We are very keen to get started, with more than 50 new PhD students, many of whom will be coming from Africa. It will enable us to bring knowledge and experience of the continent to Dutch science. Nick van de Giesen, initiator of the GROW consortium and of Water Management at TU Delft
We are very keen to get started, with more than 50 new PhD students, many of whom will be coming from Africa. It will enable us to bring knowledge and experience of the continent to Dutch science. Nick van de Giesen, initiator of the GROW consortium and of Water Management at TU Delft Five Dutch universities - led by TU Delft - will appoint fifty-one PhD students to carry out solution-oriented research for and with the African continent. They will focus on urgent challenges such as climate change, the energy transition, affordable global healthcare, access to clean water and sustainable urban development. The GROW research programme (Graduate Research on Worldwide Challenges) will start in summer 2024 and half of the funding (6.9 million) will be provided by the European Union. The aim is for young research talent to bridge the gap between Africa and the Netherlands. The five universities involved are Leiden University, the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam University, Erasmus University Rotterdam and TU Delft.
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