{"id":95135,"date":"2019-02-20T10:27:49","date_gmt":"2019-02-20T09:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=95135"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:23:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:23:13","slug":"researchers-unhappy-with-stricter-vidi-requirements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2019\/02\/20\/researchers-unhappy-with-stricter-vidi-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"Researchers unhappy with stricter Vidi requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"

Five out of six researchers who were intending to apply for a Vidi grant this year are unhappy with the so-called embedding guarantee that NWO requires from this submission round onwards. They believe that the requirement puts researchers with a temporary contract at a disadvantage. This is the finding of a Young Academy (DJA) survey of 81 researchers who were planning to submit a Vidi application this year.<\/p>\n

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A Vidi grant (800,000 euros) enables scientists to start their own research group. Many scientists see it as crucial, because it gives them a firm foothold in academia. For example, if they are employed on a temporary contract, a grant award usually leads to a permanent appointment as a university lecturer or senior lecturer. Vidi grant-holders ultimately often end up with a professorship, such as sociologist Renske Keizer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

From this year, however, researchers can only submit a Vidi application if they are able to present the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) with a so-called embedding guarantee. This is a promise from their institution to take them on permanently if they receive the grant, or at least give them a tenure track appointment.<\/p>\n\n\t

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