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 Programme officer at Technology Foundation STW
During her PhD in molecular microbiology, Freya Senf realised that being in the lab day in day out was not really her cup of tea. She therefore orientated herself on a career outside science and signed up for a career development course. This was very helpful and made her realise what she sought in a job. After obtaining her PhD, she found a job at Hezelburcht BioTop BV as a grant consultant for Life Science research. She assisted both academic scientists and companies in obtaining grants, and managed support offices for grant management. After nearly a year she realised that she preferred a job that was less focused on making profit but more on applied science and technology transfer.
In 2009, she accepted a job as a programme officer at Technology Foundation STW. Her original tasks were the selection and follow-up on granted projects. This involved knowledge transfer, contract negotiations and the organisation of workshops and conferences and also administrative tasks. Currently she is also the minority policy officer and responsible for policy development on and coordination of the complete Innovational Research Incentives Scheme within STW, which is one of the largest financing schemes of NWO.
Freya Senf was one of the four speakers at PCDI's workshop about careers for PhDs at non-profit organisations on 29 January 2010. Read the workshop report to learn more about her work.
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