Dear all,

I am forwarding the message below on behalf of Bob Planqué about the other NWA ORC call that may be of interest to mathematicians.

Sorry to be off-topic, but I thought it might be of sufficient interest.

Best regards,   Tim

-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: NWA Orirgins route Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2025 14:50:52 +0000 From: Planque, R. (Bob) r.planque@vu.nl To: tim@timvanerven.nl tim@timvanerven.nl

NWA-ORC call open for (mathematical) research on the relationship between life and planets.

The Dutch Research Agenda (NWA) has opened a new call for consortia to apply, see

https://www.nwo.nl/en/calls/dutch-research-agenda-research-along-routes-by-c...

Among the different routes within the NWA, I would like to draw your attention to the Origins of Life route, see originscenter.nl http://originscenter.nl. The OC tries to foster research and collaborations dedicated to the emergence and evolution of life, from outer space to here on Earth. It involves scientists ranging from astronomers, physicists, (bio)chemists, biologists, and also some mathematicians.

The new call is broadly speaking on the relationship between (evolving) life and a changing planet. See section 7.4.12 of

https://www.nwo.nl/sites/nwo/files/media-files/NWAORC2025_Call%20for%20Propo...

for a more detailed description.

In the first consortium, there are two projects in which mathematics plays a prominent role. I am co-supervising a PhD student, together with a physicist in Groningen, on a project involving differential equations, and Renee Hoekzema has a project in the field of Topological Data Analysis together with a researcher from Naturalis.

We hope that more mathematicians will feel inspired to contribute to this field.

The consortia are set up by a series of workshops by NWO. The first workshop for the Origins route is on April 14. To apply, visit

https://www.nwo.nl/en/meetings/collaborative-workshops-nwa-orc-2025

If people have questions, feel free to contact me: r.planque@vu.nl

Warm regards,

Bob Planqué

Dept of Mathematics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Dr Bob Planqué Associate Professor in Mathematical Biology Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam https://www.few.vu.nl/~rplanque/ https://www.xeno-canto.org/ https://www.origins-center.nl/ ———————————————————