KNAW Van Walree Fund

• Medical, Biomedical and Health Sciences
• Early career scientists

Scientific researchers can apply for up to € 10,000 for new initiatives that enable (more) sustainable knowledge sharing about medical-scientific research between professional colleagues, preferably (also) for researchers from low and middle income countries. Examples: innovative communication means to collaborate online or the addition of an online component to a physical meeting for the purpose of hybrid accessibility (not an exhaustive list).

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• Guidelines KNAW Van Walree Fund
  

Medical, biomedical or health sciences.

Scientific researchers who work in the medical, biomedical, or health sciences and who are employed at a university or research institute in the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Please note: Staff and researchers at the Academy and the Academy institutes cannot submit applications .

Sustainability and reduced climate impact are key issues for the Academy. With an aim to reducing conference travel, the KNAW Van Walree Fund is dedicated from 2023 to widely accessible, more sustainable knowledge sharing on medical-scientific research for professional colleagues. 

The KNAW Van Walree Fund is named after Ms E.M. van Walree, who bequeathed her estate to the Fund. The Van Walree Fund was established in 1987 and is part of the Academy Medical Sciences Fund.

Joyce Brown

Assistant Professor, UMC U

Regional hubs for the European Congress on International Health and Tropical Medicine (ECTMIH)

David Burger

Professor, Radboud UMC

Interactive tool allowing international experts to share information on drug interactions in tuberculosis

Erik Danen

Professor, Leiden University 

Kick-start twin lab for joint research on infectious diseases and cancer 

Veerle Heesters

PhD-student, LUMC

NEOFLIX Toolkit, a practical online toolbox for implementing video reflection in care teams. The toolkit allows physicians and nurses to watch real-time video recordings of acute procedures in order to evaluate interventions

Malon Van den Hof

Postdoctoral researcher, Amsterdam UMC

Kick-off hybrid symposium and interactive digital environment in the context of a Statistics Netherlands community at Amsterdam UMC, including participating universities and research institutes