European Research Council (ERC) was launched in 2007 in order to encourage high quality research in Europe through competitive funding. For more information see https://erc.europa.eu

New Europe College – Institute for Advanced Study (NEC) was founded in 1994 as an independent institute, officially recognised by the Romanian Ministry of Education and Research, and as an institutional structure for postgraduate studies in the humanities and social science. For more information see http://www.nec.ro