1. │ 1 May-Britt Moser ERC Grantee AdG 2010 The Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine 2014 was awarded to May-Britt Moser and Edvard Moser, together with John O'Keefe, "for their discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain”. The research leading to these discoveries* was supported by FP5. "Spatial Representation in the Entorhinal Cortex” Edvard Moser ERC Grantee AdG 2013 ERC Grantee AdG 2008 2014 Distinctions to ERC Grantees The Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences 2014 was awarded to Jean Tirole "for his analysis of market power and regulation". Jean Tirole ERC Grantee AdG 2009 Two of the Fields Medals 2014 awarded to researchers based in Europe: Artur Avila "for his work in dynamical systems” and to Martin Hairer “for his work on stochastic singularities”. Artur Avila ERC Grantee StG 2010 Martin Hairer ERC Grantee CoG 2014

2. │ 2 Priority to Young Scientists Two-thirds of ERC grants to early-stage Principal Investigators.

3. │ 3 Developing a New Generation On average each ERC project team has six members. 2/3 of team members are in the initial phase of their career. + 15 000 PhD and post-doc researchers working in ERC teams.

4. │ 4 ERC Grants versus Top Publications *) Host institution refers to the organisation with which the first grant agreement was signed

5. │ 5 ERC Grants versus Global R&D Effort

6. │ 6 Evaluated Proposals in Ireland Ineligible and withdrawn proposals not taken into account

7. │ 7 Funded Projects in Ireland Current host institutions; data as of 21/08/2014

8. │ 8 Host Institutions in Ireland Current host institutions; data as of 21/08/2014

9. │ 9 Distribution of ERC Grants in Ireland Map data ©2014 Google 1 25 1 1 4 2

10. │ 10 Mobility of Researchers Current host institutions; data as of 21/08/2014 12 foreign PIs in Ireland, of 7 different nationalities 25 Irish nationals abroad, most of them (19) in UK

12. │ 12 Success Rates versus Applications