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 Research officer at the Netherlands Heart Foundation
Nanna Claij obtained her PhD for the research she performed at de Netherlands Cancer Institute. From DNA mismatch repair in hereditary colon cancer she moved to research on vessel wall stability in hereditary kidney disease at the department of human genetics of the Leiden University Medical Center. This work was financially supported by a grant from the Netherlands Heart Foundation.
For Nanna combining research and family life was becoming too demanding. Therefore, she decided to change career and applied for a position as research manager at the Netherlands Heart Foundation. The Heart Foundation invests 12-15 million euros per year in grants that are available to the scientific community.
As a research manager, Nanna is responsible for the selection procedures of several grant types and the follow up of the research projects once they have started.
Nanna Claij 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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