  In 2008 a Starting Grant project supported by the European Research Council
titled "Nuclear reaction studies relevant to the astrophysical p-process
nucleosynthesis" was launched. After five years of successful research related
to the experimental investigation of proton- and alpha-induced nuclear reaction
for the astrophysical p-process, the project came to an end. In this paper a
summary of the research and the most important achievements is given.
