters.
Tarragona will host a dissemination session on archaeology on 15 March in order to disseminate the experience of the Spanish leaders groups who have obtained funded projects by the ERC (European Research Council) during the 10 years of program, as well as encourage the participation of young archaeological scientists in future calls.
To this aim, the different presentations will address aspects related to the evolution in the participation of Spanish groups in the ERC, the general scientific approach of the granted projects, as well as the contribution of this program in the scientific career from the members of the participating research groups.
The event will be attended by the National Contact Point of ERC in Spain, Esther Rodríguez; the Sistema Cerca’s director, Lluís Rovira, and the Principal Investigators who have directed or are directing ERC projects related to archaeology from Spanish institutions.
This event belongs to ERC Week to celebrate at European level the 10th anniversary of the European Research Council. Created by the European Commission, it mission is to finance high-quality scientific research through the denominated ERC-Grants, an ambitious program that funds research projects of up to 5 years with economic allocations ranging from 1,5 to 2,5 million €. Since its creation 10 years ago, the ERC has granted only 5 archaeological research projects in Spain.
The meeting will take place at the headquarters of the Institut Català d'Arqueologia Clàssica, in Tarragona, with the participation of Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social (IPHES) and Institut Català de Recerca en Patrimoni Cultural (ICRPC). These three centres are currently involved in an agreement within the SUMA framework, a Generalitat de Catalunya initiative, which, in this case, seeks to combine synergies in excellence research in the field of archaeology.
