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The Grants Office (through UM: Maastricht University) provides several training opportunities. These include:

  • Training grants for individuals
  • ERC training
  • Vidi training

Training grants for individuals
This training is intended for researchers aiming to write a Rubicon, Veni or Marie Sklodowska-Curie proposal. The participants are trained by means of their own research proposal. During the course they will review other proposals, rewrite their draft, present and refine their presentation. Each training is composed of a number of meetings. You will also be required to work on your final proposal/presentation and review other candidates’ proposals outside of the meetings. This training is held twice a year: in spring and in fall. Only preselected candidates can participate. Please contact your School/Institute funding advisor for information on course and preselection dates.

Training for Vidi applicants
This training is intended for researchers aiming to write a Vidi proposal. The course offers a general session on the Vidi funding scheme, the evaluation process and tips, tricks and recommendations on proposal writing. For those who are interested in actual feedback and guidance with his/her proposal, an in-depth training session is held.
This training is held once a year. Only preselected candidates can participate. Please contact your School/Institute funding advisor for information on course and preselection dates.

Workshop ERC Starting and Consolidator
In this workshop the ERC and panel specifics for the scientific proposal and Principal Investigator are discussed, with specific focus on how to write an ERC proposal. Researchers are provided with a good understanding of: the evaluation criteria and how to analyze them, what is an excellent PI according to the reviewers of the different domains and how to write a high-risk/high-gain research proposal considering panel specifics and type of project. Please contact your School/Institute funding advisor for more information on training dates.

Contact person
For more information contact your School/Institute funding advisor.

I have a BSc in Health Science and wrote a master’s thesis on the emergence and value of scientific facts in art research. After ESST I did an internship in the research department of the Institute for Cultural Heritage in Amsterdam, and now I am a PhD student in this field.

The Maastricht UMC+ Research Committee (WMUMC+) is an independent advisory body, tasked to provide, both requested and volunteered, advice to the Executive Board regarding matters concerning research within Maastricht UMC+.

After completing the bachelor's programme in computer sciences in Costa Rica, I left for Nairobi in 2003. There, I could start to work for the ILRI, a NGO which works at the crossroads of livestock and poverty, bringing high-quality science and capacity-building to bear on poverty reduction and sustainable development.

Being passionate about technology, sociology, and having a keen interest in philosophy of science, the ESST master was a perfect fit for me.

 

After graduating, I obtained a position as research assistant for Prof. Wolfgang Wessels, the Jean Monnet Chair for European Politics at the University of Cologne.

The Research Master European Studies (RMES) programme at Maastricht University allowed me to fully immerse myself in the academic environment of the university and to experience first-hand what it is like to be a researcher.

After three years of European Studies as a Bachelor student, I was still fascinated by the process of European integration. The Research Master’s programme in European Studies did not only provide me with further knowledge regarding the many questions I had, but also taught me how to do research on my own: it helped me to transform some vague curiosity about certain aspects of European integration into concrete research questions and made me familiar with the relevant theoretical approaches as well as the methodological tools needed to address them.

I decided to study at Maastricht University because of the good references about the quality of the studies. At first, I didn't know what the research master's programme would be like, I was tempted by the focus on research methods and the option to have a Double Degree at the University of Cologne.

In choosing the Masters in European Public Affairs, I was anticipating an international atmosphere, a good grounding for a career in EU affairs, and an opportunity to study in a beautiful city literally at the crossroads of Europe. From the first day, it was clear that I had not been mistaken. There were around 15 different nationalities in our group of 30, and I was the only Brit.

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