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Mapping the universe with a NWO grant of 3.1 million 04 August 2022
With the new Euclid satellite, scientists are going to map a large part of the sky. The satellite ofthe European Space Agency (ESA) will soon give t...
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New insights into mycobacterial infections with NWO grant 28 July 2022
Why are mycobacteria such successful pathogens? And are there defence mechanisms in the body that help reduce an infection? To find out, Annemarie Mei...
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Vidi grant for Angus Mol: ‘Historical games are like time machines’ 28 July 2022
How do games help shape our perception of the past? Associate Professor Angus Mol receives a Vidi grant to answer this question.
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Mia Thomaïdou with Rubicon grant for research to US 25 July 2022
Mia Thomaïdou wants to investigate how criminal courts understand and use the increased knowledge of human behavior. Her Rubicon grant allows for two ...
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Kids become real scientists with Lil'Scientist 25 July 2022
Children are perfect scientists: they are bursting with curiosity, they want to know how the world works and they go exploring every day. Yet many chi...
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‘Liberal American foreign policy was always entangled with illiberal interests’ 25 July 2022
American foreign policy in the period after the Second World War is often characterised as liberal. This is, however, not the full picture, argues uni...
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Three Leiden PhD candidates awarded Mosaic 2.0 scholarships 20 July 2022
Three PhD candidates from Leiden University have been awarded a Mosaic 2.0 scholarship for their PhD research. The Dutch Research Council (NWO) Mosaic...
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Jos Raaijmakers nominated for Huibregtsenprijs 2022 19 July 2022
The research project of Jos Raaijmakers is nominated for the Huibregtsenprijs 2022. The researcher of NIOO, with a guest appointment at the Institute ...
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ERC Award for Mariska Kret bringing science to the zoo 18 July 2022
Mariska Kret, Professor in Cognitive psychology has been awarded the European Research Council (ERC) Public Engagement with Research Awards 2022. Kret...
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Political scientist Juan Masullo awarded Elise Mathilde Fund/LUF grant for research on public attitudes towards the mafia 14 July 2022
Juan Masullo (Leiden University Institute of Political Science) receives a grant from the Elise Mathilde Fund/Leiden University Fund to conduct his re...
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Leiden research projects awarded NWO Open Competition grants 14 July 2022
Various researchers from Leiden University have been awarded NWO (Dutch Research Council) Open Competition funding. Nine social sciences and humanitie...
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Halima Bouras goes to the US with a Fulbright grant for research 12 July 2022
Halima Bouras leaves for the City University of New York with her Fulbright scholarship. 'I am very happy with the Fulbright grant and excited to cont...
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Liesbeth van Vliet honoured with Heineken Young Scientists Award 12 July 2022
Leiden health psychologist Liesbeth Van Vliet receives recognition for her research on doctor-patient communication and its influence on quality of he...
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Heineken Young Scientists Award for three Leiden researchers 11 July 2022
Three of the four Heineken Young Scientists Awards for 2022 have gone to researchers from Leiden: chronobiologist Laura Kervezee, physicist Jordi Tura...
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Vidi grant for Esther van Ginneken for research into violence in prisons 07 July 2022
Why do violent incidents occur in prisons? And how do staff respond? Assistant Professor Esther van Ginneken will use a grant from the NWO Vidi Talent...