The project by Giovanni Colavizza, titled ‘Collecting systematic survey data on scientists’ information-seeking and information-spreading behaviour in a time of crisis‘ has been awarded a ‘Corona: fast-track data’ grant by the NWO in April 2020.
This special NWO funding program is meant for projects collecting data which is only available during the COVID-19 crisis. It specifically supports research into societal issues that arise during the crisis. By speeding up the research funding process for COVID-19 related reserch, the NWO seeks to enable researchers to quickly respond to open questions raised by the pandemic.