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The internal Physics XS grant 2026 application is coming up and we are happy to share with you the drafted application documents.</div>
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You can find them on the 'NS Staff Members’ Teams channel under <span style="background-color: rgb(240, 240, 240);">
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Research/Physics XS grant/2026</a></span>, but I’ve also included the following documents to this email:</div>
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<div role="presentation" style="direction: ltr;">The updated call document: <span style="background-color: rgb(240, 240, 240);">
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<div role="presentation" style="direction: ltr;">Application form:<span class="_Entity _EType_om-sharing-link-entity _EId_om-sharing-link-entity_1 _EReadonly_1" style="display:inline-block"><a href="https://vunl.sharepoint.com/:w:/r/sites/BETA-PRJ-Coordinate-and-Comunicate-Department-Affairs/Shared%20Documents/06.%20Research/Physics%20XS%20grant/2026/application_form_p%26a-xs_26.docx?d=w2422a0e577c64b058152a3050b3fb86e&csf=1&web=1&e=tKV9kQ" style="pointer-events: auto; padding: 0px 1px; border-radius: 4px; user-select: all; text-decoration: none; background: rgb(240, 240, 240);" rel="noreferrer noopener" id="ms-outlook-mobile-sharing-link-anchor-6ab3d80d-b97e-44e5-a156-69ba65392d0e"><img alt="" src="https://res-2.df.onecdn.static.microsoft/files/fabric-cdn-prod_20251010.003/assets/item-types/16/docx.svg" style="width: 16px; height: 16px; vertical-align: middle; padding: 1px 2px 2px 0px; outline: none !important;">application_form_p&a-xs_26.docx</a></span></div>
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<div role="presentation" style="direction: ltr;">Assessment form: <span class="_Entity _EType_om-sharing-link-entity _EId_om-sharing-link-entity _EReadonly_1" style="display:inline-block">
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The latter will only become relevant in September, when the assessment will take place.</div>
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We’ve set the deadline to 31st August 2026, which means that we expect the first project to start as early as Oktober 2026.</div>
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If there are any further remarks regarding these documents, please let me know. Happy writing!</div>
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Best,</div>
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Laura</div>
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<p style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; background-color: white;">Dr. L.S. Dreissen </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><br>
</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 119, 179);">Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy <br>
Faculty of Science</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; background-color: white;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><br>
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<b>T </b>31 20 59 81068 | </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 119, 179);"><u><a href="mailto:l.s.dreissen@vu.nl" target="new" data-outlook-id="72e5aa2f-6a8f-471d-a8eb-9a4bef7d7535" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">l.s.dreissen@vu.nl</a></u></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; background-color: white;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><br>
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