Dr Levent BEKER from Koç University, one of our ERC Principal Investigators, has been awarded a proof of concept grant of 150,000 Euros in the ERC 2024 Proof of Concept call. "BladderWatch: Wearable Ultrasound for Continuous Bladder Monitoring " project aims to create an innovative solution for the continuous monitoring of bladder volume, allowing patients to use it outside the hospital. You can access the related news from ERC and all other projects supported within the cut-off date of the call here.
The second and final cut-off date of the ERC-2024-PoC call is September 18, 2024. You can access the guidelines related to the call on our page.
The Europen Research Council - 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.
Dr. BEKER had been awarded an ERC Starting Grant of 2.5 million Euros with his project titled 2ND-CHANCE "Development of Wireless and Biodegradable Implants for Continuous Cardiac Measurement" in the ERC-2021-StG call. The ongoing project aims to develop a device that can detect signs of heart attack and heart failure in advance and warn the patient before reaching a critical level.
We congratulate our eminent researcher and his host institution and wish them continued success.