The interdisciplinary research consortium PRELIFE has been awarded an NWA grant by the Dutch Research Council (NWO) to investigate the origin of life on Earth and in the universe, one of science’s greatest unsolved puzzles. The consortium will receive €6.7 million to explore this question and comprises scientists from sixteen universities and research institutes across the Netherlands.
PRELIFE brings together astronomy, biology, Earth and planetary sciences, computer science, physics, educational science, chemistry, and mathematics to tackle the question: “How and under what conditions did life originate on Earth, and how common are these conditions in the universe?”
Four researchers from the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering at TU Delft will contribute to answering this question and will receive funding for their research within this consortium.
Read the full article at the TU Delft – AE website
Read the NWO press release here