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Alexandre Assouline has just been awarded a grant from the European Research Council (ERC) as part of the Starting Grants program for the ANYONBOX project, “Anyon box in bilayer graphene.”

The aim of this funding, with its total budget of €1.5 million^*, is to support exploratory research projects that last a maximum of 5 years. These grants are for scientists who obtained their PhD between 2 and 7 years ago. ‘Starting’ grants are the first type of European financing for young researchers and come before ‘Consolidator’ grants (up to €2 million, between 7 and 12 years after the PhD) and ‘Advanced’ grants (up to €2.5 million, for established researchers).
*Additional funding may be provided under special conditions.

His portrait here.

Image optique d’un condensateur quantique fabriqué à partir de matériaux bidimensionnels, incluant du graphène et des électrodes métalliques. Ce dispositif est conçu pour être refroidi à −273,14 °C et placé dans un champ magnétique intense, afin d’isoler des anyons dans des puits de potentiel électrique. © Alexandre Assouline, CNRS Institut Néel, 2025.