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The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded a Veni grant of up to €320,000 each to ten researchers of the University of Groningen and the UMCG. The Veni grants are designed for outstanding researchers who have recently gained a PhD.

Last Friday, NSC MPs Tjebbe van Oostenbruggen and Daniëlle Jansen visited Facility Support, a department at the University of Groningen where people with support needs work. After a warm welcome, Arthur Hilberdink, Jelmer Kiewiet, Maud Kruizinga, and supervisors Christiaan, Curt, and Jaimie gave a presentation on what our department does and what it has achieved so far.

Aranka Ballering studied the course of illness in people with common symptoms. One of the most striking findings to emerge from her research was that on average, women have a different – and less extensive – course of illness than men.

The UG’s Annual Report for 2023 is now available online. It gives an account in words and figures of the policy pursued by the University of Groningen in the 2023 calendar year and of how the government funding was spent.

For research on making plastics circular, Professors Patrizio Raffa and Katja Loos together receive about 1.2 million euros from the National Growth Fund programme Circular Plastics NL.

A consortium to study the socio-economic impact of hydrogen, including three researchers at the University of Groningen, has been granted 12 million euros from the NWO.



To celebrate their 100-year anniversary ....

On Thursday 11 July 2024, José Heesink retired. During her farewell, she received a royal decoration from Koen Schuiling, Mayor of the Municipality of Groningen.

To end the academic year and start the summer off right, we have listed all our magazine articles from January to July 2024. So you can read them again at your leisure during the holidays. In each article, a UG researcher talks about his or her field.

On Monday 8 July, a festive ceremony took place in honour of the first cohort that has completed the PhD Supervision Excellence course developed by the UG. Rector Magnificus Jacquelien Scherpen presented the certificates to the first participants.