Social isolation and loneliness are major societal problems. Their negative impact on mental health has been exacerbated worldwide by the Covid-19 pandemic. Researchers from the Central Institute of Mental

was awarded an ERC Advanced Grant. The CIMH currently has a total of four ongoing ERC Grants, which are among the highest awards available in science; in addition to Gordon Feld and Herta Flor, the CIMH

said: “The ERC’s trademark is long-term funding to individual top researchers. But some problems are too big for the most outstanding minds to address alone. These new grants will enable scientists to