Four talented LUMC researchers have received a prestigious Vidi grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). The recipients are: Maartje Huijbers, Rachel Knevel, Luuk Loeff en Vincent van Unen. In this article, you can read about how they plan to use their grants. In this article, you'll learn what they plan to use the grant of up to €850,000 for.
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A driving force
LUMC strongly underpins the idea that ‘Science is the driving force behind innovative healthcare’. Outcomes of top level fundamental, translational and clinical research by LUMC researchers form a strong basis for innovative and qualitative healthcare on a national, European and international level.
A real game changer was the development of the Dutch national research agenda (NWA) in 2015. The agenda reveals the complexity of the issues challenging Dutch society today. These issues are clustered in so called routes. LUMC is involved in many of these routes and contributes this way to solving important societal challenges.