Stefan Obernberger, Carlos Riumallo Herl and Esad Smajlbegovic obtain a NWO Open Competition SSH-XS grant
Research fellow Stefan Obernberger and candidate fellows Carlos Riumallo Herl and Esad Smajlbegovic (Erasmus University Rotterdam) have obtained a NWO Open Competition SSH-XS grant.
They receive this grant with a maximum budget of 50,000 euro to enable their proposal for curiosity-driven, fundamental research in the research fields covered by the NWO Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH). The awarded projects cover important current topics about mental health in relation to the house affordability crisis, employee health and financial risks, and payment choices of the future. Learn more about the recipients and their research on the website of the Erasmus School of Economics. NWO has posted all information regarding the Open Competition SSH-XS programme and all awardees of the first two rounds here.
In 2022, the NWO (Dutch Research Council) launched a new format for the NWO Open Competition SSH call. In this format the SSH-XS pilot Call for proposals is specifically intended to encourage curiosity-driven and bold research that involves the relatively rapid exploration of a promising idea. The research projects will be ground-breaking and are high risk-high gain. Most important is that the result of each project contributes to the advancement of science.