Veni, for recent PhD graduates
Veni offers recent PhD graduates the possibility to further develop their ideas over a period of 3 years. The maximum size of the grant is €320,000. Proposals can be submitted by Dutch and foreign researchers with or without a tenured position, who gained their PhD no more than 3 years ago.
Veni and the NWO Talent programme
Veni is a funding instrument from the NWO Talent programme (previously the Innovational Research Incentives Scheme).
The NWO Talent programme offers individual grants to talented, creative researchers. The funding instrument makes it possible to do research of one's own choice. Since the NWO Talent programme was set up in 2000, nearly 2000 talented researchers have received funding. The NWO Talent programme is funded by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science.
Individual grant for young talents who recently gained their PhD
The aim of the NWO Talent programme (Veni, Vidi and Vici) is to provide creative space for adventurous, talented, groundbreaking researchers in which they can do research of their own choice, advance their own line of research and further develop their talent. With an individual grant, the researchers can develop their own innovative line of research that can acquire a structural embedding within a research institute.
Applicants for a Veni grant must be at the start of their scientific career and have demonstrated that they are talented scientific researchers. Needless to say, they must be capable of independently formulating and realising a research project.
Research domain Healthcare Research and Medical Sciences
NWO is organised in 4 domains:
- Science
- Social Sciences and Humanities;
- Applied and Engineering Sciences; and
- Healthcare Research and Medical Sciences (ZonMw).
ZonMw realises the NWO Talent programme (Veni, Vidi and Vici) for the domain Healthcare Research and Medical Sciences on behalf of NWO (Dutch Research Council).
Duration and budget
- The Veni grant round is open for researchers who, on 1 January of the year of submission, gained their PhD no more than three years ago.
- The Veni researcher can set to work with a maximum grant of €320.000.
- Researchers may submit a Veni grant proposal on a maximum of 2 occasions.
- Foreign researchers can also apply for this funding.
For general information, please see the NWO Talent programme and the programme page on the NWO website.
Committee
The research domain Health Research and Medical Sciences (ZonMw), just like the other NWO research domains, works with broadly composed committees of researchers who provide recommendations about the quality and ranking of the proposals.
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Chair
Prof. Lidwien Smit
Vice-chairman
Dr Geert Litjens
Members
Dr Marijke Achterberg
Dr Leila Akkari
Prof. Ruchi Bansal
Prof. Milena Bellin
Dr Birke Benedikter
Prof. Ellen van den Bogaard
Dr Sebastiaan Breedveld
Dr Girbe Buist
Prof. Janette Burgess
Prof. Emilie Caspar
Prof. Rob Collin
Prof. Pasca) Coorevits
Dr Simone Dalm
Dr Marjolein Fokkema
Dr Romy Gaillard
Dr Saskia Haitjema
Dr Jordi Heijman
Dr Delilah Hendriks
Dr Marij Hillen
Dr Elisabeth Huis in ‘t Veld
Dr Frank Klont
Prof. Sebastian Köhler
Dr Dieuwertje Kok
Dr Tonja van der Kuyl
Dr Vanessa LaPointe
Prof. Helen Leavis
Dr Regina Luttge
Dr Esther Metting
Dr Sven Mieog
Prof. Nael Nadif Kasri
Dr Shauna O'Donovan
Dr Pim van Ooij
Dr Sanne Peters
Dr Kirsten Pondman
Prof. Yijin Ren
Dr Carla Ribeiro
Dr Wendy van de Sande
Dr Anouk Schrantee
Dr Joseph Siewe Fodjo
Prof. Judith Sluimer
Dr Tim Snijders
Dr Dennis Vriens
Dr Jolanda Wentzel
Dr Monique van der Wijst
Dr Robbert Wouters
