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Grant Opportunities for PhD’s

Grant Opportunities for PhD’s. General introduction into European and Dutch research grants. PROUT-meeting, February 9 th 2011 by dr. Esther Stiekema , Academic Affairs, Corporate Offices. Introduction. Who are you?. Presentation outline.

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Grant Opportunities for PhD’s

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  1. Grant Opportunities for PhD’s General introduction into European and Dutch research grants PROUT-meeting, February 9th 2011 by dr. Esther Stiekema, Academic Affairs, Corporate Offices

  2. Introduction Who are you?

  3. Introduction Presentation outline > General remarks on grant opportunities and your academic career > Opportunities: • NWO: VENI and Rubicon • EU: Marie Curie actions > Questions & more information

  4. Grant opportunities in general • By far the majority of grants must have a Principle Investigator as applicant who has several years of research experience • Your best chance is to network, network, network...

  5. Don’t forget At Utrecht University there are: • More than 6000 first-year bachelor students • Approx. 500 PhD degrees each year • Approx. 40 new professors appointed each year

  6. Introduction NWO Innovational Research Incentives Scheme • Aim of the Scheme: • -to promote innovation in research; • -to create research opportunities for individual postdoctoral researchers at various stages in their careers

  7. Introduction NWO Innovational Research Incentives Scheme: VENI

  8. Introduction Assessment criteria VENI • 1. Researcher quality: outstanding talent for academic research, persuasiveness and 10-20% of peer group • 2. Proposal: • a. quality: content is challenging and proposed methodologyis appropriate • b. innovative nature: an original research question or • other innovative elements • c. academic impact

  9. Introduction Assessmentcriteria VENI • 3. Optional criteria: cultural, social, technological or economic impact • - Has the potential to help solve a problem • - Has the potential for practical application • - Has cultural, social, technological or economic impact • Extra opportunity to influence the final rating!

  10. Competition • - Every year about 1000 researchers apply for a VENI-grant, only 150 are awarded (15 %) • - UU receives about 15-16 % of the awards (23-24) • - Procedure (4 stages): preselection, peer review, interviews, division/domain panels. Moments of influence: • 1.) submission of application • 2.) response to (assessment by) referees • 3.) interview by the division

  11. Research Adviceof VENI-laureates • 1.) Have others read the proposal, experts as well as outsiders (the first NWO selection round is conducted by a broad-based committee). • 2.) Hold a mock interview with colleagues. • 3.) Have a native speaker of English screen the proposal. • 4.) Start in time. • You are welcome to contact a laureate for an example of a successful application!

  12. VENI-laureates Please find a list of VENI-laureates in your discipline at: http://www.uu.nl/university/research/nl/toponderzoekers/venividivici/Pages/default.aspx (homepage > onderzoek > Utrechtse toponderzoekers > Veni-vidi-vici-laureaten)

  13. Research Planning to apply for VENI 2012? • > Contact the contact person of your Faculty in an early stage (contact the Grant office at your Faculty) • > When offered: participate in a VENI-workshop in Oct/Nov (register at vernieuwingsimpuls.oo@uu.nl)

  14. Research Prior to VENI: RUBICON

  15. Research Procedure • - Multidisciplinary advisory committees will assess the applications. • - The views of external referees will not be sought. • - The final award decisions will be made by the boards of the relevant divisions/foundation. • - The entire assessment procedure will take approximately 4 months.

  16. Research European Union: Marie Curie Actions (part of 7th framework People Programme) • Mobility! • To take part in most of the Marie Curie Actions, a researcher must be prepared to move country. • Mobility is defined using the following criteria:1.) the researcher should not be a national of the state in which they plan to move and carry out their research;2.) the researcher should not have lived, worked or studied in that country for more than 12 months out of the three years immediately prior to either the time of application, or the start of their work.

  17. Research 7th Frame Work Programme: People (Marie Curie actions) Information: - Europe4Researchers Newsletter - http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/mariecurieactions/home_en.html

  18. Research Questions?

  19. More information Corporate website UU: http://www.uu.nl/NL/Informatie/medewerkers/onderzoek/subsidiesenfondsen/Pages/default.aspx -Search engines (funding): ResearchReseach- Community of Science - More info on Marie Curie actions,http://www.senternovem.nl/eglpeople/english.asp

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