National and European funding schemes are an important way to boost both frontier and applied research. It is the EUR’s ambition to keep increasing the quantity and quality of its funding applications in the coming years. The importance of personal research grants from the European Research Council (ERC) and the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) among all grants is substantial. For several years, at most schools at the EUR at least one person has been available to coach researchers who want to apply for grants. The Programme Research Services will complement this knowledge and experience with more specialized expertise, focusing on specific types of grants, and making it available across the university. As a grant officer specialized in personal grants from ERC and NWO (Talent Scheme of Veni, Vidi, Vici grants) you will work in close collaboration with the grant officers in the schools and other specialists in the Programme Research Services.

Your main responsibilities will be:

• To identify key success factors to obtain grants from ERC and NWO’s Talent Scheme, based on analysis of previous applications and other information

• To coordinate campus-wide information sessions about these grants

• To help the grant support officers in the schools to identify suitable candidates at an early stage

• To provide necessary coaching and support to applicants for these grants

• To coordinate training sessions for applicants of these grants, including mock interviews

• To contribute to the coordination of the community grant support

• To report to senior management of research at the EUR on the university performance concerning these personal research grants

• To maintain external contacts with colleagues at other universities and relevant agencies to anticipate new developments.

Required experience and skills are:

• University education, at least Master degree

• Previous experience as a grant officer, preferably at a university

• Detailed knowledge of the rules and procedures relating to grants from the ERC and NWO’s Talent Scheme

• Affinity with research in the social sciences and humanities

• Strong sense of accuracy

• Ability to prioritize and perform under strict time constraints

• Ability to collaborate with a range of stakeholders across the university

• Ability to critically assess existing practices and effectively implement improvements

• Fluency in English and Dutch

You will become a member of the Programme Research Services, a team of approximately 15 people. You will report to the manager of the Programme Research Services.

The appointment will be for 2 years. The conditions of employment correspond with the Collective Labour Agreement (CAO) of the Dutch Universities (CAO NU). Salary is subject to training and experience and corresponds to scale 11, with a minimum of € 3.545,- and a maximum of € 4.852,- gross per month on a 38 hour per week contract.

The EUR has attractive employment conditions, which include a holiday allowance of 8.0%, an end-of-year bonus of 8.3% and 41 annual vacation days in case of a full work week.

Erasmus University Rotterdam is a modern, highly ranked, international research university, based in the dynamic and diverse city of Rotterdam. We were founded in 1913 and nowadays host 25.000 students. Our faculties and institutions work on global, national and local social challenges in the areas of: healthy development, wealth, governance, culture. The quality of research at Erasmus University, named after Rotterdam-born humanist and theologian Erasmus, is reflected in its consistent top-100 position in most major universities rankings. On the lively, modern campus, students and scholars of more than 100 nationalities are constantly encouraged to develop their talents and meet their ambition. https://www.eur.nl/english/

At Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR), the Programme Research Services is currently developing a coherent set of harmonized services across the university. During the preparation and execution of research projects, these services include support concerning legal issues, intelligence, data management and support to obtain grants among others. For each type of services communities of practice exist, consisting of support staff from relevant central offices and the various schools at the EUR. The communities are instrumental in the specification, implementation and adoption of new services. To facilitate its community Grant Support, the Programme Research Services is hiring a Support officer for Personal Research Grants.