NRS Mid-Career Award
The NRS Mid-Career Award recognizes researchers up to 15 years post-PhD (Assistant Professor or equivalent) who are making meaningful contributions to respiratory science, and supports them in taking their research further.
Awarded every two years, this €5,000 grant offers flexible support to advance research activities, explore new collaborations, or initiate new ideas. A key component of the award is engaging beyond academia; applicants are invited to include a brief plan for sharing the relevance of their work with patients, practitioners, or the public.
The call for NRS Mid-Career Award 2027 will be open Between 27 July and 27 November.
Eligibility criteria for nominees of the award:
- Current member of the NRS
- Maximum 15 years since obtaining a PhD (NWO extension guidelines can be applied)
- Rank of at least Assistant Professor (or equivalent)
- Embedded in the field of respiratory health and/or disease
Dr. Anne van der Does received the NRS mid-career award, with a prize of 10,000 euros that will go towards her work on lung cell culture models, working towards animal-free lung research.
The Mid-career Award 2022 was newly introduced this year and awarded to Prof. Dr. Daisy Janssen, (Maastricht University Medical Center). She will use this award to facilitate the implementation of Interdisciplinary Home-bAsed Reablement Program (I-HARP) for patients with COPD needing palliative care. Update June 2023: with the financial support of the NRS, Professor Daisy Janssen created an e-learning environment for healthcare providers to recognize palliative care needs in people with COPD: https://rise.articulate.com/share/E8rA6AeJp3tSAjMcEAXSQubkISi9ZgVQ
