{"id":238825,"date":"2026-06-30T06:03:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T10:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/30\/the-iac-obtains-an-erc-grant-to-apply-artificial-intelligence-to-the-study-of-substellar-objects\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T06:20:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T10:20:16","slug":"the-iac-obtains-an-erc-grant-to-apply-artificial-intelligence-to-the-study-of-substellar-objects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/30\/the-iac-obtains-an-erc-grant-to-apply-artificial-intelligence-to-the-study-of-substellar-objects\/","title":{"rendered":"The IAC obtains an ERC grant to apply artificial intelligence to the study of substellar objects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iac.es\/en\/outreach\/news\/iac-obtains-erc-grant-apply-artificial-intelligence-study-substellar-objects\">The IAC obtains an ERC grant to apply artificial intelligence to the study of substellar objects<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iac.es\/en\/outreach\/news\/iac-obtains-erc-grant-apply-artificial-intelligence-study-substellar-objects\">https:\/\/www.iac.es\/en\/outreach\/news\/iac-obtains-erc-grant-apply-artificial-intelligence-study-substellar-objects<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-30 06:03:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.iac.es\">www.iac.es<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Grant Award<\/strong>: The Instituto de Astrof\u00edsica de Canarias (IAC) has secured its first ERC Proof of Concept Grant of \u20ac150,000. <\/li>\n<li><strong>Project<\/strong>: The funding is allocated to the SubstellarLLM project, led by Eduardo L. Mart\u00edn Guerrero de Escalante, IAC researcher.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Objective<\/strong>: The goal of SubstellarLLM is to develop a multimodal AI platform for enhancing the study of substellar objects like brown dwarfs, exoplanets, and free-floating planets.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Collaboration and Expertise<\/strong>: The project involves significant collaboration with Ramarao Tata from Ohio University, further leveraging advanced AI tools.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Substellar Research<\/strong>: The grant complements the SUBSTELLAR ERC Advanced Grant worth \u20ac2.5 million, which focuses on studying substellar objects using data from the Euclid space telescope.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lead Scientist<\/strong>: Eduardo L. 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