Young researchers in the field of pediatrics or related areas can apply for a grant for a working visit to a foreign university/institute from a Dutch university.
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'Wireless pacemakers are as small as a vitamin pill, so they fit completely inside the right ventricle. Precisely because of that, they would cause fewer complications in children than traditional pacemakers.'
Subject areas
Paediatric medicine or related areas
Who may apply?
PhD candidates or researchers in the Kingdom of the Netherlands who obtained their PhD no more than four years previously.
Please note: Staff and researchers at the Academy and the Academy institutes cannot submit applications.
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The Academy established the KNAW Ter Meulen Fund in 1983. The Ter Meulen Fund consists of the estate of H.C.E. ter Meulen, who worked in paediatric medicine. The aim of the Ter Meulen Fund is to promote outstanding medical, biomedical and biological research in paediatrics. The KNAW Ter Meulen Grant is funded by the Ter Meulen Fund, part of the Academy’s Medical Sciences Fund. The grant is awarded annually, with recipients receiving up to EUR 27,500.