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

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Who are you?

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Presentation outline

> General remarks on grant opportunities and your academic career • • > Opportunities: NWO: VENI and Rubicon EU: Marie Curie actions > Questions & more information April 28, 2020

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...

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

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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 April 28, 2020

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NWO Innovational Research Incentives Scheme: VENI Target group Nature of the award Grant amount

Best 10-20% of the peer group: recent PhD graduates / junior postdocs, must have completed PhD within the last 3 years Own research (incl. salary) and technicians to be engaged € 250,000

Grant period Deadline

3 years January 2012

Total number of awards

150 April 28, 2020

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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 methodology is appropriate b. innovative nature: an original research question or other innovative elements c. academic impact April 28, 2020

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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!

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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 April 28, 2020

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Advice of 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! April 28, 2020

VENI-laureates

Please find a list of VENI-laureates in your discipline at: http://www.uu.nl/university/research/nl/toponderzoeker s/venividivici/Pages/default.aspx

(homepage > onderzoek > Utrechtse toponderzoekers > Veni-vidi-vici-laureaten)

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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 [email protected]) April 28, 2020

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Prior to VENI: RUBICON Target group Nature of the award (mobility) Grant period Deadline

Postgraduates (or PhD’s with approved thesis)

Women especially are urged to apply !

A research period at an institution other than the one where he or she graduated or that awarded his or her doctorate (salary, travel and accomodation costs for congress visits). 12-24 months 31 March 2011 (this may be

the last opportunity!)

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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.

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European Union: Marie Curie Actions (part of 7 th 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.

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7th Frame Work Programme: People (Marie Curie actions) Initial Training

ITN - Initial Training Networks

Life-long training

IEF - Intra-European Fellowships for career development CIG - Career Integration Grants ERG - European Reintegration Grants IRG - International Reintegration Grants COFUND - Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes

International dimension

IOF - International Outgoing Fellowships for career development IIF - International Incoming Fellowships IRSES - International Research Staff Exchange Scheme

Industry - Academia

IAPP - Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways

Information:

- Europe4Researchers Newsletter - http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/mariecurieactions/home_en.html April 28, 2020

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Questions?

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More information

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Corporate website UU:

http://www.uu.nl/NL/Informatie/medewerkers/onderzoek/subsi diesenfondsen/Pages/default.aspx

-Search engines (funding):

ResearchReseach - Community of Science

- More info on Marie Curie actions,

http://www.senternovem.nl/eglpeople/english.asp