{"id":148771,"date":"2023-01-18T14:07:14","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T13:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=148771"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:26:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:26:36","slug":"fifteen-young-scientists-spread-their-wings-with-a-rubicon-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2023\/01\/18\/fifteen-young-scientists-spread-their-wings-with-a-rubicon-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"Fifteen young scientists go abroad with a Rubicon grant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Almost all of the Rubicon laureates will spend two years abroad. Seven will fly off to the United States, two opted for Germany and two selected the United Kingdom. The others will head for France, Belgium, Switzerland and Japan.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1063\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/06\/22122126\/cambridge-university-marian-okal-pixabay-1600x1063.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139249\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-128206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/06\/22122126\/cambridge-university-marian-okal-pixabay-1600x1063.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139249 1600w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/06\/22122126\/cambridge-university-marian-okal-pixabay-300x199.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139249 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/06\/22122126\/cambridge-university-marian-okal-pixabay-875x581.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139249 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/06\/22122126\/cambridge-university-marian-okal-pixabay-1280x851.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139249 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/06\/22122126\/cambridge-university-marian-okal-pixabay-150x100.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139249 150w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/06\/22122126\/cambridge-university-marian-okal-pixabay-225x150.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139249 225w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/06\/22122126\/cambridge-university-marian-okal-pixabay.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139249 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/figure><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Their research topics include the price of ecological pollution, how brain cells can subdue virus activity, and how new nanodevices can be developed using graphene.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Forty applications were submitted in this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nwo.nl\/nieuws\/buitenland-thuisblijven-15-jonge-wetenschappers-krijgen-kans-internationale-onderzoekservaring-op-te-doen\">second round<\/a> of 2022 Rubicon grants, with a success rate of 37.5 percent. The results of last year\u2019s third round are due to be announced in April. 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