Two researchers at Stockholm University have been awarded the European Research Council's most prestigious grant, the ERC Synergy Grant 2025. Gustaf Hugelius, professor of Physical Geography at Stockholm University, is coordinating a project that has been awarded just over €12.5 million over six years. Axel Brandenburg, professor at Nordita, is part of a project that has been awarded almost €10 million, also over six years. Gustaf Hugelius is the first researcher at Stockholm University to be the administrative coordinator for an ERC Synergy Grant project.