Nanne de Vries Professor’s Fund

By raising these funds, the professors aim to stimulate excellence in the scientific work of young researchers affiliated with Maastricht University. In particular, they are considering recently graduated researchers who are at the beginning of their scientific careers and for whom a lack of resources prevents them from conducting research of evident excellence.

Call for Proposals

The Nanne de Vries Professorship Fund invites recently PhD graduates to apply for a grant! Are you at the start of your academic career, but is a lack of financial resources hindering your research? Then this call for proposals may be of interest to you. The fund offers financial support to academic talent, thereby helping to take research at UM an important step forward. No new date has been set for the submission of applications at this time.

Examples of projects eligible for funding:

• travel and accommodation expenses for a visit to a foreign library/archive in preparation for an NWO or ERC application;
• travel and accommodation expenses for a visit to a foreign university or research institution in preparation for an NWO Rubicon application or a Marie Curie grant;
• pilot research that provides data for a Veni application or other, larger research funding programmes;
• writing/completing an article for a leading journal. Please note: no funding will be granted for open access publication fees.

– Call for Proposals is closed! –
Young researchers (up to six years after obtaining their PhD) can apply for a grant to receive financial support for their (research) projects.

General conditions

The Nanne de Vries Professorship Fund Allocation Committee aims to support the extra efforts made by young, excellent, recently graduated scientists and to help them further develop their scientific careers.

Requests for financial support for (research) projects that contribute to the scientific career of the individual researcher can be submitted to the Nanne de Vries Professorship Fund Allocation Committee, with a maximum of €3,500 per application.

Requirements

• Applications must be submitted on time via info@ufl-swol.nl.
• The application form must be completed in full.
• A letter of reference from the professor concerned must be enclosed.
• A budget must be enclosed.
• A retrospective account of the implementation of the project for which the grant was awarded must be provided. To this end, if a grant is awarded, 75% of the amount will be paid upon the actual start of the project and the remaining 25% upon submission of the report and an account of the expenditure.

Preferences

• The committee would like to see a section in the grant application dedicated to how the results of the project will be communicated to the general public (this is not relevant for all project applications, though).
• The committee would like to see that the applicant has tried to get alternative funding.

In memoriam

It was with great sadness that we learned of the passing of Nanne de Vries at the end of 2024. From 2012 to 2020, he was a board member of the Fund, a role he fulfilled with great dedication. De Vries made an important contribution to the establishment of both the Professors’ Fund and the UM Dissertation Prize, both of which are aimed at stimulating academic talent. He was awarded the Tanspenning for his important contribution to the development and growth of UM and the Faculty of Medicine. Nanne de Vries leaves an indelible mark on the academic world and far beyond. We will miss his enthusiasm and commitment. We wish his loved ones much strength in coping with this great loss.

Spending committee

The fund has an allocation committee of professors who decide how the funds are spent. This committee consists of six members, representing all faculties. The allocation committee consists of (from left to right):

• Mr. Emeritus Prof. Dr. W. Bijker (FASoS);
• Ms. Prof. Dr. Claes (LAW);
• Mr. Prof. Dr. M. Jelicic (FPN);
• Mr. Prof. Dr. R. Peeters (FSE);
• Mr. Prof. Dr. H. Savelberg (FHML);
• Ms. Prof. Dr. A. Vanstraelen (SBE).