I’m very proud to announce that the CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care has received a prestigious grant offered under the NWO Graduate Programme scheme. The grant is meant for Graduate Schools that provide an excellent training and research environment for very talented young researchers. CAPHRI has been awarded a block grant of K€ 800, with which four to five PhD students can be appointed.
In total, NWO received 49 applications. 32 Schools were selected for an interview with the NWO selection Committee. The NWO selection Committee assessed the applications against the following criteria:
- The Graduate School should offer freedom for the future PhD student regarding choice of topic and supervisors;
- The Graduate School should attract highly talented researchers from The Netherlands as well as from abroad, by offering them a PhD position;
- The Graduate School should offer an optimum preparation and excellent supervision for a research trajectory for their most talented Master’s and PhD students.
Only Schools of excellent quality are to receive the Graduate Programme grant. Scouting of talent and a strict selection procedure for these 4-5 PhD places were important requirements of the application. Based on the ranking of the Committee, the Governing Board of NWO decided to honour 19 applications. CAPHRI is very proud to be amongst these top-Graduate Schools in The Netherlands and to be rewarded for the high-quality research and supervisory activities of its entire staff.
According to the NWO selection Committee, CAPHRI’s Graduate Programme application was of very high quality. The scientific level of the programme and the researchers involved is very high. The quality and structure of the educational programme are very good. The free choice of the candidates, the rotations, selection and supervision of the candidates are shaped adequately. Therefore, the Committee concluded that CAPHRI should be honoured the block grant.
Congratulations to all our researchers and support staff for their motivation and efforts to make CAPHRI into an excellent Graduate School, as has officially been recognised now by the NWO Graduate Programme Scheme as well!
Yours sincerely,
Onno van Schayck
Scientific Director
Read the NWO press release