Open Competition Domain Science funds curiosity driven fundamental research form all the disciplines of the Science Domain. M-grants are intended for innovative, high-quality, fundamental research and/or studies involving matters of scientific urgency.

The UvA Faculty of Science projects that receive a grant are:

Guaranteeing Fairness when Everyone is Selfish

dr. Rebecca Reiffenhäuser (ILLC) 

We research how to divide resources between different parties fairly, even if they don’t tell us the truth about which ones are most important to them. With this, inheritance, divorce, kindergarden days and all kinds of other things where participants would do anything to increase their own gain can finally be settled without worrying that the result will end up unfair.

Molecular Nanoconfinement in Photochemical Charge Generation and Transfer

dr. Tomáš Šolomek (HIMS)

Properties of molecules are strongly affected by their environment, especially solvent. Because solvent is practically absent in the solid state, its use to control the transfer of electrons in modern optoelectronic devices, such as organic solar cells, is limited. This project engineers pockets with nanometer size inside solid-state organic materials by chemical synthesis and fills them with solvent molecules. It then explores how addition of the solvent impacts the ability of the organic material to convert sunlight into charge. This research provides a better understanding of fundamental processes in organic optoelectronic devices and takes a step forward towards their innovation.