Dutch Kidney Foundation - Kolff programme (€ 400,000)

The Dutch Kidney Foundation (Nierstichting Nederland) invites applications for its Kolff Programme. Closing date for submitting proposals for Large Kolff Grants is September 10, 2013. Early Kolff Grants can be applied for the year through. The aim of the Kolff programme is the stimulation of the quality of the personel scientific infrastructure of renal research and nephrology in the Netherlands by means of a program of personal grants that support all the phases of a research career. Stronger links between research and therapies. Enhancing application of results from nephrological research. Strengthening the bond between the Dutch Kidney Foundation and the research community.

Kolff grants are the following:

Early Kolff Grants
• Student Researcher Grant: The grant awards either € 250 per month (1 day a week), or € 500 a month (2 days a week);
• Student Fellowship Abroad: The grant awards at most € 500 a month, for support for at least 2 up to 6 months;
• PhD Postdoc Fellowship Abroad: The grant provides support for at least 3 up to 6 months for PhD students and at least 3 up to 12 months for postdocs. The grant awards at most € 1,250 a month;
• Thesis Support (conditional on Open Program Grant): The grant awards at most € 1,350.

Large Kolff Grants
• Full Fellowship Abroad: The grant provides support for up to 1 year. The grant awards up to € 80,000;
• Physician Researcher Grant: The grant provides support for up to 4 years. The grant awards up to € 60,000;
• Postdoc Startup Grant: The grant provides support for up to 2 years, in case of a clinical grant for up to 4 years. The grant awards up to € 150,000;
• Junior Postdoc Grant: The general grant provides support for up to 3 years, the clinical grant for up to 6 years. The grant awards up to € 200,000;
• Senior Postdoc Grant: The general grant provides support for up to 4 years research, the clinical grant up to 6 years. The grant awards up to € 400,000;
• PhD Grant (additional to Senior Postdoc Grant): The grant provides support for up to 4 years. The grant awards up to € 260,000.