{"id":136894,"date":"2022-03-01T14:38:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T13:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=136894"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:26:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:26:09","slug":"vici-grants-delayed-because-of-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2022\/03\/01\/vici-grants-delayed-because-of-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Vici grants delayed because of COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"

This year, twelve researchers in the field of applied and engineering sciences and health sciences have received<\/a> a Vici grant under the NWO Talent programme.<\/p>\n

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The prestigious grants of up to 1.5 million euros are for innovative research and for putting together a research group for that purpose. NWO awards around thirty Vici grants every year.<\/p>\n

The first awards have already been announced \u201cso as not to keep all the researchers in suspense for an even longer period\u201d, according to NWO. The exact sciences & natural sciences will follow in mid-March, along with the social sciences and humanities.<\/p>\n

COVID-19<\/h2>

NWO blames the delay on COVID-19. Not only did employees of the organisation itself fall ill, says a spokesperson, but the virus also affected committee members and referees who had to assess the applications.<\/p>\n

The NWO Talent programme consists of Veni, Vidi and Vici grants, for researchers who have recently completed their doctorate, experienced researchers and advanced researchers respectively.<\/p>\n

The system of grant applications is regularly criticised because researchers have to waste time and effort writing research proposals that in the end are not rewarded with a grant. From these two domains 91 researchers applied for a Vici grant; the percentage of grants awarded is 13%.<\/p>\n

Hackers<\/h2>

The announcement was delayed<\/a> last year too, but for a different reason: hackers had crippled the systems.<\/p>\n\n\t

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