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Oct
20 million euros for scientists delayed by corona
The Dutch Research Council (NWO) is responding to a request by Ingrid Van Engelshoven, Minister of Education, Culture and Science, to make a maximum of 20 million euros available for scientists whose work has been delayed by corona.18
Sep
PE&RC Messages - September 18 2020
This PE&RC Newsletter is published once a month and will round up useful information, relevant news, upcoming events and job opportunities.13
Aug
PE&RC Messages -August 13 2020
This PE&RC Newsletter is published once a month and will round up useful information, relevant news, upcoming events and job opportunities.10
Aug
High time to open up ecological research
Only 1 in 4 papers shares code behind the science17
Jul
PNN letter to the Dutch government
PNN, PostdocNL and The Young Academy have sent a pressing letter to the government on behalf of all Dutch Young Academies, requesting a continuity package of € 350 million.16
Jul
New center of Excellence for Biodiversity Research
Naturalis Biodiversity Center, NIOO-KNAW, the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ-NWO) and Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute-KNAW have joined forces in a Centre of Excellence for Netherlands Biodiversity Research.10
Jul
PE&RC Messages -July 10 2020
This PE&RC Newsletter is published once a month and will round up useful information, relevant news, upcoming events and job opportunities.7
Jul
PE&RC Graduate School call Green Top Sectors TKI 2020
Call for proposals Graduate Schools Green Top Sectors TKI 2020 (Deadline: 15 Sep 2020)The aim of this programme is to facilitate innovative and high-quality scientific research within the research field of the top sectors Agri&Food and Horticulture & Starting Materials by engaging young talented researchers at the start of their career.
7
Jul
Overleaf Professional now available for everyone with a WUR-account
WUR is now subscribed to Overleaf Commons. Overleaf is a collaborative cloud-based LaTeX editor used for writing, editing and publishing scientific documents.23
Jun
Reduced Fee WGS courses offered to non-WUR PhD candidate of PE&RC
We have good news for you!! In our efforts to support you in every way we can, even more so in these isolated and challenging times, we have decided to offer you the opportunity to participate in all activities organized by Wageningen Graduate Schools.22
Jun
Breakthrough in global data exchange on plant breeding
How do you make data available for research on a global scale? What arrangements do you make in order to write up research, i.e. experimental data, in such a way that anyone anywhere in the world can make use of it?18
Jun
Future For Nature Awards (FFN) 2021 Awards
Are you a passionate conservationist with unlimited dedication and willpower to protect species of wild animals and plants? Are you 35 or younger?Each year Future For Nature awards 3 young, talented, and ambitious nature conservationists through the Future For Nature Awards. Are you a passionate conservationist with unlimited dedication and willpower to protect species of wild animals and plants? Are you 35 or younger? Apply now for the FFN Awards 2021 and perhaps you will win the Future For Nature Award, €50,000, and join the growing FFN Winners community!
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Jun
PE&RC Messages -June 17 2020
This PE&RC Newsletter is published once a month and will round up useful information, relevant news, upcoming events and job opportunities.16
Jun
PE&RC Graduate School call
The PE&RC Graduate Programme call involves the funding of (a maximum of) three PhD positions and aims to stimulate talented MSc students of Wageningen University to do a PhD (Deadline: 9 Sep 2020)The PE&RC Graduate Programme call involves the funding of (a maximum of) three PhD positions and aims to stimulate talented MSc students of Wageningen University (WU) to do a PhD research that is embedded in one of the WU-PE&RC chair groups under the supervision of a PE&RC staff member. The call focuses on the quality of the candidate. A rule of thumb of a grade of 8 or higher for an MSc thesis is needed to qualify for the grant.
15
Jun
Plant coffee in a food-forest
Coffee plants require shade, especially in the face of global warming. This is why trees should be planted on coffee plantations, says Lucas de Carvalho Gomes. His conclusion confirms previous Wageningen research.26
May
PE&RC Messages -May 26 2020
This PE&RC Newsletter is published once a month and will round up useful information, relevant news, upcoming events and job opportunities.6
May