NWO awards extra Vici grant

After an administrative reconsideration, NWO has decided to award an extra Vici grant to prof. dr. Marc Verheijen of the University of Groningen. The grant has been awarded for the project 'The panoramic Perspective on Gas and Galaxy Evolution' which only just missed the selection in 2012. The Vici grant is directed at senior researchers who have shown that they have the ability successfully to develop their own innovative lines of research and to act as coaches for young researchers. Each researcher receives € 1,500,000 for a period of five years. Click here for more information on the awarded project.

The Innovational Research Incentives Scheme has been set up in 2000 by NWO, KNAW and the universities jointly. The aim is to promote innovation in the academic research field. The scheme is directed at providing encouragement for individual researchers and gives talented, creative researchers the opportunity to conduct their own research programme independently and promote talented researchers to enter and remain committed to the scientific profession. The Scheme includes three forms of grant: Veni (for researchers who have recently completed their doctorates), Vidi (for experienced researchers) and Vici (for researchers of professorial quality).