NWO has awarded Veni funding of up to EUR 320,000 to 174 promising researchers from across the full breadth of science. This will allow the laureates to further develop their own research ideas over the next three years.
Facts & figures
Venis are awarded annually by NWO. The 1308 applications included 669 (51 per cent) men, 573 (44 per cent) women. Of 66 applicants, the gender was unknown. Of the 174 awards, 86 went to male and 85 to female applicants; award rates of 13 and 15 per cent respectively. Of 3 awarded projects, the gender of the researcher is not known. In the fields of Exact and Natural Sciences (ENW) and Applied and Technical Sciences (TTW), extra money is available to stimulate female researchers in STEM. In these domains, this led to the allocation of 6 additional Veni grants to female researchers.
