{"id":92170,"date":"2018-11-19T14:12:36","date_gmt":"2018-11-19T13:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=92170"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:23:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:23:09","slug":"number-of-vidi-grant-applications-decreased-by-25-since-nwo-instituted-new-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2018\/11\/19\/number-of-vidi-grant-applications-decreased-by-25-since-nwo-instituted-new-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Number of Vidi grant applications decreased by 25% since NWO instituted new rules"},"content":{"rendered":"

Researchers who have applied for a Vidi grant this year have a considerably better chance of actually being awarded a grant than they did last year, as the number of applications has fallen by 25 per cent since last year. The decrease is probably due to a new rule instituted by granting agency NWO.<\/p>\n

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Scientists who wish to be considered for an NWO grant must now provide a letter by a university stating that the applicant will actually be allowed to conduct his\/her study at that university, if the grant should be awarded.<\/p>\n

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This so-called \u2018embedment guarantee\u2019 became a requirement in order to curtail the rush<\/a> on research grants, which was necessary because the likelihood of obtaining an NWO grant has decreased tremendously in recent years. When the previous call for proposals for Vidi grants (research grants amounting to \u20ac800,000) was released, 485 academics ended up not receiving a grant, which amounts to 85 per cent of all applicants.<\/p>\n\n\t

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