The ERC Scientific Council has recently adopted its Gender Equality Plan for 2021-2027.
One of the innovations in the current plan is the appointment of “ERC ambassadors” who will speak specifically on gender-specific topics and aspects in the context of the ERC activities.
Gender-specific data on individual countries and institutions will also be collected in order to encourage women in particular to apply to the ERC in an even more targeted manner.
Find here the new Gender equality plan and here an interesting interview with Prof. Barbara Romanovicz, member of the Scientific Council and Chair of its Gender Issues Working Group (published in The European Research Council Magazine, June 7, 2021).