ERC Advanced Grants for 16 Dutch researchers

16 researchers at Dutch research universities and institutes have recently been awarded a prestigious Advanced Grant of the European Research Council (ERC). The grants support excellent established researchers with pioneering research projects. The grants are worth up to 3.5 million euros and can last up to five years. With 16 grants, the Netherlands occupies an excellent fifth position, sharing a place in the top group with larger countries such as Germany and Great Britain. The Netherlands now has 81 researchers working on ERC projects.

ERC Advanced Grants in the Netherlands 2010

René Bernards, The Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI) - Dissecting genetic dependencies in cancer

Paul Martin Brakefield, Leiden University - Exploring morphospaces in adaptive radiations to unravel ecological speciation

Willem de Vos, Wageningen University and Research Centre - Exploitation of our intestinal microbiota

Cees Dekker, Delft University of Technology - Nanostructures for biology
Martien Groenen, Wageningen University and Research Centre - Molecular characterization of genetic factors in the pig under selection during speciation, domestication and breeding

Hans Kuipers, University of Twente - Multi-scale modelling of mass and heat transfer in dense gas-solid flows

Gary Marks, VU University Amsterdam - Causes and consequences of multilevel governance

Bert Meijer, Eindhoven University of Technology - From supramolecular polymers to compartmentalized systems

Annemarie Mol, University of Amsterdam - The eating body in Western practice and theory

André Nollkaemper, University of Amsterdam - Shared responsibility in international law

Ab Osterhaus, Erasmus University Rotterdam - Novel strategies to combat future influenza pandemics

Titia Sixma, Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI) - The balance of ubiquitin conjugation and deconjugation

Xander Tielens, Leiden University - The role of large polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon molecules in the universe

Patti Valkenburg, University of Amsterdam - The entertainization of childhood: an etiology of risks and opportunities

Erik Verhoef, VU University Amsterdam - Optimizing policies for transport: accounting for industrial organisation in network markets

Ralph Wijers, University of Amsterdam - Amsterdam-ASTRON radio transient facility and analysis centre: probing the extremes of astrophysics