Dr. Lennart de Groot

Remise Fort Hoofddijk 1
Budapestlaan 17
Kamer 0
3584 CD Utrecht

Dr. Lennart de Groot

Associate Professor
Paleomagnetism
+31 30 253 5418
l.v.degroot@uu.nl

2020: Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) NWA Science Communication - 'Hoe?Zo! Show'. Funding received together with Barbara Braams to develop the Hoe?Zo! Show into a nation-wide program to teach elementary school kids about information skills and help PhD candidates to make a start with outreach activities, k€ 50

2019: European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant - 'Paleomagnetism and rock-magnetism by Micro-Magnetic Tomography' (MIMATOM), k€ 1,820

2019: Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) VIDI - 'The Spatial and Temporal Evolution of Geomagnetic Anomalies' . The VIDI is the second step of the Innovational Research Incentives Scheme, k€ 800

2019: Utrecht University (UU) Public Engagement Seed Fund - Funding to develop the 'Burning Questions Challenge', an outreach intiative together with Barbara Braams to bring science to elementary schools and simultaneously train young scientists in outreach activities, k€ 2

2018: Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) Open Competition Earth and Life Sciences - 'Unravelling magnetic behaviour of igneous rocks by Micromagnetic Tomography',k€ 329

2018: American Geophysical Union (AGU) William Gilbert Award 2018 - The William Gilbert Award is given annually to one honoree in recognition of 'outstanding and unselfish work in magnetism of Earth materials and of the Earth and planets' by the Geomagnetism, Paleomagnetism and Electromagnetism section of the AGU

2018: Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) DeepNL programme - 'Probing the micromechanics of small magnitude earthquake slip' (co-PI), k€ 726

2017: Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences (KNAW) Congressubsidiefonds - Support for the International Conference on Rock Magnetism 2017, k€ 7

2016: Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) Vening Meinesz prize 2016 - The Vening Meinesz prize is a bi-annual talent award for an outstanding young researcher in Earth Sciences in the Netherlands within six years after he/she has obtained the doctorate degree, k€ 10

2015: Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) VENI - 'Capturing short-lived treats of the Earth’s magnetic field'. The VENI is the first step in the Innovational Research Incentives Scheme, k€ 250

2013: Netherlands Research Centre for Integrated Solid Earth Sciences (ISES) Research grant - 'Vibrating Sample Magnetometer including expertise' (co-proponent), k€ 232k

Prizes

NWO-Vidi award 20192019
ERC Starting Grant 20192019
William Gilbert Award 2018 (AGU)2018
Vening Meinesz prize 2016 of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, division Earth and Life Sciences (NWO-ALW)8 Apr 2016
NWO-Veni award 20152015