The European Research Council (ERC) awards four types of grants to researchers employed at European universities:

• Starting Grants (StG) are awarded to highly talented, promising young researchers with two up to seven years experience after completing their PhD. Up to EUR 1,5 million is granted for   ground-breaking research projects for a five-year period.
• Consolidater Grants (CoG) are awarded to highly talented, promising young research leaders with 7 up to 12 years of experience after completing their PhD.  Up to EUR 2,0 million is granted for ground-breaking research projects for a five-year period.
• Advanced Grants (AdG) are awarded to exceptional research leaders who have already produced outstanding research results. Up to EUR 2.5 million is granted for ground-breaking research projects for a five-year period.
• Synergy Grants (SyG) are awarded to a small group of world-class PIs (two to four PIs) who perform excellent research that would not be possible by the individual PIs working alone.  Up to 15 mio. EUR is granted for ground-breaking research projects for a six-year period.
• Proof of Consept (PoC) are awarded to existing Starting Grant, ERC Consolidator Grant, ERC Advanced Grant or ERC Synergy Grant holders in order to establish the innovations potential of ideas arising from their ERC-funded grant, which must be either ongoing, or the project must have ended less than 12 months before the publication date of an ERC Proof of Concept call. The maximum funding per grant is € 150.000 for a 12 months period.

Advanced Grants 2012

• Physical Sciences and Engineering: Professor Jeffrey Hangst, Department of Physics and Astronomy
• Physical Sciences and Engineering: Professor Henrik Stapelfeldt, Department of Chemistry

Starting Grants 2012:

• Physical Sciences and Engineering: Associate professor Hans Fynbo, Department of Physics and Astronomy
• Life Sciences: Associate professor Thomas Bataillon, Bioinformatics Research Centre (BiRC)
• Life Sciences: Professor Jens-Christian Svenning, Department of Bioscience – Ecoinformatics and Biodiversity
• Social Sciences and Humanities: Professor Mads Meier Jæger, Department of Education - Centre for Research in Compulsory Schooling

Proof of concept 2012:

• Life Sciences: Professor Søren Kragh Moestrup, Department of Biomedicine 

Advanced Grants 2011

• Life Sciences: Professor Bo Barker Jørgensen, Department of Bioscience
• Physical Sciences and Engineering: Professor Poul Jørgensen, Department of Chemistry
• Life Sciences: Professor Preben Bo Mortensen, Department of Economics and Business
• Physical Sciences and Engineering: Associate Professor Lars Peter Nielsen, Department of Bioscience

Starting Grants 2011

• Life Science: Associate Professor Trine Bilde, Department of Bioscience
• Physical Sciences and Engineering: Associate Professor Lars Bojer Madsen, Department of Physics and Astronomy
• Physical Sciences and Engineering: Associate Professor Jesper Buus Nielsen, Department of Computer Science
• Life Sciences: Senior Researcher Matthias Ketzel, Department of Environmental Science. AU is a partner in this multi-partner project, coordinated by the Danish Cancer Society

Advanced Grants 2010

• Life Science: Professor Jens Stougaard, Department of Molecular Biology
• Physical Sciences and Engineering: Professor Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard, Department of Physics and Astronomy
• Physical Sciences and Engineering: Professor Niels Peter Revsbech, Department of Bioscience. AU is a partner in this multi-partner project, coordinated by the University of Southern Denmark

Starting Grants 2010

• Life Sciences: Postdoctoral Scholar Jiong Li, Department of Public Health

Advanced Grants 2009

• Life Sciences: Professor Poul Nissen, Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Centre

Starting Grants 2009

• Physical Sciences and Engineering: Associate Professor Jeppe Vang, Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Centre
• Social Sciences: Associate Professor Morten Overgaard, Hammel Neurorehabilitation and Research Centre/Centre of Functionally Integrative Neuroscience, Department of Clinical Medicine

Advanced Grants 2008

• Life Sciences: Professor Søren Kragh Moestrup, Department of Medical Biochemistry
• Physical Sciences and Engineering: Professor Flemming Besenbacher, Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Centre

Starting Grants 2007

• Physical Sciences and Engineering: Dr Klaus Ostermann, Department of Computer Science
• Physical Sciences and Engineering: Dr Liv Hornekær, Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Centre
• Physical Sciences and Engineering: Dr Søren Fornais, Department of Mathematical Sciences