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Proof of Content grant for Davide Iannuzzi

The ERC Proof-of-Concept grant is a new funding scheme reserved to ERC grant holders who want to investigate the innovation potential of ideas arising from their ERC-funded frontier research projects. Dr. Davide Iannuzzi (Physics and Astronomy) is selected for granting for a budget of €150.000.

During his ERC Starting Independent Research Grant, Davide Iannuzzi came up with a new idea that allows the fabrication of micromachined structures on the tip of an optical fiber with a series of cost effective steps (patent filed). He has now asked for the support of ERC to demonstrate the scalability of that fabrication method. With this Proof-of-Concept grant, he will be able to show that, thanks to this invention, cost effective batch production of fiber-top cantilevers is indeed possible.