The Netherlands Genomics Initiative (NGI) attaches a great deal of value to international cooperation and therefore launched a stipend programme in 2009: the Distinguished Visiting Scientist Stipend.
It offered top researchers associated with one of the NGI Genomics Centres an opportunity to perform research at a foreign top institute and foreign top researchers to come to the Netherlands for a project at one of the NGI Genomics Centres. A total of eleven scientists were granted a stipend, among which NPC scientific director Albert Heck.

For 2011 NGI has created the Young Visiting Scientist Stipend to provide a younger generation of excellent scientists with the possibility to perform research abroad or come to the Netherlands.
Purpose of this programme is to advance the international image of the NGI Genomics Centres, to invest in the scientific careers of young researchers and, through the exchange of researchers, raise the scientific and economic output of the NGI Genomics Centres.

The Netherlands Proteomics Centre (NPC) can submit one proposal per round for a young top researcher associated to the NPC or a young top researcher working abroad.
Interested researchers (m/f) are advised to contact the Netherlands Proteomics Centre (Martje Ebberink) before September 17, 2010.

For more information about the NGI Young Visiting Scientist Stipend please see the brochure or contact the NPC office.