Lennart de GrootPaleomagnetic laboratory Fort Hoofddijk - Utrecht University

Grants & awards

Year Grant/Award giving institution Grant/Award title Amount
2022 Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) Communication Initiative Award 2022 - Award received together with Barbara Braams for our 'Hoe?Zo! Show' initiative. k€ 10
2022 Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) NWA Science Communication - 'Hoe?Zo! Show 2023-2025'. Funding received together with Barbara Braams to continue and expand our Hoe?Zo! Show project. k€ 150
2022 Utrecht University & Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Funding received together with Barbara Braams to continue our Hoe?Zo! Show project and explore possibilities for future and more sustainable funding sources and/or project partners. k€ 60
2020 Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) NWA Science Communication - 'Hoe?Zo! Show'. Funding received together with Barbara Braams to develop the Hoe?Zo! Show into a nation-wide program to teach elementary school kids about information skills and help PhD candidates to make a start with outreach activities. k€ 50
2019 European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant - 'Paleomagnetism and rock-magnetism by Micro-Magnetic Tomography' (MIMATOM). k€ 1,820
2019 Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) VIDI - 'The Spatial and Temporal Evolution of Geomagnetic Anomalies' . The VIDI is the second step of the Innovational Research Incentives Scheme. k€ 800
2019 Utrecht University (UU) Public Engagement Seed Fund - Funding to develop the 'Hoe?Zo! Show', an outreach intiative together with Barbara Braams to bring science to elementary schools and simultaneously train young scientists in outreach activities. k€ 2
2018 Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) Open Competition Earth and Life Sciences - 'Unravelling magnetic behaviour of igneous rocks by Micromagnetic Tomography'. k€ 329
2018 American Geophysical Union (AGU) William Gilbert Award 2018 - The William Gilbert Award is given annually to one honoree in recognition of 'outstanding and unselfish work in magnetism of Earth materials and of the Earth and planets' by the Geomagnetism, Paleomagnetism and Electromagnetism section of the AGU. -
2018 Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) DeepNL programme - 'Probing the micromechanics of small magnitude earthquake slip' (co-PI). k€ 726
2017 Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences (KNAW) Congressubsidiefonds - Support for the International Conference on Rock Magnetism 2017. k€ 7
2016 Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) Vening Meinesz prize 2016 - The Vening Meinesz prize is a bi-annual talent award for an outstanding young researcher in Earth Sciences in the Netherlands within six years after he/she has obtained the doctorate degree. k€ 10
2015 Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) VENI - 'Capturing short-lived treats of the Earth’s magnetic field'. The VENI is the first step in the Innovational Research Incentives Scheme. k€ 250
2013 Netherlands Research Centre for Integrated Solid Earth Sciences (ISES) Research grant - 'Vibrating Sample Magnetometer including expertise' (co-proponent). k€ 232
k€ 4,446