The European Commission has announced the list of the 22 members of
the scientific Council of the European Research Council (ERC) on July
18, 2005. The 22 scientists were chosen by an independant panel of
high-level scientists, chaired by Lord Patten of Barnes, Chancellor of
Oxford and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Universities.

Following the European Commission’s FP 7 proposal of April 6, 2005,
the ERC will be a funding organisation for frontier research. The
Scientific Council will be an independant body that will determine the
ERC’s scientific strategy and ensure that its operations are conducted
according to the requirements of scientific excellence.

The list of the 22 members and further biographical information can be
downloaded here:

http://europa.eu.int/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/05/956&format=HTM