Twelve Veni grants for UG researchers
Twelve researchers from the University of Groningen (UG) and the UMCG have been awarded VENI grants within the framework of NWO’s Innovational Research Incentives Scheme, as opposed to sixteen last year. VENI grants are intended for researchers who have recently gained a PhD and have significant and original talent for innovative research. The grant is up to € 250,000 and offers these young researchers the chance to develop their ideas over the next three years.
The VENI grants are awarded annually by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). The twelve new Groningen VENI laureates and their topics are:
|
Name |
Faculty/dept./field |
Topic |
|
Laura Baams |
RUG - Pedagogical and Educational Sciences |
Not straight? Sexual orientation disparities in macro and micro-processes of youth victimization and mental health |
|
Sean Desjardins |
RUG- Prehistory |
The resilience of Inuit traditional life in Arctic Canada |
|
Maarten Eisma |
RUG - Clinical Psychology |
Grief’s paradox: approach and avoidance in prolonged grief disorder |
|
Remco Heesen |
RUG - Philosophy |
Understanding Statistical Biases in Peer Review |
|
Bertus Jeronimus |
RUG - Developmental psychology |
The lessons to be learned from happy neurotics |
|
Gerine Lodder |
RUG - sociology |
The Proximity Project: Loneliness in Adolescence Explained by Social Relations and Social Appraisals |
|
Stephanie van der Steen |
RUG – Remedial education |
(How) Does animal assisted therapy work? |
|
Thom de Vries |
RUG – Human Resource Management and Organizational Behavior |
Pushing boundaries: Team boundary spanning in response to disruptions |
|
Kathryn Bebbington |
RUG – Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences (GELIFES) |
How much do parents disagree over offspring care? |
|
Janne Ouwehand |
RUG - Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences (GELIFES) |
Do non-breeding conditions constrain adaptation to climate change in avian migrants? |
|
Inge Holtman (UMCG) |
UMCG - Department of Neuroscience |
Role of microglia in Alzheimer’s disease |
|
Tamar Lok (via NIOZ) |
NIOZ – Department of Coastal Systems |
The ontogeny of migration: an interplay of genes and environment |
The Innovational Research Incentives Scheme
The VENI grants, together with the the VIDI (for experienced postdocs) and VICI grants (for senior researchers), form part of NWO's Innovational Research Incentives Scheme. The VENI grants are designed for outstanding researchers who have recently gained a PhD. Within the Scheme, researchers are free to submit their own topic for funding. In this way NWO wishes to stimulate innovative research driven by curiosity. NWO selects the researchers on the basis of their quality, the innovative nature of the research, the expected societal impact of the research proposal, and the possibilities for knowledge utilization.
More information
More information about the young researchers and their awarded projects can be found at our website.
- Jorien Bakker, UG press officer, tel. 050-3635328 or e-mail j.a.bakker@rug.nl
| Last modified: | 11 June 2024 08.52 a.m. |
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