Scientific and Examinations Committee
Current members of the ICO scientific committee are:
| Prof. Dr. L. (Liesbeth) Kester (chair) | Utrecht University |
| Prof. Dr. M.T. (Tim) Mainhard | Leiden University |
| Prof. Dr. L. (Liesje) Coertjens | Université Catholique de Louvain |
| Dr. H.J.A. (Harm) Biemans | Wageningen University & Research |
The Scientific Director, the Educational Director and two Board members represent the Scientific Committee, in which the quality of the PhD research proposals is discussed and which approves the PhD research proposals. The Scientific Committee meets four or five times a year.
This committee also forms the Examinations Committee. As Examinations Committee, they approve of the Education and Supervision Plans attached to PhD research proposals, they are responsible for providing certificates and decide on exemption requests. The Scientific and Examinations Committee meets four or five times a year.
Deadline for sending in proposals for new ICO PhD members, exemption requests and SEA’s is always at least 2 weeks before the next meeting date.
In 2022-2023 the meetings, and deadlines are:
- 29 September 2022 (deadline sending in proposals: 15 September 2022, noon)
- 25 January 2023 (deadline: 11 January 2023, noon)
- 23 March (deadline: 9 March 2023, noon)
- 6 June (deadline: 23 May, 2023, noon)