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Resignation of Mauro Ferrari as President of the ERC
Many members of the EACS have been enabled to do groundbreaking research thanks to the excellent funding opportunities provided by the European Research Council (ERC). As such the ERC stands out in Europe as the undisputed most regarded granting agent that vigorously support scientific excellence therewith serving society at large. With dismay, the EACS Board has taken notice of the negative public statements made by the ERC President Mauro Ferrari upon his resignation as requested by an unanimous vote of the ERC scientific council, in which he disregarded the very “raison d’être” of the ERC using a pretended lack of COVID-19-relevant research as an excuse. The EACS regrets the negative publicity caused by Ferrari’s public statements and expresses its support for the unanimous decision made by the scientific council of the ERC. In our view, no other granting organisation has served and is serving scientific endeavours in Europe more effectively than the ERC. The ERC should be cherished and further expanded to the benefit of science and society.
On behalf of the Governing Board of the EACS,
Anton Berns,
President EACS
Board members:
Michael Baumann
Carlos Caldas
Fatima Carnerio
Julio E. Celis
Alexander Eggermont
Francesco de Lorenzo
Ulrik Ringborg
EACS Fellows:
Neil Aaronson
Geneviève Almouzni
René Bernards
Piet Borst
Michael Boutros
James Brenton
Kevin Brindle
Anne-Lise Børresen-Dale
Fatima Cardoso
Gerhard Christofori
Andreas von Deimling
Elisabetta Dejana
Anne Dejean
Angelika Eggert
Pier Paolo Di Fiore
Thanos Halazonetis
Karin Haustermans
Monika Hegi
Thomas Helleday
Jacek Jassem
Bengt Jönsson
Stein Kaasa
Olli Kallioniemi
David Kerr
Jan Korbel
Bob Löwenberg
Joan Massagué
René Medema
Gerry Melino
Françoise Meunier
Edith Oláh
Ruth Palmer
Peter Parker
Anne Ridley
Eric Solary
Charles Swanton
Stephen West
Bengt Westermark
Moshe Yaniv