The results were announced by the European Research Council ERC. A total of 25 million euros will be distributed among 166 successful applicants for these proof-of-concept grants. They will receive 150,000 euros each.
The researchers will be able to use the funding to explore the possibilities of marketing their ideas, for example with a patent or prototype. With these awards, the EU is hoping to stimulate research that leads to innovation and economic growth.
Needle
Five of the sixteen Dutch applicants are affiliated with the University of Twente. One of them wants to develop the possibility of micro-injections in human skin. This would remove the necessity of using needles when injecting vaccines or medicines.
But the concept doesn’t have to deal with technology. One researcher at Erasmus University Rotterdam is studying tourist flows when visiting the locations of their favourite films or television series. This kind of tourism impacts the environment, monuments and local culture, therefore he is starting a consultancy for local governments.
HOP, Bas Belleman
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Dutch award winners
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Reijnders
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Stijn
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ERASMUS
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Setting the Scene. Developing a Policy Agency for
Sustainable Forms of Media Tourism
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Verdoes
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Martijn
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Radboud UMC
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C- and N-terminal Epitope Conjugate immune Cell Targeted
Vaccines
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Huck
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Wilhelm
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Radboud UMC
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Commercial feasibility of a cell-free reactor setup for
optimisation of complex enzymatic pathways
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Taylor
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Linnet
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Tilburg
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Developing a rating tool for APP Safety
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Jakobi
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Arjen
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Delft University of Technology
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CryoChip – Nanofluidic cells for reproducible cryo-EM
sample preparation with picoliter sample volumes
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Stoter
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Jantien
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Delft University of Technology
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detailed 3D Building models Automatically Generated for
very large areas
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Zijlmans
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Gertruda Johanna Maria
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UMC Utrecht
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EpiGrid: Soft and flexible high density electrode grids for
epilepsy surgery
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Malda
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Jos
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UMC Utrecht
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reGeneRative bone Implant for the treatment of hip
dysPlasia
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Moroni
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Lorenzo
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Maastricht
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The hydrocup: a hollow electrospun scaffold for in vivo cell-laden hydrogel delivery
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Van Blitterswijk
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Clemens
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Maastricht
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Directed Orchestration of Microfluidic Environments for
guided Self-organisation
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De Vos
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Wiebe
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Twente
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Sustainable and HIgh Performance MEmbranes via
iNTerfacial complexation (SHIPMENT)
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Fernandez Rivas
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David
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Twente
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Skin micro-injector
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Rouwkema
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Jeroen
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Twente
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Bioactive Tissue Sealant for Enhanced Wound Repair
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Stramigioli
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Stefano
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Twente
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Printing Electro-Tomography
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Vellekoop
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Ivo
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Twente
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WAVESIM – The next generation electromagnetic wave
solver
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Grossmann
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Tom
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VU Amsterdam
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First-in-class beta-catenin inhibitor as treatment for
colorectal cancer
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