Faculty of Science and Engineering - University of Groningen

Great news! The NWO (Dutch Research Council) has awarded ENW-XL grants of 3 million euros each to Jorge A. Pérez, Sybren Otto, Clemens Mayer and Patrick Onck🥳 The grants give them the chance to reach a breakthrough in their fundamental research. Their projects contribute to a variety of issues: from future-proof software systems to designing new medicines. They share one common goal: to take a big step in curiosity-driven basic scientific research through collaboration. Eight more of our researchers are co-applicants in other ENW-XL awards. In total, NWO awarded 64 million euros to 21 projects. Get to know more about the researchers and their work at the link below (NL/ENG) 👇 https://lnkd.in/gVApW7ED #fsegroningen #universityofgroningen #nwo #ENWXL

Professor Bart Besselink is partner in a consortium receiving 2 million euros from the National Growth Fund program 'NXTGEN Hightech' for the development of innovative machine design in the semiconductor industry👏The project also has the goal to train new systems engineers. About one third of the funding comes from co-financing by industrial partners. Professor Nathan van de Wouw (Eindhoven University of Technology) is coordinator of the project. With the NXTGEN Growth Fund program, the NWO (Dutch Research Council) aims to strengthen research that contributes to improving the Dutch and European high-tech industry. Read more about the project👉https://lnkd.in/gT2yjzfj University of Groningen #fsegroningen #universityofgroningen #hightechsystems #semiconductors #nwo

Great news!🥳 The Ubbo Emmius Foundation (UEF) has granted CogniGron, University of Groningen (FSE) and HTRIC together a total fund of 26.9 million euros to continue their important work in the fields of neuromorphic computing and health technology. CogniGron is our faculty’s cutting-edge research hub with the mission to revolutionise neuromorphic computing. With the 8.5 million euros fund CogniGron can continue to push the boundaries of technology, meanwhile staying committed to creating solutions. For the coming five years HTRIC receives 18.4 million euros for their innovative research in health technology and to strengthen the Northern Netherlands as a leading region in this field. Together with UMCG, our faculty is main partner in HTRIC. The funding is made possible by a unique donation from an alumnus, who has enabled the Ubbo Emmius Foundation to invest a total amount of €30.9 million in three pioneering initiatives. 🔗 Read more here: https://lnkd.in/eAbz4pP5 📸 Marleen Annema #fsegroningen #Universitygroningen #HTRIC #healthtechnology #innovation #funding #uef #neuromorphic #futureproofcomputing University of Groningen

Great news!🥳Professors Bart Besselink, Else Starkenburg and Jagoda Slawinska have been awarded ERC Consolidator grants of two million euros each.👏 Together with their research groups they will work on: - The next generation engineering systems - A better understanding of the history of the Milky Way - New solutions for faster and more energy-efficient electronics Read more about the research projects (ENG/NL)👇 https://lnkd.in/eSkTgRG9 #ERC #ERCCoG #fsegroningen #universityofgroningen University of Groningen European Research Council (ERC) Kapteyn Astronomical Institute Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials

Just announced: Professor Hannah Dugdale of Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences has won the NWO Athena Award for outstanding female researchers🎉 The EUR 50,000 prize is awarded to female researchers in the sciences who stand out and are therefore role models for others. The jury concludes that Dugdale has a truly unique profile: ‘𝙎𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙪𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙨𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙩, 𝙖 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖 𝙧𝙤𝙡𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙡, 𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙨.’ Curious? Watch this video the NWO (Dutch Research Council) made of the two winners and read more on our website👇 https://lnkd.in/eUjrbt66 University of Groningen #fsegroningen #universityofgroningen #womeninscience #NWO https://lnkd.in/e-wJ4Ybh

🚀 Miljoeneninvestering in bètatechniek en de semicon industrie in Noord-Nederland Noord-Nederland ontvangt de komende twee jaar bijna €6 miljoen van het Rijk om versneld technisch talent op te leiden voor de semicon industrie, met een verwachte aanvulling van €22,7 miljoen tussen 2027 en 2030. Met deze investering, onderdeel van het Beethoven-plan, zetten we in op: ✅ 600 extra afgestudeerden in bètatechniek tot 2030 en jaarlijks 300 daarna. ✅ Versterking van Noord-Nederland als techregio. ✅ Nauwe samenwerking tussen onderwijsinstellingen, overheden en industrie. Dit biedt kansen voor talent, bedrijven zoals ASML en toeleveranciers in onze regio, én voor het aantrekken van nieuwe hightech bedrijven. 🌍✨ Wil je meer weten? Klik dan op de link hieronder.👇 https://lnkd.in/g6f6FBVf #Bètatechniek #Semicon #Techregio #Beethoven #NoordNederland #innovatie #techniek #rijksuniversiteitgroningen #universityofgroningen University of Groningen

Good news🎉Researchers from our faculty have been awarded two NWO (Dutch Research Council) grants of 6.7 million euros. These are grants within the Research on Routes by Consortia (ORC) program of the Dutch Research Agenda (Nederlandse Wetenschapsagenda, NWA). Professor Han Olff is coordinator of a project that will develop a new approach to global biodiversity restoration in areas of where livestock farming is an important form of land use. Researchers from various institutes of the Faculty of Science and Engineering are partners in a consortium led by Professor Inge Loes ten Kate (UU, UvA), which will conduct research into the origin of life on earth and in the universe.🌍 Here you can read more about the research projects 👇 https://lnkd.in/eQ-5Y7EP #fsegroningen #universityofgroningen #NWO #NWA #biodiversity #originsoflife University of Groningen

Just announced 📢 together with Prof. Schwille Petra (Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry), Prof. Bert Poolman will receive a EUR five million Synergy Grant for synthetic cell research from the European Research Council (ERC). Poolman is the coordinator of the six-year project. Poolman and Schwille will explore how the features of life - compartmentalization, metabolism, cell division and genome segregation - are mechanistically linked and enable autonomous growth of cells. In addition to major technical advances in building cells, the research will contribute to a better understanding of biological mechanisms, which are often hidden in living cells because of their enormous molecular complexity. And it will provide new fundamental insights into some of the key principles underlying cellular life, which should ultimately lead to a blueprint for life. Read more 👇 https://lnkd.in/eWHsUVcd Image credit EVOLF/ TU Delft / SciXel #fsegroningen #universityofgroningen #ERCSyG #cellularlife University of Groningen

Congratulations Kristina Haslinger and Julian Koellermeier on being awarded a Vidi grant! 👏

We are happy to announce that Prof. Davide Grossi has been awarded a Horizon Europe grant of EUR 3.3 million for improving online participation platforms👏 This involves open source software that can be used at multiple levels of government: from local to national and transnational. Grossi is collaborating with an international and interdisciplinary consortium of academic and societal partners. The three-year project will start January 1. With their interdisciplinary approach, the consortium integrates methods and concepts from democratic theory, social science and computer science. Grossi underlines the importance of this: ‘Democracy is complex. It is what enables societies like ours, consisting of millions of individuals, to make collective decisions and govern themselves. There is no single academic discipline that can tame this complexity alone.' Read more 👇 https://lnkd.in/gBfAnPAq #fsegroningen #universityofgroningen #HorizonEurope #democracy #technology