NWO Veni 2013 open

NWO asks for applications for the Veni-call within the Innovational Research Incentives Scheme (Vernieuwingsimpuls). The closing date for submitting proposals is January 3, 2013. The Veni grant offers researchers who have recently gained their PhDs the opportunity to further develop their ideas for a period of three years. The maximum amount of grant will be € 250,000. 

The Innovational Research Incentives Scheme Veni, Vidi, Vici 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.
This grant offers researchers who have recently gained their PhDs the opportunity to further develop their ideas for a period of three years.