Researcher Juan Bisquert wins the first ERC Advanced Grant for the UJI with the aim of emulating the behaviour of neurons and brain synapses with artificial perovskite chips



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## Researcher Juan Bisquert wins the first ERC Advanced Grant for the UJI with the aim of emulating the behaviour of neurons and brain synapses with artificial perovskite chips

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Juan Bisquert, professor of Applied Physics and researcher at the Institute of Advanced Materials, has won the first of the European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grants 2022 for the Universitat Jaume I in Castelló for his PeroSpiker project, which aims to develop a new type of computational hardware that emulates the behaviour of neurons and brain synapses to form an intelligent network. The project will receive 2.5 million euros and will be developed over the next five years.

The purpose of the "Perovskite Spiking Neurons for Intelligent Networks" (PeroSpiker) project is to build artificial neural networks based on synthetic materials, metal halide perovskites, whose properties allow them to replicate the behaviour of the biological membranes of human nervous system cells.

Halide perovskites are materials with high photovoltaic performance, extensively investigated to make low-cost solar cells. But they also induce ionic motions, just as they do in the transmission of electrical signals in our cognitive system. Bisquert has set out to understand and govern this analogy to realise tiny electronic elements for systems that can interact intelligently with their environment, reacting to stimuli as instructed.

Bisquert joins the list of renowned research staff obtaining funding through this European programme. Since it has been in operation, the European Research Council has awarded seven Advanced Grants to universities in the Valencian Community, five to staff from the Universitat Politécnica de València and two to the Universitat de València. In this last call, in addition to Professor Bisquert, another project has been awarded to the Universitat Politècnica de València.

The awarded project also includes the acquisition of new scientific equipment worth around 700,000 euros (500,000 of which are funded by the EU). This includes a laser writing tool that will enable the formation of crossbars with a resolution of less than 10-50 nm, a key element for moving from large devices to miniature high-density neural networks. The new equipment will improve the resolution currently available at the UJI's Institute for Advanced Materials by 100 times.

The research activities, coordinated by Professor Juan Bisquert, will involve four senior researchers from the Institute for Advanced Materials: Antonio Guerrero, Germà García-Belmonte, Francisco Fabregat Santiago and Elena Más Marzá, who will also supervise the work of two postdoctoral researchers and four PhD students who will participate in the project. The team is completed by technical staff in charge of administrative and organisational tasks.

The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded 218 Advanced Grants totalling EUR 544 million in the latest call to outstanding research leaders across Europe as part of the Horizon Europe programme. The grants support cutting-edge research in a wide range of fields, from medicine and physics to social sciences and the humanities.

Some 1,650 applications were submitted to the competitive call, with an overall success rate of 13.2 per cent. Spain has obtained funding for 16 projects, including that of the UJI; Germany has obtained 37, the United Kingdom 35 and France 32. In addition to strengthening Europe's knowledge base, the projects are expected to create more than 2,000 jobs for postdoctoral fellowships, PhD students and technical staff.

**About the ERC**

The European Research Council programme provides long-term funding to support excellent researchers and their teams to pursue high-risk, high-benefit innovations in any field of research, with scientific excellence as the sole criterion for evaluation. It aims to ensure that funded projects lead to significant advances at the frontier of knowledge.

Applications to the ERC can only be submitted in response to a specific call. The ERC establishes calls on an annual basis. There are three individual grant schemes (Starting, Consolidator and Advanced Grants), one group grant scheme (Synergy Grant) and one scheme (Proof of Concept) to explore the commercialisation or societal potential of results obtained within ERC projects.

**About Advanced Grants (AdG)**

Advanced Grants are open to active researchers with a track record of significant research achievements over the last 10 years who are seeking long-term funding to carry out a pioneering, high-risk project. Exceptional leaders in terms of the originality and significance of their contributions are highly desirable.

2.5 million for a period of 5 years. In addition, an additional €1 million can be requested to cover start-up costs for researchers moving from a third country to the EU or an associated country, for the purchase of major equipment, access to large facilities or field work.

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\*Project funded by the European Union. The views and opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

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